Beirut

A $125m luxury residential development, Beirut Towers, has been launched by the Dubai-based developer, Plus Properties, within the International Media Production Zone of TECOM. The project comprises of two towers - Verdun and Ashrafieh with 23 Storey each. Designed by Agostine & Rafael, a renowned consultancy firm, drawing inspiration from the Lebanese culture and heritage, the floors of bot

Verdun Tower, part of twin Beirut Towers real estate project. Gowealthy.com - Dubai,United Arab EmiratesPlus Properties, Dubai-based real estate developer, has announced to construct $125 million real estate project called Beirut Towers at International Media ... The twin towers, Ashrafieh and Verdun, consist of 23 floors each are designed to captures Lebanese culture and heritage.

Visit In Exhibition TodayDozens of booths selling handicrafts ranging from paintings and furniture to cushions and fashion accessories make up a four-day exhibition from July 2 to July 6 known as Afkart 2008, held this year in Downtown's Saifi Village. "The idea really started around 20 years ago in [the mountainous town of] Faqra, to promote the creative handicrafts of the village of Beit Chabeb,

Bulan Juni dan Juli adalah Bulan S.T. Banyak sekali sarjana baru yang telah menyelesaikan masa kuliah mereka. Karena sudah S.T., perayaan untuk mensyukuri gelar baru pantas dilakukan. Jumat kemarin, saya dan teman-teman sekampus makan malam bersama di salah satu kafe dan restoran khas Timur Tengah. Namanya adalah Beirut Shisha Cafe and Resto. Tempat ini terletak [...]

Beirut, French President Nicholas Sarkozy arrived in Beirut on Saturday accompanied by Prime Minister Francois Fillon and French party leaders for meetings with newly elected Lebanese President Michel Sleiman.Sarkozy arrived at 0715 GMT at Beirut’s airport and was received by his counterpart Sleiman, who was elected on May 25 after …A news by AsianLoveStories.com. [...]

Aku postingkan tulisan ini, lagi-lagi, untuk mengcounter segala bentuk pendiskreditan terhadap Hizbullah dan pemanipulasian kebenaran pengetahuan akan kerusuhan Mei di Beirut. Semoga, ini bisa cukup menjadi amunisi untuk ‘membunuh’ orang-orang yang dengan sadar melemahkan barisan umat Islam demi kepentingan Amerika dan Israel Laknatullah. Mencoba mengikuti gaya khas orang-orang itu, ma

One of Hezbollah's thugs tearing out Rafik Hariri picture and placing Bashar Assad's instead in the heart of Beirut....PS: Watch well you who call themselves Aounist, cause this is what will happen to you if Hezbollah wins.... Fortunately, it will never win...

These are some photos from Carole Kerbage from Beirut yesterday and the days before , thanks again to Farfahinne.The photos include photos of solidarity march with Future TV after its old building was set on fire on Friday , also some photos are from the Strike day , the most recent are on the top Technorati Tags: Lebaon,Beirut,Photos,Lebanese,Mideast,middle East,civil war,clashes,Hezbollah,14th of March,future TV,army,news,follow Up

The Lebanese army moved into action in an effort to restore peace to Beirut before another civil war erupts which could destroy the nation. It is placing itself between the Hizbullah and the government in a crisis that began when a Hizbullah ally who headed security at the airport was fired by the government. Military [...]

"Iran is responsible for what is happening in Lebanon. The subject now is the Iranian attack on Lebanon. They want us to surrender totally without any compensation," Lebanese Sports Minister Ahmed Fatfat said Friday during an interview with the Al-Arabiya television network Friday amid reports that Hizbullah gunmen seized control of large parts of Beirut."Hizbullah has turned from an opposition party into a militia attempting to impose its control. I think Hizbullah believes that the way to Tel Aviv passes through Beirut," he said. Fatfat said Hizbullah Secretary-General Hassan Nasrallah had "taken advantage of the government's decision to outlaw the (Shiite) group's communications network in order to declare war." More...

Oh Yeah, it's crazy there.... As much as it's very bad here, in America, at least it's peaceful... We could all be living in Beirut. I cannot get over the damn Liberals lamenting the outbreak there. They support those guys... More double standard, I suppose. Go ReadRemember guys, ol' Barry wants to talk to these thugs too....and his running for President. Technorati Tags: Barack Obama, Democrat, Democrats, Election '08, Election 2008, Israel, Liberal, Liberals, Middle East, News, Obama, Opinion, Politics, Republican, Stupidity, Terrorism, War, War on Terrorism, World News

Beirut has fallen under the yoke of Nassrallah militiamen. A victory some are calling it. Hordes of militiamen running in the streets shooting at civilians and residential areas. TVs, newspapers and magazines are being closed down. Checkpoints are being built. Welcome to the new age, the age of Hezbollah iron grip! Dream on! Hundreds or even thousands of militiamen cannot occupy a city. Pitiful street thugs will never close down free press and Tvs. Dream on, for today is the start of the end of what was once called a resistance, but now is only a milita, specialized in terror and blackmail, holding a whole city, and economy of the whole country hostages for some political gains. Dream on! A battle is lost but the war rages on, where it should in our hearts in our minds and in our fa

As many among us have warned several times over the past year, and many articles later, Hezbollah has indeed waged its expected blitzkrieg against the democratically elected Government of Lebanon. Within 24 hours, the pro-Iranian super-militia blocked all accesses to the Beirut International Airport, established an exclusive security zone around the organization’s headquarters in south Beirut, deployed its forces into several Sunni neighborhoods in the capital and erected check points across...(read more)

I am noticing something that the media in the west and east are ignoring the economic factor in the Lebanese issue.people do not understand that the majority of Shiites in Lebanon are from the Blue collar working classes whether from the farmers or from the labours. The last economic decisions to raise the price of fuel and diesel in Lebanon just like another Egypt made this class extremely angry especially their wages were the same ,even after the very fast small raise the cabinet had decided from two days before the protests. The Cabinet decided to raise the minimum wages to become $US 500 , useless raise in front of continuous rising prices. Again this protests were not planned by Hezbollah and allies but it was planned by the Lebanese Labour Unions on objection of the very low minimum

The clashes broke out after people staged demonstrations in Beirut to protest Prime Minister Fuad Siniora’s government over the ongoing economic and political crisis in the country.Fierce fighting was underway in the districts of al-Jadidah and al-Fakahani and a group of opposition supporters stormed an office of MP Saad Hariri’s al-Mostaqbal (Future) Party in the [...]

Decenas de manifestantes partidarios de Hezbolá, el principal grupo de la oposición en Líbano, cortaron ayer las... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

I think no one imagined things would be go this route in Beirut ,in today's labour strike and protest except of course who planned to make this way . I mean it is a decision taken in the moment to bring your weapons and start attacking the others in the protests or strike just like this , especially when it involves guns,rifles,Molotov and RBG !!No to mention the army presence !! It is more than usual riots of angry blue collars for sure and because it is Lebanon you should know that this is another round between the on going the opposition and the cabinet. It took an ugly form that reminded the people of Beirut with the civil war ,I know a friend of a friend who told her online that she hided in her bathroom along with her kids when she saw the two fighting parties with big guns in the

My dear friend Razan published more photos from the Protest that took place on the 4th of May in front of our Egyptian Embassy in Beirut Here it is Strangely no one in the official media or in TV spoke about this protest Technorati Tags: Mahalla,Egypt,Lebanon,Beirut,Protests,Photos,6 of April Strike,4th of May,news,media,Arab,mideast,Middle East

Twenty-five years ago today a late model GMC truck packed with explosives slammed into the U.S. Embassy in Beirut and crashing through the lobby door. In his memoir See No Evil former CIA operative Robert Baer, who devoted much of this career to identifying the perpetrators of the bombing, “Even by Beirut standards, it was an enormous blast…” Often overshadowed by the bombing of the Marine Barracks in Beirut only six months later (as well as the many suicide vehicle bombs since),...(read more)

This blog is about a trip that I took this weekend.  The 80th country I have visited.  With this entry,  I hope to inspire the readers to travel and experience the world - as well as remind us not to judge people or issues by what you see on TV.  My marketing team will add pictures [...]

Download (rapidshare)192kbps / 52.7mbYear: 2006Label: Ba Da Bing!beirutband.comMore about the bandSimilar artists: Devotchka, Neutral Milk Hotel, Gogol BordelloAMG: 3.5"The best album to come out of Albuquerque since the Shins decamped for the Pacific Northwest, the debut album by Beirut (aka New Mexico-born 19-year-old singer/songwriter Zach Condon) bears an immediate resemblance both to Denver's DeVotchKa and the current passions of the Athens, GA, crowd formerly associated with the Elephant 6 stable. Like DeVotchKa, Condon is heavily influenced by Eastern European folk music and, to a lesser extent, the mariachi trumpets and Latin rhythms of the desert Southwest: the songs on Gulag Orkestar are lousy with mandolins and similarly plinky members of the string instrument family, accordions

Nope, not the capitol of Lebanon, and not that beer pong game - I'm talking about the band. Beruit is headed by 22-year-old Santa Fe native Zach Condon. He takes advantage of a variety of instruments and beautiful sounds. Beirut is soft, sweet, folksy indie rock. It can also be described as Balkan Gypsy music. I'll bet you don't hear a ton of that on your phone, do you?Discover Beirut on Thumbplay with these great ringtones:- Nantes- A Sunday Smile- The Penalty

NantesChiquotEstes finais de ano são sempre recheados de coisas agradéveis, tal como o fabuloso álbum de onde foi retirado este videoclip "The Flying Club Cup" de Beirut ou Zach Condon, um jovem americano (21 anos) apaixonado pela europa e, sobretudo, pela música tradicional dos balcãs.Em 2006 já nos havia presenteado com um excelente disco de estreia "Gulag Orkestrar" disco em que gravou todos os instrumentos: ukelele, mandolin, glockenspiel, trompete, acordeão, etc. Desta feita aos sons inspirados nos balcãs acrescenta inúmeras referências à França, quer a nível de inspiração sonora, quer em referências directas nas músicas (o título de uma destas faixas - "Nantes" - é bom exemplo), quer na capa (uma imagem de uma praia francesa no início do século).Estes videoclips foram gravados pelo blog francês La Blogotheque no bairro de Brooklyn, em Nova Iorque, como aliás foram todas as outras músicas deste disco para posterior edição em DVD. Entretanto podem encontra

No tengo un recuerdo muy claro de como es que Beirut llego a mis oidos, creo que escuché una de sus canciones en la casa de mi amigo MOTO (el dueño del blog). Pero lo que si tengo claro, es el momento en que me empezó a gustar mucho. Fué una tarde, mirando peliculas (La Trilogia del Padrino) en la escena del funeral del Papá y hermano del pequeño Vito Corleone (EL PADRINO II), la banda de musicos que acompaña el funeral y que despues es masacrada a tiros por ordenes de Don Ciccio, la música de quellos infortunados me hizo recordar que entre mis Cds tenia algo que sonaba similar, y despues de terminar de ver las pelis corrí a mi cuarto y puse el CD y escuche atentamente cada canción de esta genial banda. Es asi como empezó mi historia con Beirut.Ahora quiero compartir con Uds esta recopilación de discos y un DVD que espero sea de su agrado.BEIRUT DISCOGRAFIA:(Album) Gulag Orkestar [ 2006](51.54 Mb)(Album) The Flying Club Cup [2007](80.96 Mb)(EP) Lon Gisland [2006](21.63 Mb)(

Ok just from few hours Emile Lahoud had to leave the presidential palace and go back home ,the Presidential Palace in Lebanon is empty ,it does not have a new occupier , there is no president in a strange situation regionally and internationally After tonight Lebanon officially has no president at least till next week when a second round of negotiations between the so-called Majority and the opposition takes place with visits from foreign ministers from here and there till they agree on a president that makes all the parties in Lebanon happy , the different parties in Lebanon and also the international forces playing in the small tiny country that is doomed by politics Lahoud left and some young men took the streets celebrating right now his departure not realizing that this departure will open the doors of hell on the Lebanon Lahoud called on  the Lebanese army Friday to preserve security in Lebanon. The Spokesperson of the Lebanese presidency Rafiq Shalala made a press conf

The incident involved a shootout with automatic rifles Friday morning in the Bourj el-Barajneh camp, south of Beirut. The officials said three people were wounded - two from the Palestinian mainstream Fatah group and one from the rival Syria-backed radical Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine-General Command.An official of the PFLP-GC in the camp, Ramez Mustafa, described the incident as a squabble between two families, the al-Bashirs and the al-Habets. He said the squabble erupted into a gunfight near the Palestinian group's offices after Friday noon prayers.Palestinian refugee camps in Lebanon are generally known for lawlessness and armed groups vying for control. The Nahr el-Bared refugee camp in northern Lebanon was the scene of heavy fighting between Lebanese troops and al-Qaida-inspired Islamic militants from May to September. That battle left around 400 people dead, including Lebanese soldiers, Islamic militants and civilians. More...

Pompeii EP is an EP by Beirut. It features only the work of Zach Condon and pre-dates the Gulag Orkestar debut album. The album cover features Zach Condon (on the left) and his younger brother Ross Condon (on the right).

The sleeper hit of 2006, Beirut's Gulag Orkestar came out of nowhere to sell tens of thousands of copies in a matter of months and wound up on countless critics' year-end lists. As a stopgap before recording a new full-length in Fall 2007 -- and as a way to capture some current songs being performed at shows -- the eight-member band checked into Sea Side Studios in Brooklyn to record Lon Gisland.These are the first studio recordings made by the entire group, and a sampling of the most recent songs by orkestar leader Zach Condon. Lon Gisland features four new tunes and a full band reworking of Gulag's "Scenic World." The five-song EP was initially released with the European edition of Gulag Orkestar.

I could gush for hours about the greatness of Beirut, but I’m sure it would come across as some kinda fanboy lecture, so I’ll save you that and get right to the videos. All love for this should go to brockmasterflex and his shoulder. Click the link to watch the show. Enjoy! (Edited to add: I’ll be uploading a torrent of the mpeg’s tomorrow.. I’ll post a link here when I do.) (more…)

Ben Lee - Love me like the world is ending (live) YouTube DirektLink Beirut (ft. Edward Droste) - Cliquot (live) Go to the blog entry to see the video! The National - Apartment Story (Live on Craig Ferguson) YouTube DirektLink

Sharon the first did not bring to Lebanon anything except death and destruction and Sharon the second did not bring to Lebanon anything except confusion to the security authorities there Daniel Sharon was accidentally arrested in Beirut from couple of days during a murder investigation where at first they thought he was only a German citizen then it turned out that he is an Israeli gay who can't live without the Lebanese gays that he visited Lebanon for 11 times since 2005 !! I will start from the beginning , from the murder which is seemed to be forgotten,all the media is concentrating on the Israeli and is forgetting the main mysterious crime where a person was found killed by his roommate the security officer's gun in the Southern Suburb , the heart of Hezbollah area in Beirut , not to mention a photocopy for an Israeli passport and an official stamp were found in the crime scene too ,then it turned out that this roommate was with his friend or boyfriend who turned to be Israeli

Seriously despite its importance as a news it did not catch the eyes of the Arabic media , despite all the interesting details in it that makes a hot dish for Ramadan, it did not make the headlines as the last assassination in Lebanon , I do not know why , may be because it will open another big door of taboos whether in Lebanon or in the Arab world in general. As I wrote in the headline An Israeli is accidentally arrested in Beirut in Lebanon in a strange bizarre case. It already started with a Murder the Lebanese internal Security aka Police following the Merje police station was investigating on the 20th of September the Murder of Citizen Moussa Hussein El-Shalaan . El-Shalaan who was born in 1969 was found as a dead body in his flat in the 6th floor block no.2  at the "Malk" Project in El-Salam neighbor which is in the Merje area in the Southern Suburb en Beirut ,why I mentioned the whole address is the last part the Southern Suburb ,It is the populated Shiite Hezbollah area

Next new news-section: All the latest tour news and (extra) dates of all your beloved mellow artists! The National (source Pitchfork): 08-17 New York, NY - South Street Seaport * 09-04 Philadelphia, PA - Theater of Living Arts %$ 09-05 Washington, DC - 9:30 Club %$ 09-06 Washington, DC - 9:30 Club %$ 09-07 Carrboro, NC - Cat’s Cradle %$ 09-08 Atlanta, GA - Variety Playhouse %$ 09-10 Orlando, FL - The Club @ Firestone %$ 09-11 Tallahassee, FL - Club Downunder %$ 09-12 Birmingham, AL - The Bottletree %$ 09-14 Dallas, TX - Grenada Theater @ 09-15 Austin, TX - Emo’s ^ 09-16 Austin, TX - Zilker Park (Austin City Limits Festival) 09-18 Denver, CO - Ogden Theater @ 09-19 Omaha, NE - Slowdown @ @ 09-20 Minneapolis, MN - Fine Line @ 09-21 Milwaukee, WI - Pabst Theater @ 09-22 Chicago, IL - The Vic @ 09-23 Cincinnati, OH - Madison Theater @ 09-27 San Diego, CA - Casbah @ 09-28 Los Angeles, CA - The Wiltern @ 09-29 San Francisco, CA - Ballroom @ 10-01 Portland, OR - Crystal Ballroom

I do not know why I remember the Lebanese film "West Beirut" when I saw the breaking news about the huge blast in the "East Beirut" area where a MP from the "Phalanges" was killed among other people A huge blast rocked the vital area which is a populated Christian area in Beirut ,I could not believe the damage size they showed in TV whether from the cars or the buildings The victim that time is the MP of Phalanges Maronite Antoine Ghanem,who was badly injured and died in the way to a hospital near by the area , already I do not know how he could live after that blast if he was its target in the first place , if the windows and buildings were shattered and other neighborhood heard the blast  miles away!!! Other 4 people were killed and as reported 20 people injured in the blast , of course I believe the number of the injured may be more than this because most of the cars in the scene were on fire when the TV channels aired the blast on air Already the street is considered a vita

Tracklist 1. A Call To Arms 2. Nantes 3. A Sunday Smile 4. Guyamas Sonora 5. Le Banlieu 6. Cliquot 7. The Penalty 8. Forks and Knives (La Fete) 9. In The Mausoleum 10. Un Dernier Verre (Pour la... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

Honestly, i want to spread nice words about all artists which work hard to release these nice songs. However, there are some songs that sound quite better than the others. Gulag Orkestar was a great record even if it's not a perfect one. The Flying Club Cup is the upcoming second album by Zach... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

:: JOURNALISTEN Per Gudmundson träffade folk från Hizbollah i Beirut för ett halvår sen och säger bl.a.:  Min modiga kollega Jessica Ritzén som arbetar med en bok om självmordsbombare frågade företrädaren för Hizbollah: "Varför har ni slutat med självmordsbombningar?" - Därför att de inte längre tjänade våra syften, svarade han. Kallt och sakligt. Vad får dem att sluta? Per GudmundsonEN EFTERLYST amerikansk al-Qaida-medlem varnar i en ny video för att de amerikanska diplomatiska missionerna och andra uppdrag av USA är legitima mål och varnar för att nätverket ska attackera dessa "spy dens". Hans namn är Adam Gaddahn som säger: "Vi ska fortsätta att jaga er hemma och utomlands så som ni har jagat oss hemma och utomlands." Så säger amerikanen som konverterat till islam.   Mera om videon i Middle East Times - Adam Gaddahn i en ny al-Qaida-video från Laura Mansfield [No surprises here: Adam Gaddahn in new Al Qaeda tape

Jesse Harris(who has already written many songs for Norah Jones), is writing an OST for a movie of Ethan Hawke (the story reminded me of Before Sunrise/Before Sunset tbh), with many wonderful artists... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

Jesse Harris(who has already written many songs for Norah Jones), is writing an OST for a movie of Ethan Hawke (the story reminded me of Before Sunrise/Before Sunset tbh), with many wonderful artists... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

Midlake has announced the dates of his US tour: check the dates here. Beirut will perform for free the 25th of June on London’s South Bank: for more details, check here. Beirut also announced... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

The Fray has announced new tour dates: you can check them here James Blunt will release a second album on 17 September, named ‘All The Lost Souls’. Radiohead: Some new songssnippets have... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

On the one hand, it's sad that people fight. On the other hand, it shows that many in Lebanon are courageous enough to fight Iranian backed Hezbollah. 4 Dead, Dozens Injured in Student Clashes at Beirut University Thursday, January 25, 2007 BEIRUT, Lebanon — Students for and against the government hurled rocks and furniture at each other Thursday as Lebanon's power struggle turned violent on a university campus and spilled onto nearby streets. Four people, two of them students, were killed, according to Arab media outlets. Hezbollah's Al-Manar television said one of the militant group's supporters was killed, but security officials could not immediately confirm the death. Security officials said at least 17 people were injured. Other TV stations reported that about 25 people were hurt. Soldiers fired shots in the air to disperse the rioters at the Beirut Arab University in the Tarik el-Jadideh neighborhood, the officials said, speaking on condition of anonymity beca

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Pierre Gemayel muere en un atentado en BeirutEl ministro libanés de Industria, Pierre Gemayel, de 35 años, ha muerto en un atentado perpetrado hoy en las cercanías de Beirut, según anunció el líder de la mayoría parlamentaria libanesa, Saad Hariri. -Además, tres personas han resultado heridas en el ataque-.La televisión LBC mostró imágenes del vehículo del ministro, en el que la ventanilla del chófer aparecía acribillada a balazos, mientras que se veían manchas de sangre en los asientos.El coche tenía una gran colisión delantera, supuestamente porque el chófer había perdido el control del vehículo.Precisamente el chófer es uno de los heridos, junto a un transeúnte y una tercera persona de identidad desconocida.Hariri, aliado de Gemayel, dio la noticia en medio de una rueda de prensa, y precisó que fue asesinado de varios disparos en torno a las 15.15 hora local (14,15 en España).Pierre Gemayel era uno de los principales ministros que apoyan al primer ministro Fu