Posted By
Najib
May 06, 2023 04:31
A tile in memory of Poet Ounsi el Hage was placed today on the entrance of the building where he once resided for 55 years. Ounsi's daughter posted on Facebook about it thanking Ounsi's friends and shared a picture of the honorary tile and the Achrafieh building. Ounsi el Hage is a famous famous contemporary poet, journalist and translator. He started his professional career in 1956 as a director of the Cultural section of “Al-Hayat…
Posted By
Najib
May 03, 2023 05:20
The first time I heard about wine windows was during COVID as many opened such small service shops to keep social distancing while serving customers. However, the tradition goes back to Florence where people in the 17th century would sell glass bottles of wine through small arched windows to avoid opening a shop or paying taxes. Going back to Lebanon, we just got our first wine window in Batroun. The place is called "The Winery…
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