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Thoughts and photos from Beirut and LebanonCélinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06220754176532664147noreply@blogger.comBlogger103125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6163396014903270733.post-76373288915547546742021-01-14T23:09:00.000-08:002021-01-25T09:59:34.711-08:00The Wind In The Valley<p> I lay in bed but I do not sleep.</p><p>The wind's hiss is loud in the valley between Mansourieh and Hazmieh, </p><p>in between my home and your home, I wonder how is your companion doing there on the hazmieh side, </p><p>as my significant other turns in bed next to me.</p><p>The creaking of the door does not tire and the chairs, outside on the blacony, move carried by the wind one milli at a time creating a daunting stomp. Stomp.</p><p>I lay in bed and I do not sleep,</p><p>I think of you my dearest,</p><p>I did not say goodbye.</p><p>You live in the spaces in between, in the vast valleys, carried by the wind or down in the stream. </p><p>You live in the spaces in between, in between your friend who is now my friend, who is far far away on another continent, yet we speak not of you, but both, only of you we think every time we connect, and we speak only to thread the void you left in both of us with the warmth of your memory.</p><p>You live in our common spaces, on a fridge as a card, between a children 's book pages you got to Hana, on mugs carrying hot drinks and mugs carrying pens on office desks.</p><p>You live in the narrow space, in the conversations between my husband and myself, you, our friend, our only truly, equally friend of both. </p><p>The wind blows in the valley and I can not sleep. </p><p><br /></p><p>- to Zee</p><p><br /></p>Célinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06220754176532664147noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6163396014903270733.post-73165526644623803512017-05-01T10:58:00.001-07:002017-05-01T11:18:44.664-07:00Odisho - carpenter and maker of instruments <p dir="ltr">Odisho is a carpenter who helped me change the wooden frame of a window in my house. He is originally from Syria and says he used to make instruments there in addition to general wood works. He is often singing while working and always in a good mood. If you need any Oud, Bouzouk or Mizmar please message me to give you his contacts, he is available also for any wood work you might need in the dekwaneh / Bauchrieh area.</p>
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Célinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06220754176532664147noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6163396014903270733.post-91617388307478602182015-06-21T15:33:00.001-07:002015-06-21T15:33:25.781-07:00Sunday dog walk in downtown Beirut<p dir="ltr">More than 100 dogs where at that organised event for dog walking. </p>
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Célinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06220754176532664147noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6163396014903270733.post-5221975371819789692015-06-15T07:35:00.001-07:002015-07-09T04:42:59.261-07:00Hammana Cherry festival <p dir="ltr">Sunday June 14th we went up to Hammana for the Cherry Festival or <i>Mehrajan el karaz</i>. Here are some photos of the laid back Sunday with the family. </p>
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As humans, we often think that we are strong creatures taking over earth. Yet, here it is in the middle of the city, in crowded Hamra, on a building probably a century old or a bit more, nature gracefully taking its place back. And it is pretty.</div>
Célinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06220754176532664147noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6163396014903270733.post-19727509976367059722014-10-28T01:58:00.001-07:002015-07-09T04:40:50.859-07:0014 Thoughts of a Lebanese in Dubai<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<b><span style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">1- That sidewalk is as wide as a street in Beirut.</span><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></span></span></b><br />
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<b><span style="font-size: large; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Walking in Beirut is more of a hike and an adventure. I can't believe all this large sidewalk is just for me. Also, thank God I am on the shady side of the street, it is so hot to walk in the Sun, ah, long tower buildings, that I hate in Beirut here have a vital role, creating a shady sidewalk to the lonesome pedestrian.</span></span></b></h3>
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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: x-large;"><b>4 - Beirut has a (Ghost) city center and Dubai's mall center seems to function like a central square</b></span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: x-large;"><b>7 - In Any other city, this wall would have been full of graffiti.</b></span></span><br />
<span style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: x-large;"><b> it seems very weird how clean it is. Tucked in a one meter wide alley, I say it is very inviting to spray bomb</b></span></span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">8 - oh, Actually there is a tiny tiny graffiti</span><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Seems like someone did something then decided to hide it. </span></span></b><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: x-large;"><b>What is normal dressing anyways? is it the same in the US., in Dubai, in India, Egypt and Japan, etc..? What works in the USA as calling for a casual look might not work as good in Dubai's mall, as westernized as they might look at first.</b></span></h3>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">It is Clean, accessible and Free for all to use. Why does that seem to be a difficult thing to achieve in Lebanon?</span></h3>
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Célinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06220754176532664147noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6163396014903270733.post-1444253299061806832014-10-16T03:20:00.000-07:002014-10-16T03:20:12.355-07:00Since the city is small<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<span style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13.63636302948px; line-height: 16.7999992370605px;">This man, the one you don't know</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13.63636302948px; line-height: 16.7999992370605px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13.63636302948px; line-height: 16.7999992370605px;">Yet often see, since the city is small</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13.63636302948px; line-height: 16.7999992370605px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13.63636302948px; line-height: 16.7999992370605px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13.63636302948px; line-height: 16.7999992370605px;">Who stays a while, who drinks his wine</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13.63636302948px; line-height: 16.7999992370605px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13.63636302948px; line-height: 16.7999992370605px;">Often by himself,</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13.63636302948px; line-height: 16.7999992370605px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13.63636302948px; line-height: 16.7999992370605px;">yet sometimes babbles with your friends, </span><br style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13.63636302948px; line-height: 16.7999992370605px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13.63636302948px; line-height: 16.7999992370605px;">or friends of friends,</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13.63636302948px; line-height: 16.7999992370605px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13.63636302948px; line-height: 16.7999992370605px;">Since the city is small, and the bar is smaller.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13.63636302948px; line-height: 16.7999992370605px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13.63636302948px; line-height: 16.7999992370605px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13.63636302948px; line-height: 16.7999992370605px;">This man, the one you don't know, </span><br style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13.63636302948px; line-height: 16.7999992370605px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13.63636302948px; line-height: 16.7999992370605px;">yet to whom you smile, </span><br style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13.63636302948px; line-height: 16.7999992370605px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13.63636302948px; line-height: 16.7999992370605px;">Has got an appealing face, a mystery grace</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13.63636302948px; line-height: 16.7999992370605px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13.63636302948px; line-height: 16.7999992370605px;">Got you intrigued but you don't know why</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13.63636302948px; line-height: 16.7999992370605px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13.63636302948px; line-height: 16.7999992370605px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13.63636302948px; line-height: 16.7999992370605px;">This man has always left</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13.63636302948px; line-height: 16.7999992370605px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13.63636302948px; line-height: 16.7999992370605px;">A bit too soon,</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13.63636302948px; line-height: 16.7999992370605px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13.63636302948px; line-height: 16.7999992370605px;">this man has always moved a bit to fast</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13.63636302948px; line-height: 16.7999992370605px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13.63636302948px; line-height: 16.7999992370605px;">Out of your sight, </span><br style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13.63636302948px; line-height: 16.7999992370605px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13.63636302948px; line-height: 16.7999992370605px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13.63636302948px; line-height: 16.7999992370605px;">Sitting with your friends, laughing all aloud</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13.63636302948px; line-height: 16.7999992370605px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13.63636302948px; line-height: 16.7999992370605px;">You did not see the intruding smile</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13.63636302948px; line-height: 16.7999992370605px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13.63636302948px; line-height: 16.7999992370605px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13.63636302948px; line-height: 16.7999992370605px;">Hello</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13.63636302948px; line-height: 16.7999992370605px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13.63636302948px; line-height: 16.7999992370605px;" /><a href="https://draft.blogger.com/null" name="more" style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; 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color: #666666; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13.63636302948px; line-height: 16.7999992370605px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13.63636302948px; line-height: 16.7999992370605px;">To this man you listened </span><br style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13.63636302948px; line-height: 16.7999992370605px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13.63636302948px; line-height: 16.7999992370605px;">He did actually talk, </span><br style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13.63636302948px; line-height: 16.7999992370605px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13.63636302948px; line-height: 16.7999992370605px;">Intrigued you were, just for how long?</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13.63636302948px; line-height: 16.7999992370605px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13.63636302948px; line-height: 16.7999992370605px;">With words you replied: of course, what else?</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13.63636302948px; line-height: 16.7999992370605px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13.63636302948px; line-height: 16.7999992370605px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13.63636302948px; line-height: 16.7999992370605px;">Kissing </span><br style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13.63636302948px; line-height: 16.7999992370605px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13.63636302948px; line-height: 16.7999992370605px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13.63636302948px; line-height: 16.7999992370605px;">Did he notice what you said? it is not important </span><br style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13.63636302948px; line-height: 16.7999992370605px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13.63636302948px; line-height: 16.7999992370605px;">Obvious that became, you drank more wine</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13.63636302948px; line-height: 16.7999992370605px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13.63636302948px; line-height: 16.7999992370605px;">To haze the certain</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13.63636302948px; line-height: 16.7999992370605px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13.63636302948px; line-height: 16.7999992370605px;">Yet, the moment is always here for now,</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13.63636302948px; line-height: 16.7999992370605px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13.63636302948px; line-height: 16.7999992370605px;">Or was there for then, to be quite precise.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13.63636302948px; line-height: 16.7999992370605px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13.63636302948px; line-height: 16.7999992370605px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13.63636302948px; line-height: 16.7999992370605px;">This man, the one you know </span><br style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13.63636302948px; line-height: 16.7999992370605px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13.63636302948px; line-height: 16.7999992370605px;">and often see, since the eyes are there</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13.63636302948px; line-height: 16.7999992370605px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13.63636302948px; line-height: 16.7999992370605px;">Yet don't often note, since the city is cold</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13.63636302948px; line-height: 16.7999992370605px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13.63636302948px; line-height: 16.7999992370605px;">Who stays a while, who drinks his wine</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13.63636302948px; line-height: 16.7999992370605px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13.63636302948px; line-height: 16.7999992370605px;">Has got a face that lost its glare</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13.63636302948px; line-height: 16.7999992370605px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13.63636302948px; line-height: 16.7999992370605px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13.63636302948px; line-height: 16.7999992370605px;">You sit with your friends, you lift your eyes</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13.63636302948px; line-height: 16.7999992370605px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13.63636302948px; line-height: 16.7999992370605px;">you shake your head, you don't mean the smirk</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13.63636302948px; line-height: 16.7999992370605px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13.63636302948px; line-height: 16.7999992370605px;">you've meant a 'hello,</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13.63636302948px; line-height: 16.7999992370605px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13.63636302948px; line-height: 16.7999992370605px;">we have met before'</span><br style="background-color: white; 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font-size: 13.63636302948px; line-height: 16.7999992370605px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13.63636302948px; line-height: 16.7999992370605px;">Is a man you know, since the city is small,</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13.63636302948px; line-height: 16.7999992370605px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13.63636302948px; line-height: 16.7999992370605px;">A friend of a friend, and nothing more.</span></div>
Célinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06220754176532664147noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6163396014903270733.post-38638866829004455922014-07-30T02:26:00.001-07:002015-07-09T04:43:21.727-07:00Massive Attack at Byblos Festival<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
It was a great concert, with a professional band advocating for <a href="http://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/massive-attack-visit-palestinian-refugees-in-lebanon-all-of-them-have-a-right-to-a-life-of-dignity-and-beauty-9635645.html">basic human rights</a> while giving a gigantic show. All that in the beautiful setting of the old Byblos / Jbeil city.<br />
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From Mosul Christians to Gaza strip, to the refugees in Lebanon, all got mentioned.<br />
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Respect.<br />
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Check out Glamroz <a href="http://glamroz.com/massive-attack-solidarity-with-palestinians-in-gaza-byblos-festival/">video</a>.<br />
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Célinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06220754176532664147noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6163396014903270733.post-23417829059078120652014-04-21T08:07:00.000-07:002015-07-09T04:41:33.547-07:00Rothko and this wall <div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
I never understood (the emotions of a) Rothko painting until I kept being stuck in traffic in front of this wall.<br />
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Repetitively. For it couldn't move me at the beginning, specially if I was having a bad day, (or a too jolly day to see things), but then one day, a good day, I saw it: this sensuality of the expression and the sensation it gives, Rothko spoke about but, I never really grasped. And, from then on, it stayed with me. On a good day, and on a bad day.<br />
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The next time you are passing by, art (or a crumbled wall wanting to be art) might make your day better, or maybe just this moment you see it, a sensation of ease and peace will get hold of you, like the effect of a poem, of a musical rhyme, or of rain; of things you understand move you, but not really why.<br />
It will get hold of you, and you will somehow regret the green light obliging you to move, putting an end to your poetic moment, while you will try to hold its effect the longest within you.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.google.com/url?sa=i&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=images&cd=&cad=rja&uact=8&docid=UPFHVOXy6_gYrM&tbnid=TRWQtHd3UtH5BM:&ved=0CAUQjRw&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.telegraph.co.uk%2Fculture%2Fart%2Fart-news%2F9592962%2FRothko-painting-vandalised-in-Tate-Modern.html&ei=cyxVU-mzAqej0QW_jYHAAg&bvm=bv.65058239,d.d2k&psig=AFQjCNGQ9JdkkPCs2o4RVbWzxP2hTOkxkg&ust=1398177261019318">source</a><span style="font-size: small; text-align: left;">When I finally had the opportunity of seeing live Rothko's paintings at the Tate Modern, I was able to make that connection between the images of the paintings I had seen in books and online/ the wall of that building in Beirut/ the actual paintings.</span> </td></tr>
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And I wonder:<br />
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Will the new building, that is soon going to swipe that one away, be able to create any poetry, any music, any art in our city?<br />
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Célinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06220754176532664147noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6163396014903270733.post-35303898326556575992014-04-21T05:32:00.001-07:002014-04-21T06:19:38.034-07:00Qu'y aura t-il derrière la façade des choses?<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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The compromise between completely destroying the heritage building or keeping it, is keeping only "a façade" and building inside and above it (a 10 story building). </div>
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While we have thousands and thousands of problems in Beirut, I am going to talk about the least urgent one, because it doesn't need the state or the municipality to be solved, but I believe every single person (dog owner) can solve it by himself, before waiting for a 50.000LL fine law to start acting. Call me optimistic, but it is just stinking awful in my neighborhood and I believe that now is a good time to start talking about this (even if more urgent matters worry you all),</div>
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Pets are those happy beings you come back home to, play with, they are always there for you and never complain and as everybody knows "a dog is a man's best friend"specially, if you have the time and space to care properly for a pet, they are a big plus in anyone's life. </div>
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While the culture of owning dogs in Beirut, and Ashrafieh more precisely, is growing with the marketing and social media efforts of <a href="https://www.facebook.com/pages/Dog-Market-Lebanon/166993830075357">some pet shops,</a> it seems that taking care of where the dog poops is on nobodies mind, as if as long as it is not human waste, animal (big) shit is OK to have on the (little) sidewalks we have, or even next to buildings and shops entrances. </div>
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Other then the hideous smell or the dirty shoes you might have from stepping in those, the amount of flies around them is scary, you don't want to think where next these insects are going to land.</div>
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So I decided to take action alone and made this flyer and hung it in the street (Saydeh street/ Karm el Zeitoun area), The parking already banned dog walking on its premise. I have noticed others (in Tabaris) doing the same.<br />
Here is the UAE's proud "First internet page on dog poop" as <a href="http://www.homelypetz.com/#/the-scoop-on-poop/4535634195">they explain and give advice</a><br />
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I hope the marketers behind the "walk your dog" <a href="https://www.facebook.com/events/666179156783147/">event</a> happening soon in Beirut, will talk about the whole responsibility of owning a pet, specially in a crowded city.<br />
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Any small <a href="http://www.google.com/search?es_sm=91&sclient=psy-ab&q=dog+poop+transmits+decease&btnG=#q=dog+poop+transmits+disease&spell=1">google search</a> can show you the many problems and disease transmitted by dog waste.<br />
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So Scoop it, curb it, bag it, trash it... just don't leave it there as if it doesn't exist and no one sees it. WE DO and no one likes it, and we think your dog is cute just not his poop.<br />
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<i>Hint to the entrepreneurs in dogs accessories : while you are at it, get the biodegradable dog poop bags to the lebanese market. </i><br />
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Célinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06220754176532664147noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6163396014903270733.post-54165148151760042442014-03-05T09:23:00.000-08:002014-04-21T06:19:45.502-07:00Civil society trying to save Beirut's Heritage<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Célinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06220754176532664147noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6163396014903270733.post-58624965534500850482013-12-03T12:39:00.000-08:002013-12-04T08:12:40.500-08:00Maaloula is on the news today and it is Eid El Berbara<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Maaloula, a small city in Syria, is everywhere on the (sad) <a href="http://www.france24.com/en/20131203-syrian-rebels-take-control-maaloula-ancient-christian-town">news</a> today and it is Eid El Berbara (Saint Barbara's eve). What is so remarkable about this coincidence?<br />
As a Child, I visited Mar Takla convent in Maaloula and still remember the alley through the rocks or the Siq Maaloula, where it is believed that Berbara crossed escaping the romans, disguising herself because she had embraced the Christian faith, thus Christians nowadays in Lebanon and Syria celebrate St. Barbara by Wearing costumes and trick or treating and singing popular songs in their streets.<br />
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You can find more info about the story <a href="http://www.fanoos.com/reports/eid_al_barbara.html">here</a>, so I am not going to go into the details, I remember very clearly the nuns telling me the story, yet this is the only link on the internet talking about St. Berbara passing in Maaloula that I could find.<br />
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Tonight, Children where knocking on my door trick or treating, there used to be much more kids celebrating this holiday, but it sadly seems like Halloween is taking over our 3rd of December St. Barbara's Celebrations.<br />
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Today, from my blog usually dedicated to Lebanon, I send a simple shout out to Syria and I hope peace will be back in all its cities, and children and teenagers will be soon enough back on the street hiding their faces only because they are playing and not to hide their identities out of fear (Check <a href="http://www.mymodernmet.com/profiles/blogs/elena-dorfman-syrias-lost-generation">Syria's Lost Generation</a> by photographer Elena Dorfman)<br />
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Célinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06220754176532664147noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6163396014903270733.post-29317779632188196892013-10-19T01:39:00.003-07:002013-10-19T01:40:12.865-07:00An old woman, an olive tree and a kaak seller<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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This Saturday night in Beirut, by the end of the program of <a href="https://www.facebook.com/events/158361517699587/?directed_target_id=0" target="_blank">Nehna wel Amar wel Jiran</a>, a few where still hanging on, drinking beer and wine on the Vendôme stairs.<br />
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While people are busy with the escalating "<a href="http://www.yalibnan.com/2013/09/07/lebanon-fm-urges-foreigners-to-stay/" target="_blank">situation</a>", <a href="http://www.dailystar.com.lb/News/Lebanon-News/2013/Sep-07/230310-cancellation-of-creamfields-takes-message-of-peace-with-it.ashx#axzz2eIHAjfpH" target="_blank">event cancellations</a> in the country due to foreign safety measures, closing businesses (<a href="http://www.dailystar.com.lb/Business/Lebanon/2013/Sep-07/230315-hermel-tourism-businesses-struggle-as-visitors-stay-away.ashx#axzz2eIHAjfpH" target="_blank">here</a> and <a href="http://www.beirut.com/l/28129" target="_blank">here</a>), <a href="http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/09/07/us-syria-crisis-usa-kerry-idUSBRE9860EW20130907" target="_blank">Obama's latest </a>thought of action, the honking, the pollution, the immigration, the visas, the job hunt, school starting again, the weather becoming milder, the latest bomb and speculation about the next one, ... One kid played Derbakeh.<br />
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There it was, the perfect moment around midnight that lasted 10 minutes or an eternity: 3 generations connecting through music and dance on the street. And, there was nothing else in the world more important then this rhythm and the movement it created.<br />
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Célinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06220754176532664147noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6163396014903270733.post-82792294916031110322013-07-29T13:03:00.000-07:002013-10-19T01:40:42.323-07:00Beit Waraq Artist Community<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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While I had stumbled upon some of their work online, it is only lately, at an Iftar diner they had organized that I finally made it to their "Beit" (Home), a hidden old lebanese house with a garden, tucked in Ras El Nabaa.</div>
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They organize workshops, events, film screenings and much more always setting the bar higher and wanting to provide the best possible. </div>
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I especially loved multi-disciplinary approach to things, though I first thought they were interested mainly in animation and illustration.</div>
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Make sure to check their Facebook page <a href="https://www.facebook.com/pages/Waraq/272831539453940?fref=ts" target="_blank">here</a> as they are an active lovely bunch with new events and more workshops coming soon.</div>
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Célinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06220754176532664147noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6163396014903270733.post-43413824786289349452013-04-20T09:51:00.002-07:002013-10-19T01:40:42.321-07:00Ever walked the Lebanese streets during daytime and noticed street lights were on? Waffir A new App. to save Energy <div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Now, someone is trying to do something about it and proactively, they created a new app., to exactly do this action: "<b>Report street lights on during the day with a click</b>". I got in contact with the Muhanna foundation behind the application and they soon explained it to me : <a href="https://www.facebook.com/pages/Waffir/512970985412213?fref=ts" target="_blank">Waffir </a> helps lebanon save up energy one click at a time, yet, it depends on the crowd (YOU) reporting the wrongly lit light, on the spot, where <i style="color: red;">the lights are on during the day, day after day.</i><br />
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1-Downlaod the Waffir app. (available for iphone and androids)<br />
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3- Turn on your GPS for the app. to locate where you are, thus where the light is on. <span style="font-size: x-small;">(no need to turn on your map option if you are running low on your 3G plan)</span><br />
4- Open Waffir app.<br />
5- Click the Report Button, Done! <span style="font-size: x-small;">(you can turn back off your GPS)</span><br />
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Because it really feels good to do good :), Waffir Energy <i>(meaning save energy in Arabic)</i> and do report <span style="color: red;">the lights on during the day, day after day</span>... and, watch how much time it takes for the municipalities to respond and fix the light's timers. Is it an efficient municipality or not? ... that will be revealed with time and repeated usage of the app.<br />
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Having tangible proof for holding municipalities accountable also does feel good :)<br />
mmm, so what other apps then an app reporting lights on during the day should we have to better keep an eye on public property and services and their usage?</div>
Célinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06220754176532664147noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6163396014903270733.post-33930384452481294022013-03-06T10:16:00.002-08:002013-10-19T01:42:38.506-07:00Unintentional branding of the city : Beirut, is this what you want to communicate?<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;">One Huge Name appears alone on a panoramic view of Beirut taken from a high-rise in Sin-el-fil.<br />With the lack of regulations on acceptable ad sizes, this "Kaliry" (gallery- writen in Arabic) eats up the panorama.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Blue skies and Blue Signs above the city</td></tr>
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In a clutter of big billboards and huge ads something like this might be accepted, it might even become part of the identity of a place <i>(Times square in New York city, Dbayeh highway in Lebanon,...though we always hope things get done with better taste)</i> ...but there, standing like that alone and mighty, it is just too flagrantly ugly.<br />
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This obligation to see the message / read the name is just frustrating.<br />
Makes you want to photoshop it out, only in reality too, not just on the photo.<br />
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Makes me think of the Old beautiful Beiruty homes that get flushed out easily daily, as easy as photoshopping a sign off from a panoramic view, yet this stands strong. How ironic, ya Beirut.</div>
Célinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06220754176532664147noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6163396014903270733.post-48576150825783964632013-02-12T06:03:00.001-08:002013-02-12T06:04:35.243-08:00Fashion victims confined in Zahle<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">spikes...</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">... and needles.</td></tr>
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2012 was the year of the Spike in Lebanon.<br />
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