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A Lebanese Blog

Month: September 2009

  • Facebook Beauty Salon?

    Ah no, it’s FaceLook beauty salon!

    Facelook beauty salon

    Photo taken at Bourj Abi Haidar – Beirut.

  • Shou ya ashta?

    I saw this on the front of a mini-bus 2 days ago in Tarik Al-Jadida, Beirut. I am sure the driver is “Shou ya ashta” style!

    mini bus

  • Zouk electricity factory pollution

    A friend of mine sent me the below photo today asking me to publish it on the blog.

    This is an insane environmental crime! I pity the Zouk inhabitants who have to breath these toxins every single day. All politicians know very well that these factories need to be replaced as soon as possible, and they all go on TV to talk about the problem but none of them suggests a solution. Screw you Lebanese parliament members, I am proud I did not vote to anyone of you.

    zouk electricity factory pollution

  • Exhibition – Surveying Brummana

    The Department of Architecture and Graphic Design at the American University of Beirut & the Municipality of Brummana cordially invite you to an exhibition of students’ works:

    SURVEYING BRUMMANA

    Monday September 7, 2009 at 15h00

    At the Meeting House
    Main Entrance, Brummana High School

    Program:

    Day 1: Monday 07/09/09
    15h00: Welcoming note
    Dr. Walid Khoury, Brummana High School principal
    15h15-15h40: Overview of Brummana’s evolution
    Naji Assi and Walid Bakhos (ARCH241 instructors – AUB)
    15h40-16h15: Presentation of case studies
    ARCH241 students
    16h15-16h35: Typologies of surveyed houses
    Antoine Fischfisch (ARCH241 instructor – AUB)
    16h35-16h50: Open debate (Q&A)
    16h50-18h00: Exhibition

    Day 2: Tuesday 08/09/09
    10h00-18h00: Open exhibition
    16h00-18h00: Walking tour of the surveyed neighbourhood

    Day 3: Wednesday 09/09/09
    10h00-18h00: Open exhibition

    SurveyingBrummana