An Old Martyrs Square Monument That Was Removed In 1950s

Update :: Here's a small french text I found about the monument "Le groupe en bronze sculpté par un italien du nom de Mazzucati a pris la place du monument en pierre de Youssef Hoyeck représentant deux femmes, l’une chrétienne, l’autre musulmane. Considérées comme pas assez «glorieuses», les pleureuses Hoyeck n’on connu qu’heurs et malheurs: Attaquées par un fou en 1948, déboulonnées en 1960, elles furent retrouvées enduites de goudron dans un dépôt avant d’être…

Rare Footage From 1941 Of Lebanon’s Ski School In The Cedars

Old Picture of British Troops in the Cedars Back In the 1940s - via Old Beirut Check out this pretty cool footage from 1941 that was shot by the Australian Imperial Forces in the Cedars. There was a storm probably similar to the one we're having this week and Becharre residents helped dig out the snow to clear the road for the trucks as the supplies were running low. Originally shared by Nadine Mazloum -…
Baladi

The First Naturalized Foreign Citizen In China’s History Was Lebanese-American

9 years ago
This is a rather old story but a fascinating one and I am surprised I’ve never heard about it until now. It’s about a Lebanese-American doctor called Georges Hatem, also known as Ma Haide or ...
Beirut

Fairouz Old House In Beirut To Become A Museum

9 years ago
The old Beiruti house Fairouz grew up in won’t be demolished and turned into a skyscraper. Instead the municipality of Beirut will take over the house and turn it into a museum to honor Fairouz’s ...
Lebanon

Lou3bat al Nissa2 Old Lebanese Movie Trailer

9 years ago
Update: Here’s a [link] to the full video. Chawki Matta, Houwayda, Rafic Najem and Madeleine Tabbar are in that movie. I saw somewhere in the comments that the guy singing at the end is Sami ...
Lebanon

A 1976 Charlie Hebdo Cartoon About Lebanon

9 years ago
This cartoon was published on the 19th of August 1976 by the French satirical magazine. It translates to “Seedy people knife themselves. Rich people are in Côte d’Azur”. I found this cartoon [here] and I ...
Information

When It Snowed In Beirut In 1920

9 years ago
This picture was shared on Old Beirut today and shows Beirut covered in snow back in February 1920. Apparently there was an old saying for people who were born in that year in Beirut that ...
Information

Alexander The Great’s Siege of The Unconquerable Lebanese City Of Tyre

9 years ago
I was reading an article about the 5 ancient acts of war that changed the face of the earth and the Great Alexander’s siege of Tyre was mentioned among them, so I decided to dig ...
Beirut

Why Beirut Was Once Known As ‘The Paris Of The Middle East’

9 years ago
The Business Insider published a nice article two days ago explaining why “Beirut Was Once Known As The Paris Of The Middle East”. They used photos taken by Charles W. Cushman, an avid traveler and ...
Architecture

The New Yorker On The Myth of Baalbeck’s Megalith

10 years ago
Photo credit: Deutsches Archäologisches Institut. German Archeologists made an incredible discovery a month ago in Baalbeck when they found right next to the “Hajar Al Hibla” in Baalbeck, the world’s biggest ancient stone block. The ...
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