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the Sursock Museum

Blog entries, Gallery
The Sursock Museum is one of Beirut’s most famous art institutions, focusing on modern and contemporary art. It is housed in a beautiful 19th-century villa in the Achrafieh district, the former mansion of Nicholas Sursock, a Lebanese collector who died in 1952. The museum has an attractive collection of modern and contemporary art, much of [...]
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a random walk in Beirut

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My Lebanese friend, with whom I stayed the last few days, had to attend a meeting on my last morning in Beirut, so I was all prepared to wander through this magnificent town – which I know from an earlier visit – on my own, for a few hours. But such is Middle Eastern hospitality, [...]
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the Ixsir winery

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Having tasted several Syrian wines during a weeklong trip there, the return to Lebanon was a welcome change, if only for the quality of the wine. And there are worse places to experience this than in the Ixsir winery, a relatively new winehouse which, unlike many other Lebanese wineries, is not based in the Beekaa [...]
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a brief visit to Lebanon

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After my Syria trip I spent another few days in Lebanon, to catch up with my friend Johnny. Who took me for lunch, to the old town of Byblos, and who took me to smoke shisha at sunset at the Corniche in Beirut. And who had his mother cook the most fabulous meals, just like [...]
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Lebanon reading list

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As always,  I try to come prepared, visiting a country. This is what I read (and what I still want to read) on Lebanon.   1 – “Lebanon through writer’s eyes”, edited by T.J.Gorton and A.Feghali Gorton (2009), is a collection of extracts from people who have written about Lebanon, or the area that now [...]
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1110-460

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Image ID:        1110-460 Price:         Euro 35,- Location: Baalbek, Lebanon Date taken: 27/09/2011 Size, pixels:  3360 x  5036 Print size at 300 dpi (cms.): 28 x 43 Size, kB:  7870 Print size at 300 dpi (in.):  11.2 x 16.8
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1110-624

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Image ID:        1110-624 Price:         Euro 35,- Location: Beit ed-Dine, Lebanon Date taken: 20/09/2011 Size, pixels:  3456 x 5184 Print size at 300 dpi (cms.): 29 x 44 Size, kB:  7450 Print size at 300 dpi (in.):  11.5 x 17.3
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1110-290

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Image ID:        1110-290 Price:         Euro 35,- Location: Beirut, Lebanon Date taken: 28/09/2011 Size, pixels:  3456 x 5184 Print size at 300 dpi (cms.): 29 x 44 Size, kB:  7380 Print size at 300 dpi (in.):  11.5 x 17.3
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1110-190

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Image ID:        1110-190 Price:         Euro 35,- Location: Beirut, Lebanon Date taken: 22/09/2011 Size, pixels:  5184 x 3456 Print size at 300 dpi (cms.): 44  x 29 Size, kB:  4980 Print size at 300 dpi (in.):  17.3 x 11.5
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1110-104

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Image ID:        1110-104 Price:         Euro 35 Location: Beirut, Lebanon Date taken: 21/09/2011 Size, pixels:  3456 x 5184 Print size at 300 dpi (cms.): 29 x 44 Size, kB:  7120 Print size at 300 dpi (in.):  11.5 x 17.3
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