MEMORIES OF RAS BEIRUT - WISH YOU WERE HERE
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AN UPLOADER'S ADDENDUM
"A plausible theory constructed by the Lebanese sociologist Samir Khalaf has it that Ras Beirut, a promontory jutting out of West Beirut into the sea, and the area where the American University is located, contained within it until the Civil War a non-sectarian, pluralistic and open community of scholars, political activists, business people and artists unlike anything else in the Arab world. Khalaf is right, I think, although in the understandable anguish of his lament over Ras Beirut’s passing (it is now parcelled out between Druze and Shi’ite factions) he doesn’t acknowledge strongly enough the latent religious or sectarian feelings that were being temporarily held at bay. The fact is that in Ras Beirut, as in Greater Beirut, everyone knew what everyone else’s religion and sect and ethnic origin were. They were acknowledged almost subliminally, it’s true, but they were noted. ...
Still, there is no denying the terrible sadness and anger one feels about Beirut’s ruination...For some years one could, in Beirut, burn with a hard gemlike flame; even the city’s vice and profligacy had a brilliance you could not see elsewhere. The only thing contemporary Beirut did not give us was staying-power, or enough feelings of concern for the rather fragile foundations that its dazzling hospitality covered. The main consolation of these dark times is the feeling that since Beirut once rose from obscurity it might rise again out of its catastrophic destruction. But there seem to be few Lebanese who believe in such wonders." -Edward Said, 1985
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a film by Mahmoud Hojeij
featuring Samir Khalaf, Vector Shibli, Nabil Ashkar, Mounir Shammaa, Kamal Rbeiz, Ibrahim Takkoush, Philip Safar, Leila Shaheen Da Cruz, Saadeddine Dabbous, Samir Makdisi, Leila Shahid, Kamal Salibi
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Loved seeing the old lighthouse again. Lived in Rue Manara in the 1970's with my daughter and have some beautiful memories. God Bless.
More than half of the white hair gentlemen there were my mentors and teachers in AUB university and AUBMC hospital... What they said is what my late father used to tell me about Lebanon... I miss the old days... I lived between these streets...
I like the retrospect of m y wonderful region.... Ras Beirut... and the people in it
This documentary made me emotional and I don't know why. Perhaps I just miss Lebanon and the AUB
@nummyskully4389
2 жыл бұрын
فلسطين لبنان سوريا
Awesome , love this ❤️ Great work and so true, nothing like Ras Beirut , a world by itself reflecting mutual respectful coexistence . I love how it was described "that people would not fight each other there but would outside the area..."I hope that culture lives on and becomes a model for the rest .
Born at Mahatma Ghandi and Makdessi 1958 to 1970. 1970 to 1985 lived at Rue Lyon, immeuble Lyon next to Hotel Royal Gardens. AUB days 1976 to 1981. Since summer of 1985, West Los Angeles, happily. Very friendly with Nabil Ashkar West Hall student clubs and activities. Nabil ya Nabil, this guy used to do the job of at least 3 people.
Just fascinating and insightful - also beautiful. Ideas and comments are thoroughly modern and relevant as we navigate through political complexities of today's world. Two lighthouses and that discussion - brilliant. Congratulations to all involved in this project. Above all, thanks.
nostalgia, nostalgia - when will it return? :) Hoping for the best.
من المحتويات التي يجب ان تعرفها الاجيال الشابة و القادمة عن لبنان و بيروت. شريط راءع
I love how he switches from Arabic to English and back again. I follow most of the Arabic.
lebanon is the small country but is very beutiful i have evrything like the see swmingfoll ilike lebanon.
Amazing.
When was this video taken/recorded?
What's the name of the book they are reading from?
@victorverdi6919
6 ай бұрын
History book for Kamal Salibi.