Corniche el Nahr – Beirut Train Station ( 1895 vs. 2007)
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Cool Discovery by Project Revolver: Meet The Sea-Ders (The Cedars), Also Known As “The Beatles of Lebanon”
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 name "Top 5" during the 1950s are presumably the first ever rock band to appear on stage in Lebanon. They were inspired by the popular rock bands that emerged at the time, and went on to record a total of…
Beirut
Old Beirut: Hôtel Excelsior & Les Caves du Roy Night Club
11 years agoHotel 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
11 years agoTrain 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
11 years agoLebanese 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 ...
Lebanon
Picture Of Beirut Hippodrome & Horsh Beirut In The Early 1960s
11 years ago(Photo via Gabriel Daher) ...
Old Lebanon
Aerial View Of Our Lady Of Lebanon, Harissa In 1923
11 years agoPicture via Loobnan I am finding it hard to believe that Harissa looked like that at some point in time. ...
Lebanon
Lebanon – 1969
11 years agoPolitical crisis, No government and soon no president, Syrian involvement, weak Lebanese army, refugees and armed clans. All these were back in 1969 and are now present today. I am keeping my hopes up that ...
History
20 Pictures Of Al Sa’eh Library in Tripoli Before It Got Torched
11 years agoPicture via Natheer Halawani A lot of people haven’t unfortunately heard about this decades-old library in Tripoli up until it got torched today, so I did some research and pulled out old pictures and information ...