Jenny February 12, 2015
Lebanon Mid East

Winter in Beirut

Apart from the rain and storms and freezing houses, they are not that bad. Lebanon’s winters.

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Beirut in the distance, from Dbayeh’s “marina” (pavement 100 m down from the highway).

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Very much Beirut. Cement, dreaming of greenery.

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From Gariné’s rooftop. Buildings have close neighbours in Geitawi.

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“The young guys’ barber”.

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Inside a falafel shop in Hamra.

Evening in Zarif.

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Installation inside a design shop.

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Working like crazy to get Mashallah’s old articles transfered to the new website, which is set to be launched very soon.

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Sukkarah (her name means “sugar”) and her four kids who live in a small deserted house in the coastal village of Loubieh, talking about life for Syrians in Lebanon.

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In between interviews. With Nader, Tareq and Karim + sfouf, pomelo and strong coffee.

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Winter, summer, any time. Beirut’s corniche.

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Revolutions and love.

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Rafik el-Hariri, looking up towards the sky from a construction site in central Beirut. The 10th anniversary of his killing is soon coming up.

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The view from one of Beirut’s iconic buildings, the pink house in Manara, which has kept open this winter through the efforts of British artist Tom Young.

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The pink house is in the end being restored, it seems – people were afraid it would be demolished like much of Beirut’s architectural heritage.

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One of the house’s past residents.

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The pink house, Manara’s old lighthouse, and a new residential tower.

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Positive Lebanon, a Tamyras-published book I have a contribution in, on display in one of Beirut’s bookshops