Erasing memory in downtown Beirut
A waiter surveys a row of empty tables beneath the Place De L’Etoile clock tower seen on so…
Tower Power
The church must be proud. Its bid to build a tower taller than the mosque next door is…
Faces of non-violence
With almost 50 dead, the images from Saida this week have sickened most Lebanese, enough for many to…
Protesters take to the streets tonight
It’s been a harrowing day in downtown Beirut. Young people protesting the cancelation of elections and the extension…
Decorative bunker
Because if you are going to make downtown Beirut a police state, why not do it with some…
When downtown Beirut was busy
I found this picture today on the Facebook group قديماً one of many sites now posting pictures of old Beirut.…
In pictures: rally against ‘Orthodox’ law
Hours after Lebanon’s most blatantly sectarian electoral law passed a parliamentary committee, a crowd of activists had organized…
Clean up and move on?
Shockingly, the Lebanese leaders seem to have agreed and the most symbolic evidence of this is the end…