Beirut

• Street Credit
• on May 24, 2013
• By Lojine Kamel
  

Ever since the execution of Lebanon's smoking policy, smokers everywhere have been at a loss about where to throw away their cigarettes. Ashtrays aren't everywhere, yet cigarette butts don't belong on...

• Street Credit
• on May 16, 2013
• By Lojine Kamel
  

Now we can come up with a hundred excuses as to why a man would be driving a horse-drawn cart around the streets of Gemmayzeh. Maybe he doesn't have a car. Or maybe his brother is borrowing his...

• Street Credit
• on May 9, 2013
• By Lojine Kamel
  

We've all been there, and those who dont't admit it are straight up liars. Facebook stalking has become so routine, that it's now a staple of meeting new people. Met a new attractive guy? Check out...

• Street Credit
• on Apr 24, 2013
• By Lojine Kamel
  

Politicians? Check. Religious figures? Check. Military men? Check. Citizens? Eh. Those of us who have been in Lebanon for more than five minutes realize that corruption runs rampant in a...

• Street Credit
• on Apr 22, 2013
• By Lojine Kamel
  

"Everybody just pretend to be normal!" Right so what's the first thing you think of when you look at the picture below? (Hint: It's the opposite of Big Mr. Moonshine, launched Abigail Breslin to...

• Street Credit
• on Apr 18, 2013
• By Lojine Kamel
  

Whoever posted these multicolored signs..... thank you. Found at Corniche el Nahr next to Souk el A7ad, the red, blue and green signs explicitly state that no horns are allowed, providing local...

• Street Credit
• on Apr 15, 2013
• By Lojine Kamel
  

"Arggggggggh!" yells the bug-like creature, at least in my head. Striking a robotic battle cry pose, the art fixture--let's call it Bob--sits in Sioufi Public Garden, making eyes at everyone that...

• Street Credit
• on Apr 10, 2013
• By Lojine Kamel
  

Spotted in Hamra: "My pussy is not an insult." Forgive my French, but isn't "kiss ummak/ikhtak" rather akin to "ayri feek"? So if a vagina is not an insult, can a penis be? Aren't we all equal in...

• Street Credit
• on Mar 28, 2013
• By Lojine Kamel
  

Doesn't exist anymore. Yet in 1972, it was thriving and bustling with the flower children of a "Golden Era", bereft of war and bombs and anything particularly unpleasant. (Photo via...

• Street Credit
• on Mar 27, 2013
• By Lojine Kamel
  

Ah, childhood memories. Remember waking up in the morning for a bowl of your favorite sugary cereal, a comic book and an hour's worth of Grendizer on TV? Beirut remembers. In fact, someone drew ...