{"id":21732,"date":"2013-02-11T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2013-02-11T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.beirut.com\/21732\/how-to-play-beirut"},"modified":"2013-02-11T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2013-02-11T00:00:00","slug":"how-to-play-beirut","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beirut.com\/en\/21732\/how-to-play-beirut\/","title":{"rendered":"How To Play Beirut"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Step 1: Buy lots of beer<br \/>  Step 2: Get a map of Beirut<br \/>  Step 3: Play.<\/p>\n<p>  This work of art,  &#8220;How To Play Beirut&#8221; by  Lebanese artist Rayyane Tabet, is a reference to Beer Pong, or as commonly called in the states, Beirut. <\/p>\n<p>  <i>It [Beer Pong] is famously called Beirut by many in the United States, a(n often unknowing) reference to the bombing and destruction that the Lebanese capital endured by the way of often haphazard, lethal United States and Israeli bombing during the 1980&#8217;s.<\/i><\/p>\n<p>  This history lesson of the day was brought to you by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/photo.php?fbid=431466400256332&#038;set=a.353759758026997.76607.224200740982900&#038;type=1&#038;theater\" target=\"_new\" rel=\"noopener\">Ajam Media Collective<\/a>. 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