Tag: Heritage
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Beirut Begins Destroying the City’s Last Public Beach
The people of Beirut were shocked this Saturday, when images of the city’s last public beach, began circulating on social media, showing the site being destroyed by heavy construction equipment.
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TIMEBOX, an Urban Trail of 20th Century Beirut
Discover an urban trail of early 20th century 3D images on the streets of Beirut.
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The Fouad Boutros project raises more questions than it answers
The proposed $70 million controversial Fouad Boutros Highway raises more questions than it answers. The Beirut Municipality must be held accountable.
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The campaign to stop the destruction of Raouche’s Al Dalia
“Because they want to see the sea, we can’t see the sky anymore”
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“Discover Monot-Huvelin” – Achrafieh 2020
“Achrafieh 2020 is bringing us its 5th Car-free day in Monot-Huvelin”
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Save Achrafieh from the Fouad Boutros Project
The “Save Achrafieh” protest against the Fouad Boutros Highway project took place on Saturday the 1st of March at 3pm in front of EDL Mar Mikhael. The second one will…
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“Discover Gemmayze” – Achrafieh 2020’s latest project
This Sunday the 1st of December, the Achrafieh 2020 team is organizing its 4th “Car free” day. After Achrafieh, Mar Mikhael, Rmeil/Geitawi, Gemmayzeh is now allowing us to see how…
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New Information on the Phoenician Site destroyed last Tuesday
We have received new information today relating to the Phoenician site that was destroyed last Tuesday the 26th. Document Number 1: Rock-cut slipways in Beirut by Prof. David Blackman sent…
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Save Beirut Heritage releases April ICOMOS report on the Phoenician site of Minet El-Hosn (Fr/Eng)
This is the Save Beirut Heritage (SBH) Release over the destruction of the Phoenician Shipyard in Mina el-Hosn, Beirut. [Version Originale Francaise] Translated into English by Elia Ayoub and posted…
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An Open Letter to Gaby Layoun
Dear Minister, I wanted to express my sincerest sadness over your failure to protect our 2,500 year-old monument. It is a sad day for our culture, our history and our…
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2,500 year-old Phoenician shipyard destroyed today in Beirut.
By Elia Ayoub I am sad to report that a 2,500 year-old Phoenician shipyard was completely destroyed today in Mina el-Hosn, Beirut. The ministry of culture has ignored some sort…
