Enaam Khaled is a passionate photographer of traditional houses. For years, she has been documenting Beirut’s old buildings, especially those located in the historic neighbourhoods of Gemmayze ...

“Gulf tourists buy [my pictures] more than the people of Beirut ... they almost own Beirut now, Beirut is no more ours,” he notes. The 72-year-old sells photos priced between LL5,000 and LL12,000, but ...

And the number of old buildings has fallen from around 2,000 in 1990 to less than 200 today. For Abu-Shaheen, having a record of Beirut’s visual history is crucial.

Being born and raised in Beirut, the city means a lot to me all I wanted from this blog was to preserve something in Beirut, hence the websites tagline Preserving Beirut, one image at a time. Old ...

Its colour, arcades and prime location in west Beirut's Manara make it one of the most distinctive old buildings in the city (MEE/Kirsten O'Regan) In the resulting 1999 report, the number of ...

Built in neo-Ottoman style in 1920s, it is set to be re-opened in Sept. as ‘memory museum’ - bullet-riddled walls and bunkered positions overlooking city’s notorious ‘Green Line ...