Posted By
Najib
Oct 21, 2018 11:35
I was browsing through Libanpost's website when I came across a Silver 100 Lira Banknote selling for 800,000 LBP, almost 550$. The banknote dates back to 1945 and is different from the more recent 100 Lira we're used to. I tried looking online for the 1970s Lira and found a website selling it for a whooping 60 Euros. If that's really how much people are buying it for, I should sell my 100 1 Lira…
Posted By
Najib
May 26, 2018 08:54
If you ask me about old Lebanese TV channels that were shut down, I can think of C33 and ICN but there's more. I came across a FB post by a friend and an old Annahar article that lists old TV stations that you've probably never heard of. Some of those include: Al Mashriq TV which started broadcasting in 1991 CVN which was also founded in the 1990s by Pierre Azar and Akram Karam but…
History
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Fun
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Baladi
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Baladi
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Lebanon
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I’m always on the lookout for pictures from the Lebanese Civil war and my latest finding is Pulitzer Prize-winning photojournalist Bill Foley. I remember seeing a couple of Foley pictures online in past years but ...
History
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History
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I found this old poster on Save Beirut Heritage’s FB page taken from the Daily Star and it dates back to January 15 1966. The poster is by Kurban Tours (not sure if it’s the ...
Baladi
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Famous American trumpeter and singer Louis Armstrong, who’s considered as one of the finest jazz musicians of all time, apparently visited Beirut in 1959 and performed at the UNESCO Theater. Armstrong was on a Middle ...
