The Old Beautiful Jounieh

via Kadiman I think this is one of the best pictures I've seen of Jounieh back in the old days. It's really quite depressing to look at this picture and imagine that someone decided to install a power plant in the middle of this beautiful bay, and super night clubs along the coast.
Beirut

Corniche el Nahr – Beirut Train Station ( 1895 vs. 2007)

10 years ago
Both pictures are courtesy of [Qadiman Facebook Page]. ...
Music

Cool Discovery by Project Revolver: Meet The Sea-Ders (The Cedars), Also Known As “The Beatles of Lebanon”

10 years ago
I love digging out stories from Beirut’s pre-war glory days and I’m surprised that I haven’t heard about the Sea-ders band until now all thanks to ProjectRevolver‘s research. The Sea-ders, who started off with the ...
Beirut

Old Beirut: Hôtel Excelsior & Les Caves du Roy Night Club

10 years ago
Hotel Excelsior was one of Lebanon’s most famous hotels back in the 1950s and 1960s and its nightclub “Les Caves Du Roy” was one of Lebanon’s hottest nightlife spots. Excelsior was located next to Beirut’s ...
Lebanon

The Rails That Built Lebanon

10 years ago
Train Stockyard in Tripoli Here’s a nice [article] by Nicolas Photiades on how the private railroad network helped boost Lebanon’s economy in the late 19th century, and how the best way today to bring back ...
Information

Hashem el Madani, Akram Zaatari and Saida’s Studio Shehrazade

10 years ago
Lebanese Photographer Hashem el Madani has been taking pictures of Saida’s inhabitants over five decades and his archive contains some pretty unusual portraits like the one below. Apparently, it was common in Saida and probably ...
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10 years ago
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Lebanon

Picture Of Beirut Hippodrome & Horsh Beirut In The Early 1960s

10 years ago
(Photo via Gabriel Daher) ...
Old Lebanon

Aerial View Of Our Lady Of Lebanon, Harissa In 1923

10 years ago
Picture via Loobnan I am finding it hard to believe that Harissa looked like that at some point in time. ...
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