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Cultural Heritage - « The Hangar » a Cultural Center in the heart of Beirut’s Southern Suburb
By Karim Saad
Since 2004, the organization “Umam documentation and research” created a private archives fund it plans to open to the public as of next year. The organization also opened “The Hangar”, a sort of little cultural center ...Full Story>> |
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Cultural Heritage - Ancient history gets in the way of Beirut's modern towers
By Rima Abushakra
Ancient history is getting in the way of construction in Beirut's building boom as new archaeological discoveries delay the springing up of long-planned high rises. And the delays can be long, frustrating and expensive.Full Story>> |
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Cultural Heritage - In Beirut, the « Yellow House » will turn into a museum to remind people of the horrors delivered by the civil war
The sandbags, the embrasures where snipers used to hide and bullets multi-holed front wall remind that the “yellow house”, a building in the center of Beirut, served as a deadly ambush during the 1975-1990 Lebanese civil war. Today, it...Full Story>> |
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Cultural Heritage - Beirut's architectural heritage erased by modern towers
By Rima Abushakra
The Ottoman-style mansions, with Venetian windows, arches and lavish gardens that once epitomised Beirut are being levelled one after the other as high-rises mushroom across the capital. Local associations work for the protection of old buildings,...Full Story>> |
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Cultural Heritage - A tramway away
By George Eid
A favored public means of transport, the tramway was the old generation’s daily companion. This post-war (1975) transportation means dates back to the French mandate days, and was still in service until the civil war broke out. There have been...Full Story>> |
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Cultural Heritage - Lebanese old houses: the country's memories in peril
By Joëlle Sabella
While the entire world is rediscovering and highlighting its architectural heritage, the Lebanese are once again distinguishing themselves, this time by shamelessly destroying their superb traditional neighborhoods. Constantly higher and more lavish...Full Story>> |
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Cultural Heritage - Opalines and Bohemian Crystals at Elie Nabaa Antique Shop
By Névine Hage Chahine
At the heart of Ashrafieh and in the middle of the street of antique shops, the name of Elie Nabaa appears as a hallmark in this world of beauty, rarity and uniqueness.Full Story>> |
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