Beirut: Wasting Electricity since 1975
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Rare Footage of Beirut In The 1920s
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Beirut
Beirut One Of The Middle East’s Most Hip And Fashionable Party Destinations
11 years agoThis ChannelsNewsAsia report feels like a déjà vu. ...
Beirut
Pictures and Inspiring Stories From The 2014 Beirut Women Race
11 years agoI proudly took part in the Beirut Women Race last Sunday and ran the 5K in support of women and their rights in Lebanon. Almost 10,000 attended the event running for fun, for women and ...
Automotive
Car Blocking The Dora Highway
11 years agoPicture via Annahar Based on what Annahar posted, a woman driving a Mitsubishi locked herself inside the car and refused to move aside after her car broke down in the middle of the Dora highway. ...
Art
Two Beirut Steps Among The Most Beautiful Steps Around The World
11 years agoBoredPanda published a list of the 17 most beautiful steps around the world and two of them were from Beirut. ...
Beirut
Burj el Murr: Tower of Bitterness
11 years agoBurj el Murr was built in the 1970s yet has only been used as a sniper hideout during the Lebanese Civil War. After reading about the Holiday Inn hotel being auctioned off soon, I tried ...
Beirut
Bullet-scarred Holiday Inn Hotel In Beirut Set To Be Auctioned In Coming Months
11 years agovia Geographylists The shareholders of the iconic Holiday Inn hotel in Beirut have been locked in a dispute for years over its future, but it appears that they’ve reached some sort of settlement as this ...
Beirut
Beirut’s Acting Governor Nassif Qaloush Resigns
11 years agoThe Lebanese Cabinet accepted Nassif Qaloush’s resignation on Friday. Qaloush was Beirut’s acting governor and was accused of sexual harassment because of this video that circulated online. I still have my doubts regarding the video ...
Beirut
Old Beirut Articles From The International Herald Tribune Archives
11 years agoTo begin with, I am glad that Jad is finally back to blogging after a long absence as I’ve always looked forward to his posts and his “Looks like Beirut” certificates. In fact, that’s where ...