A photo of my grandad
Found this photo awhile back of my grandad taken back in the 30s or 40s in the Armenian Qarantina camp. I think it's worth sharing.
1977 Annahar Sexist ad
You can check out more sexist ads in Lebanon on Kherrberr.org. Funny how ZWZ have the #1 sexist ad of the week with the small video they produced to launch their new logo few months back. Quite shocking how Aishti has a completely naked woman on their website. PS: The above ad is initially a cargo ad.
Lebanon
Karkit May Zaher (كركة ماء زهر)
13 years agoI’ve seen Karkit Arak but never a May Zaher one. It’s pretty cool that they still use them these days. Even better, there are some authentic Lebanese restaurants who organize a Karke night every now ...
Lebanon
Beit Beirut
13 years agoThe municipality of Beirut has initiated a project back in April 2010 to renovate that old house and turn it into a museum and an urban cultural center. [Link] The house was a strategic spot ...
Lebanon
The Fouad Debbas Collection
13 years agoI LOVE old photos so when I read about the The Fouad Debbas Collection on +961 I quickly clicked the link to check out all the pictures. There are 5,773 old photos of Lebanon in ...
Lebanon
1966 Article on Lebanon
13 years ago“Liban, un carrefour” is the name of the article that the Belgian Newspaper Missi chose for Lebanon. The article dates back from 1966 and was retrieved by Maroun Salhani from NowLebanon. Nahr el Kalb is ...
Critiques
How to preserve old Beirut houses
13 years agoWas this really the best way to preserve that old house in Sursoq street in Achrafieh ? by constructing on top of it and blocking its front view? I would have preferred that they demolish ...
Lebanon
Lebanese ’90s television emulator: telfezion.com
13 years agoI just heard about this from BoingBoing. Telfezion is a website that emulates Lebanese television in the 90s. The website is created by Nadim Kobeissi and this is what he told BoingBoing about the project: ...
Lebanon
Lebanese Civil War Slogans
13 years agoBeirut NTSC posted cool pictures back from the Lebanese war (Tezkar wou ma ten3ad). Check out [Part1], [Part2], [Part3] and [Part4] ...
Lebanon
Lebanon in the 1950s
13 years agoFootage shot in the 1950s showing daily village life, the loocal market and country views. Taken from the Huntley Film Archives. [YouTube] ...