Looks nice, yeah? Shame that the lovely reflection is in fact coming from a pool of stagnant water which flows freely from a storm drain straight onto one of the few remaining public beaches in Beirut.
These were for a massive story Executive is running this month by Sami Halabi about the myriad problems within Lebanon's water sector. Sounds boring, but when you've been waking up wondering if you'll have water today for the last few months like many here in Beirut, it makes for a compelling read – in short; government is shit, resources are mismanaged, usual story. I'm sure Sami will have the more eloquent version on his blog soon.
Friday 29 October 2010
Sewage on Beirut beach
Labels:
Beirut,
environment,
Executive,
government,
Halabi,
Lebanon,
Magazine,
sami,
sewage,
water
Sunday 24 October 2010
Zabaleen feature for Esquire Middle East
Labels:
Cairo,
Egypt,
Esquire,
garbage. people. city,
Magazine,
manshiyat naser,
Middle East,
Slums,
Zabaleen
Tuesday 19 October 2010
Flags for 'Amjad
A love of Mahmoud Ahmadenijad seems to go hand in hand with an insatiable appetite for vigorous flag waving. If somehow the authorities could have tapped the collective kinetic energy Lebanon's flag wavers over October 13th &14th, Lebanon's shitty power situation (3hr+ a day blackouts) could have been solved for good. Hundreds of thousands of grateful Lebanese, mainly Shiaa, filled stadiums in Hezbo stronghold suburb of Herat Hreik and the southern town of Bint Jbeil, which were both fairly well flattened by Israel in 2006 and rebuilt with Iranian cash. And they sure did love waving them flags. I guess when someone's payed for your home to be repaired, horrific human rights abuses far from home can be conveniently overlooked.
Also, if anyone says Hizbullah don't know how to party, then show them this video. I'm expecting a reality-talent TV show appearance anytime soon.
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Hezbollah's Hassan Nasrallah addresses Herat Hreik's Al-Raya stadium |
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Thursday 14 October 2010
Tyrant on the tarmac
Everywhere I went over the last two days Iranian president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad kept turning up (usually about three hours later than expected). It got a bit embarrassing in the end, we ran out of small talk and just had to avoid making eye contact. It's been exhausting but premium fun, more photos to come...
Tuesday 12 October 2010
Angelo Gaja
Friday 8 October 2010
Good morning Lebanon!
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