Join events this week to help save Beirut heritage sites
Beirut activists are fighting hard to preserve two of the city’s key heritage sites and you can support…
Cool new music video shot in endangered Dalieh
Something fun today in a mad world! Check out this new video by The Wanton Bishops recalling vintage Beirut action…
How activists reclaimed Beirut’s coast and why it matters
As I have written previously, a new boldness appears to be gaining strength among Lebanese activists in the…
Exhibit proposing coastal alternatives draws crowds
Government officials like to complain that activists love making noise but never propose actual solutions. This is especially…
Dalieh competition winners announced
The results of the Dalieh Ideas competition, which seeks to protect Beirut’s natural coast from private development, were announced…
Last chance to support Dalieh crowdfunding campaign
Readers of this blog will be quite familiar with the campaign to save Beirut’s last undeveloped natural rocky…
Police demolish fishermen homes: “The Israelis treated us better”
This kind of destruction is usually caused by a war or natural disaster. But this was Beirut this…
Job’s Wednesday: A Ras Beirut tradition
This week, Beirut residents celebrated Job’s Wednesday (Orba’at Ayoub) at Ramlet El Baida, a tradition that stretches back…
Last week to enter Dalieh ideas competition
If you haven’t seen it, watch this old Egyptian movie clip about the future of Dalieh. Activists have…
Ministry announces decree to protect Dalieh coast
The ministry of environment has drafted a decree to name the rocky coast of Dalieh as a national…