Posted By
Najib
Mar 02, 2022 02:53
The World Monument Fund has decided to place for this year the heritage buildings of Beirut and their surrounding on the 2022 World Monument Watch. This decision comes following the heavy damages that these houses endured from the August 4 Beirut Blast. The WMF estimates that hundreds of historic buildings distributed throughout the neighborhoods of Gemmayzeh, Mar Mikhael, and Karantina, as well as Ashrafieh, a prosperous area rising on a hill further south have been…
Posted By
Najib
Feb 24, 2022 04:21
Lebanese Extreme sports athlete Mikel Khalil shared few weeks back a video on Insta where he's BASE jumping from the roof of the Habtoor hotel. I haven't heard of him before, but he has some pretty cool stunts on his Insta. Check them out . The last time someone BASE jumped off a hotel roof in Lebanon was at the Four Seasons in Beirut. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Mikel Khalil
Fun
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Food
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Baladi
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Baladi
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Architecture
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Lebanon
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History
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Art
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