Everyone in Lebanon knows this is not how Hamra looks like these days or ever looked like and It’s only normal that the Lebanese government sues Homeland producers for this misrepresentation of Beirut streets in Season2. Here’s what Tourism Minister Fadi Abboud had to say about the matter:
Minister Abboud said the reach of the show made the misrepresentation even more problematic. “This series has a lot of viewers and if you are promoting Lebanon as a non-secure zone it will affect tourism. It will mean a lot of foreigners stay away if they are convinced by what they see,” he said. “Beirut is one of the most secure capitals in the world, more secure than London or New York.”
The show was not filmed in Lebanon at all, but was shot instead in the Israeli city of Haifa. For Abboud the fact that it was filmed in a state with which Lebanon is technically at war was an added insult. “We would like to welcome the crews here to film in this city — we were offended by the fact that they filmed the thing in Israel and said it was Beirut,” he said. [Source]
And this is how Hamra really looks like these days:
Picture from Sieskte
lol wut:
“Beirut is one of the most secure capitals in the world, more secure than London or New York.”
What’s he smoking?
He is right.. it is more secure! Not in the sense that there was no war in beirut … there was a huge war! but as a city, when it is at peace like the period 2006-present, it is a lot safer than new york! can a girl walk half naked in new york at 4 am? arnt there crimes in new york ? hate crimes? in beirut, there crimes and theft just like new york but in beirut it is extremely rare!
I think that whole show is so problematic. Its whole purpose is to show the human side of the homeland security personnel and the savageness of the “other.”
Worst show on TV right now that no one is even bothering to question.
Well Abboud is certainly imagining things when said that Beirut is more secure than London but to portray Beirut like this ?From my research and just reserach on Jews living abroad and I’m telling this out loud ,they suck, zero social skills,most of them are jealous of the Lebanese beauty ,their girls aren’t as pretty as Lebanese girls,in fact most of them you can’t look at their faces and that’s a truth,they dress like they’re in the 80s or 90s lol,but most make achievements abroad just because they’re Israelis ,they steal Lebanese dishes not just the Hummus,they’re beggining to include one type of sweet Bakhlavah,one more thing it’s not Syrians or Extremists or Jews who should dominate the Middle East but Lebanese because wherever they go they raise the status of our country but at the same time are afraid to participate in politics,it’s the youth who should make a difference and get the corrupt men out of the government
Just how high is that horse you’re on?
Do Americans go out of their way for the rest of the world to hate them? They really try hard to be disliked.
I think people around here take TV shows way too seriously.
Who cares seriously?
I wish people in Lebanon could set their priorities and know where the real problems are… but again, it’s always easier to blame the “West” for taking advantage of our mistakes and the low level we’ve dragged ourselves into.
And our dear ministers, could they for once put their effort and patriotism where it can actually make a difference and do good to this country?
well, yesterday was a proof of how “Beirut is one of the most secure capitals in the world, more secure than London or New York.”
I’m not saying that our government doesn’t have the right to sue ‘Homeland’ for inappropriate illustration of Lebanon, but it’s their fault why the West has this idea of the East. I mean if our government had put efforts in our country before to enforce security and avoid all what Lebanon went through due to political gaps, the image the West has on the East or at least on Lebanon would be different and I don’t think they’ll think of imagining Lebanon the way they do.. All I’m saying it’s our fault in some way………