Lebanon Articles
First Impressions Do Not Count – Beirut, LebanonMarco De Oliveira visited Lebanon recently and found charm to be in short supply, until he left the modern city center of Beirut.
Surprise – Beirut, LebanonAfter five trips to Lebanon, Mark Lopez’ infatuation with the country hasn’t faded.
Lebanon Travel FactsThe Basics
Country: Lebanon
Where is it?: Lebanon is bordering the Mediterranean Sea, between Israel and Syria.
What are the main entry points?: Travelers usually enter Lebanon from the airport in Beirut. It has connections to many places throughout the world. If you’re traveling overland, the only way to reach Lebanon is through [...]
Round The World by Bike: Lebanon (24 November 2001)Lebanon
What do you know of Lebanon and Beirut? Let’s be honest: you’ve probably
only read this far because you thought the title was ‘Lesbians’. What I knew
(or thought I knew) was a place ripped apart by fighting – tanks and rubble
in the streets, concrete shells of buildings Emmental-ed with bullet holes.
Fanatics draped with AK-47s. And if [...]
The Chicken Theory
“Ali, how come all Lebanese girls have big breasts?” I whispered across the breakfast table signing Pamela Anderson’s figure. “Is it silicon?”
It was 10 o’clock on a Monday morning in a trendy restaurant of central Beirut. Ali, my hot new date, followed my gaze and peeked discreetly at the ten twentysomething Lebanese [...]
Two Months in the Middle East #4[...]
Two Months in the Middle East #3Fatima Gate, Kfar Kila, South Lebanon – June 9th, 2000
The crack of the bullets is deafening. There is a lot of screaming and shouting. Chaos. A Palestinian boy has just been shot by the Israeli army on the other side of the border fence, literally yards from where we were standing. Hizbullah stewards, all [...]
Sabra Refugee Camp, Beirut – June 8th, 2000
An utterly depressing place. The Palestinian refugees here live in absolute squalor. Forced out of Palestine by the Zionist ‘pioneers’ in 1948, most fled to Jordan. Misrepresented by the PLO, they again were forced to leave Jordan after the ‘Black September’ massacres of 1970. The refugees soon [...]
Beirut – June 7th, 2000
Two weeks after Israel have withdrawn from the south
The procession of cars noisily speeds down the alleyway outside my hostel two or three times a night. Hizbullah flags and banners dangle precariously from the windows as passers-by cheer and clap. The scene is made even more surreal by the strip [...]
