| Downtown, Beirut. |
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The city centre of Beirut is not what one would normally expect from the centre of an old town. The reason for the modern, almost sterile atmosphere - with minimal traces of the past - dates back to the time after the civil war. In 1990, the government of Rafiq Hariri consolidated all the properties in this severely damaged area by offering the several hundred thousand owners shares in the private building cooperation for the development of the inner city. So far more than 2000 buildings have been removed and replaced by modern and chic properties, but not without problems. Owners who fled Lebanon during the civil war were hard to find. Moreover, the area was and is full of archaeological ruins. The reconstruction of the inner city is far from complete, new buildings are being erected continuously. But the remaining (partially) destroyed historical houses still give an impression of what the inner city looked like before the civil war.
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#Beirut #Lebanon #achrafieh #gemayze #ilovebeirut #livelovelebanon #thisislebanon #beirutconnected #beautifullebanon #lebanoninapicture #outofthephone #huawei #igersbeirut #instabeirut #igbeirut #mybeirut #oriental #artofvisuals #agameoftones #documentaryphotography #reportagespotlight #photojournalism #justgoshoot #thecreatorclass #chasinglight #peoplephotography #streetphotography #architecturephotography #lensculture #urbanromantix
| Downtown, Beirut. |
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The city centre of Beirut is not what one would normally expect from the centre of an old town. The reason for the modern, almost sterile atmosphere - with minimal traces of the past - dates back to the time after the civil war. In 1990, the government of Rafiq Hariri consolidated all the properties in this severely damaged area by offering the several hundred thousand owners shares in the private building cooperation for the development of the inner city. So far more than 2000 buildings have been removed and replaced by modern and chic properties, but not without problems. Owners who fled Lebanon during the civil war were hard to find. Moreover, the area was and is full of archaeological ruins. The reconstruction of the inner city is far from complete, new buildings are being erected continuously. But the remaining (partially) destroyed historical houses still give an impression of what the inner city looked like before the civil war.
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#Beirut #Lebanon #achrafieh #gemayze #ilovebeirut #livelovelebanon #thisislebanon #beirutconnected #beautifullebanon #lebanoninapicture #outofthephone #huawei #igersbeirut #instabeirut #igbeirut #mybeirut #oriental #artofvisuals #agameoftones #documentaryphotography #reportagespotlight #photojournalism #justgoshoot #thecreatorclass #chasinglight #peoplephotography #streetphotography #architecturephotography #lensculture #urbanromantix
| Downtown, Beirut. |
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The city centre of Beirut is not what one would normally expect from the centre of an old town. The reason for the modern, almost sterile atmosphere - with minimal traces of the past - dates back to the time after the civil war. In 1990, the government of Rafiq Hariri consolidated all the properties in this severely damaged area by offering the several hundred thousand owners shares in the private building cooperation for the development of the inner city. So far more than 2000 buildings have been removed and replaced by modern and chic properties, but not without problems. Owners who fled Lebanon during the civil war were hard to find. Moreover, the area was and is full of archaeological ruins. The reconstruction of the inner city is far from complete, new buildings are being erected continuously. But the remaining (partially) destroyed historical houses still give an impression of what the inner city looked like before the civil war.
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#Beirut #Lebanon #achrafieh #gemayze #ilovebeirut #livelovelebanon #thisislebanon #beirutconnected #beautifullebanon #lebanoninapicture #outofthephone #huawei #igersbeirut #instabeirut #igbeirut #mybeirut #oriental #artofvisuals #agameoftones #documentaryphotography #reportagespotlight #photojournalism #justgoshoot #thecreatorclass #chasinglight #peoplephotography #streetphotography #architecturephotography #lensculture #urbanromantix
| Arts in Culture in Beirut. |
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The culture of Beirut has evolved under the influence of many different peoples and civilizations, such as Greeks, Romans, Arabs, Ottoman Turks and French. The law school in downtown Beirut was one of the world's earliest and was considered to be a leading center of legal studies in the Eastern Roman Empire.
Beirut is also the home for a dynamic street artscene that has developed after the Lebanese Civil War, one of the most notable street artists is Yazan Halwani who is known to produce the largest murals on the walls of Beirut in areas such as Gemmayzeh, Hamra, Verdun and Achrafieh.
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#Beirut #Lebanon #achrafieh #gemayze #ilovebeirut #livelovelebanon #thisislebanon #beirutconnected #beautifullebanon #lebanoninapicture #outofthephone #huawei #igersbeirut #instabeirut #igbeirut #mybeirut #oriental #artofvisuals #agameoftones #documentaryphotography #reportagespotlight #photojournalism #justgoshoot #thecreatorclass #chasinglight #peoplephotography #streetphotography #architecturephotography #lensculture #urbanromantix
| Arts in Culture in Beirut. |
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The culture of Beirut has evolved under the influence of many different peoples and civilizations, such as Greeks, Romans, Arabs, Ottoman Turks and French. The law school in downtown Beirut was one of the world's earliest and was considered to be a leading center of legal studies in the Eastern Roman Empire.
Beirut is also the home for a dynamic street artscene that has developed after the Lebanese Civil War, one of the most notable street artists is Yazan Halwani who is known to produce the largest murals on the walls of Beirut in areas such as Gemmayzeh, Hamra, Verdun and Achrafieh.
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#Beirut #Lebanon #achrafieh #gemayze #ilovebeirut #livelovelebanon #thisislebanon #beirutconnected #beautifullebanon #lebanoninapicture #outofthephone #huawei #igersbeirut #instabeirut #igbeirut #mybeirut #oriental #artofvisuals #agameoftones #documentaryphotography #reportagespotlight #photojournalism #justgoshoot #thecreatorclass #chasinglight #peoplephotography #streetphotography #architecturephotography #lensculture #urbanromantix
| Arts in Culture in Beirut. |
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The culture of Beirut has evolved under the influence of many different peoples and civilizations, such as Greeks, Romans, Arabs, Ottoman Turks and French. The law school in downtown Beirut was one of the world's earliest and was considered to be a leading center of legal studies in the Eastern Roman Empire.
Beirut is also the home for a dynamic street artscene that has developed after the Lebanese Civil War, one of the most notable street artists is Yazan Halwani who is known to produce the largest murals on the walls of Beirut in areas such as Gemmayzeh, Hamra, Verdun and Achrafieh.
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#Beirut #Lebanon #achrafieh #gemayze #ilovebeirut #livelovelebanon #thisislebanon #beirutconnected #beautifullebanon #lebanoninapicture #outofthephone #huawei #igersbeirut #instabeirut #igbeirut #mybeirut #oriental #artofvisuals #agameoftones #documentaryphotography #reportagespotlight #photojournalism #justgoshoot #thecreatorclass #chasinglight #peoplephotography #streetphotography #architecturephotography #lensculture #urbanromantix
| L'Escalier de Saint-Nicolas, Beirut. |
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L'Escalier de L'Art, also known as the L'Escalier de Saint-Nicolas is a public stairway in Beirut, Lebanon. It is located in the Achrafieh district, providing a pedestrian link between Rue Gouraud and Rue Sursock uphill. Its proximity to the Sursock Museum and the Greek Orthodox Archbishopric of Beirut on Rue Sursock, make the 125 steps and 500 meters span staircase, believed to be the longest in the region, a very popular destination for tourists visiting Beirut.
Since 1973, the stairs have been used as an open-air art exhibition site that occurs twice every year. While the official and most known name of the "Montmartre-influenced" stairs is L'Escalier de Saint-Nicolas, the stairs are also referred to as L'Escalier de L'Art due to the numerous Gemayze art exhibitions that take place on the stairs.
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#Beirut #Lebanon #achrafieh #gemayze #ilovebeirut #livelovelebanon #thisislebanon #beirutconnected #beautifullebanon #lebanoninapicture #outofthephone #huawei #igersbeirut #instabeirut #igbeirut #mybeirut #oriental #artofvisuals #agameoftones #documentaryphotography #reportagespotlight #photojournalism #justgoshoot #thecreatorclass #chasinglight #peoplephotography #streetphotography #architecturephotography #lensculture #urbanromantix
| L'Escalier de Saint-Nicolas, Beirut. |
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L'Escalier de L'Art, also known as the L'Escalier de Saint-Nicolas is a public stairway in Beirut, Lebanon. It is located in the Achrafieh district, providing a pedestrian link between Rue Gouraud and Rue Sursock uphill. Its proximity to the Sursock Museum and the Greek Orthodox Archbishopric of Beirut on Rue Sursock, make the 125 steps and 500 meters span staircase, believed to be the longest in the region, a very popular destination for tourists visiting Beirut.
Since 1973, the stairs have been used as an open-air art exhibition site that occurs twice every year. While the official and most known name of the "Montmartre-influenced" stairs is L'Escalier de Saint-Nicolas, the stairs are also referred to as L'Escalier de L'Art due to the numerous Gemayze art exhibitions that take place on the stairs.
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#Beirut #Lebanon #achrafieh #gemayze #ilovebeirut #livelovelebanon #thisislebanon #beirutconnected #beautifullebanon #lebanoninapicture #outofthephone #huawei #igersbeirut #instabeirut #igbeirut #mybeirut #oriental #artofvisuals #agameoftones #documentaryphotography #reportagespotlight #photojournalism #justgoshoot #thecreatorclass #chasinglight #peoplephotography #streetphotography #architecturephotography #lensculture #urbanromantix
| L'Escalier de Saint-Nicolas, Beirut. |
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L'Escalier de L'Art, also known as the L'Escalier de Saint-Nicolas is a public stairway in Beirut, Lebanon. It is located in the Achrafieh district, providing a pedestrian link between Rue Gouraud and Rue Sursock uphill. Its proximity to the Sursock Museum and the Greek Orthodox Archbishopric of Beirut on Rue Sursock, make the 125 steps and 500 meters span staircase, believed to be the longest in the region, a very popular destination for tourists visiting Beirut.
Since 1973, the stairs have been used as an open-air art exhibition site that occurs twice every year. While the official and most known name of the "Montmartre-influenced" stairs is L'Escalier de Saint-Nicolas, the stairs are also referred to as L'Escalier de L'Art due to the numerous Gemayze art exhibitions that take place on the stairs.
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#Beirut #Lebanon #achrafieh #gemayze #ilovebeirut #livelovelebanon #thisislebanon #beirutconnected #beautifullebanon #lebanoninapicture #outofthephone #huawei #igersbeirut #instabeirut #igbeirut #mybeirut #oriental #artofvisuals #agameoftones #documentaryphotography #reportagespotlight #photojournalism #justgoshoot #thecreatorclass #chasinglight #peoplephotography #streetphotography #architecturephotography #lensculture #urbanromantix
| Photo Essay:
‘Ghost Town’ - Al Madam in Sharjah, UAE. |
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Lying in ruins now, the village, according to locals in the vicinity, was once inhabited by Al Kutbi tribe, one of the three prominent tribes residing in and around Al Madam, a small town governed by Sharjah emirate.
Abandoned a few decades back, the village now lies half buried in sand, and nobody is precisely sure why. It could be the jinn (supernatural creatures that Arabs and Muslims believe exist in this world but not visible to human eyes; the creatures are also mentioned in the Quran) or the inhospitable desert or a combination of both, so the local legend goes.
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#Dubai #MyDubai #DXB #jumeirah #outofthephone #huawei #UAE #sheikhzayed #middleeast #igersuae #instadubai #igdubai #mydubai #oriental #artofvisuals #agameoftones #documentaryphotography #reportagespotlight #photojournalism #justgoshoot #thecreatorclass #peoplescreatives #createexplore #createexploretakeover #chasinglight #peoplephotography #streetphotography #architecturephotography #lensculture #urbanromantix
