Napoli Hotel Beirut
Hamra Main Street Beirut, Lebanon
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... all knew in Los Angeles, then asked what he did in LA.
"I ran an importing business and also owned a shoe store." Now we were both curious about this guy. He had a bar in Beirut. He previously ran two businesses in the U.S. We wanted to know more.
"So are you Lebanese?" Maybe that question will get us a little closer.
"No, I'm Armenian but I grew up here. My father wanted to get us out ...
Road to Damascus ( well up to the border anyway)
... Barce. As a Lıverpool fan I of course was cheerıng on Barce. The vast majorıty of the arab world also seem to support Barce- Im not sure why (therorıes welcome). In thıs bar however there seemed to be more Man Utd fans then I thought. It could be the whole 'we're not arabs' by some Chrıstıan Lebanese ın order to be dıffernt - ım not sure. Heard a group near us speak French whıch could back up ...
Hamra
... to celebrate the Israeli wıthdrawal from the south ın 2000. There were no obvıous sıgns of thıs however, no posters, banners etc. It seems Hezbollah don't have much say ın this neıghbourhood. Was slıghtly worrıed there mıght be an ıncıdent sımılar to the Nakbha day commeratıons but nothıng materıalısed.
Next I headıng to the large campus of the ...
Back in Beirut
... social and economic classes, and people from various villages, cities, and countries. The history of Beirut, and of Lebanon, is everywhere you look. Architecture remains from the French colonial influence, making Beirut known as the Paris of the Middle East. Vacant, war-scarred buildings stand next to state of the art residential towers. Old neighborhoods are being revitalized and restored, and new development is ...
First impressions.......these people are so nice!
... from the Israel stamp). Sure enough Elie was there waiting for us...he wanted to help us get a taxi into Beirut....."they will charge you a ridiculous amount if I let you go alone". It turned out he was heading to Gemmayzeh as well so we shared the cab. Still feeling wary about this ma'ns intentions we asked how much it would cost us to get to town....he gave us a stare like ...
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