Old shots of Lebanon from LIFE magazine

I just found out about the LIFE magazine photography archive and decided to check for "Lebanon" and "Beirut" and found some pretty interesting pictures some dating to the 50's and even older. Check the pictures out by click for the Lebanon search and for Beirut.

Building Collapses in Gemmayze

I passed by Gemmayze this morning and checked out the location of the building that collapsed which Nency posted about last night. Thank God it wasn't on a weekend because it would have definitely caused casualties. No warning signs were put anywhere near the building.
Lebanon

The National Museum of Beirut

15 years ago
This looks like a very cool museum, didn’t know it even existed. I need to pass by and check it out. [YouTube] ...
Lebanon

Driving in DownTown Beirut

15 years ago
Driving in DownTown Beirut apparently doesn’t differ much from Driving in Hamra! He just couldn’t wait 2 exact seconds before the light turned green [YouTube] ...
Lebanon

Football for Peace

15 years ago
To commemorate the Lebanese civil war, the two opposing political camps in Lebanon – March 8 and March 14 — chose this year to remember this day in a friendly football game in a show ...
Lebanon

BMW 330 CI M3

15 years ago
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Lebanon

Beirut: one of the most dangerous cities in the world… really???

15 years ago
I found this article on cnn and guess what??? We’re in the top 10! How retarded is that? I’m sure that there are at least a half a dozen cities in Iraq that are more ...
Lebanon

Can't figure it out …

15 years ago
Since i get stuck in traffic almost every day on my way to work, i waste time checking out places or ads or cars or whatever is on my way. There’s this new place that ...
Food

Yum President Visit to KFC Lebanon

15 years ago
Super lame! [YouTube] ...
Fashion

Sabah Forever

15 years ago
Sara’s bag just launched the Sabah Forever collection. For those of you who are not familiar with Sara’s Bags you can read more about the brand and the designer, Sara Beydoun, here. Unfortunately there is ...
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