If you go around the Nejmeh Sqaure at night, there’s a high probability you will be frightened by a street seller yelling “BEIRUT!!!” from behind your back in an attempt to later sell you images of old Beirut. To my knowledge, this man, Saadallah Basha, is probably the only street seller in Downtown Beirut…
It was probably about time someone writes about him, and yesterday he made it to The Daily Star!
This is weird. Does he have a “wasta”?
My understanding was that street vendors were not allowed in downtown. Not even street performers. I can’t remember where I had previously read that a musician was not permitted to perform downtown…
Found it 🙂
Public performance banned in Downtown Beirut
by Habib Battah
http://www.beirutreport.com/2011/11/public-performance-banned-in-downtown.html
Thanks for bringing that up Rouba! I totally disregarded it.
I doubt he has a wasta… but he indeed is a special case.
This person has scared the hell out of me on multiple occasions…
Just another Vendor Selling”BEIRUT”…
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