{"id":13760,"date":"2012-01-13T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2012-01-13T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.beirut.com\/directory\/picnic-in-horsh-beirut"},"modified":"2012-01-13T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2012-01-13T00:00:00","slug":"picnic-in-horsh-beirut","status":"publish","type":"directory","link":"https:\/\/www.beirut.com\/en\/directory\/picnic-in-horsh-beirut\/","title":{"rendered":"Picnic in Horsh Beirut"},"content":{"rendered":"Horsh Beirut, the largest green park in Beirut, is a public property and a right for all. Yet, it has been closed for public for more than twenty years and only few people are granted the right to access it.<br \/>  <br \/>  After renovating Horsh Beirut ten years ago, the municipality still did not open it for public and never provided legitimate reason for this decision.<br \/>  <br \/>  We demand a clear decision to open Horsh Beirut and provide us with a date for its opening. Our right to public spaces is inalienable, and we have the right to access it with no restrictions.<br \/>  <br \/>  We will not stop campaigning for our right to have public spaces in Beirut. Green parks, especially in a polluted city like Beirut, is a basic social and public health need, as well as an essential space for interaction among citizens who have always been victims of political and sectarian divisions.<br \/>  <br \/>  Entrance from the gate at Tayyouneh, facing Al baba sweets<br \/> <br \/> <strong>Special Formula:<\/strong>Did all of you visit Horsh Beirut? And for those who did, did you get enough?<br \/>  <br \/>  The answer is definitely no!<br \/>  <br \/>  For that we thought it is time for all of us to just put on our suitable clothes and visit the park to stroll between its trees and grass. <br \/>  <br \/>  Join us on a visit to learn more about the park, to discover its beauty and its benefits, and to enjoy sitting in nature among trees and birds.<br \/>  <br \/>  Be prepared for the next visit on Saturday the 21st of January for couple of hours.<br \/>  <br \/>  Let us hope we get a beautiful sunny weather \ud83d\ude42<br \/>  <br \/>  Meeting place and time: Horsh Beirut main entrance, facing Halwayat Al Baba at Tayyouneh, at 1 pm. ( 21.01.2012)<br \/>  <br \/>  Have a fabulous trip!    <figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\" ><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"250\" height=\"188\" data-id=\"350940\" src=\"https:\/\/www.beirut.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/13760-250x188.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-350940\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.beirut.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/13760-250x188.png 250w, https:\/\/www.beirut.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/13760.png 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px\" \/><\/figure><\/figure>    ","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Horsh Beirut, the largest green park in Beirut, is a public property and a right for all.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":350942,"template":"","tags":[],"class_list":["post-13760","directory","type-directory","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-gatherings"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.3 (Yoast SEO v27.3) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Picnic in Horsh Beirut<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Horsh Beirut, the largest green park in Beirut, is a public property and a right for all.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.beirut.com\/en\/directory\/picnic-in-horsh-beirut\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Picnic in Horsh Beirut &#187; 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