{"id":57192,"date":"2019-01-25T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2019-01-25T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.beirut.com\/57192\/koullouna-a-piece-of-lebanon-in-a-box"},"modified":"2024-02-12T06:45:56","modified_gmt":"2024-02-12T06:45:56","slug":"koullouna-a-piece-of-lebanon-in-a-box","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beirut.com\/en\/57192\/koullouna-a-piece-of-lebanon-in-a-box\/","title":{"rendered":"Koullouna: A Piece Of Lebanon In A Box"},"content":{"rendered":"Meet <a href=\"https:\/\/www.koullounabox.com\/\" target=\"_new\" rel=\"noopener\">Koullouna<\/a>, a startup founded back in February 2017 that aims to reconnect Lebanese expatriates with their country by sending them a little piece of home every month. <br \/>  <br \/>  It all started with one very young, very passionate and very nostalgic diaspora, Marielle Khayyat, who was later joined by Pascale Comaty and Joseph Sayegh. <br \/>  <br \/>  <iframe title=\"Embedded Instagram Post\" allowtransparency=\"true\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" frameborder=\"0\" height=\"532\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/BrxriJZDo8H\/embed\/\" scrolling=\"no\" style=\"background: white; max-width: 540px; width: calc(100% - 2px); border-radius: 3px; border: 1px solid rgb(219, 219, 219); box-shadow: none; display: block; margin: 12px 0px 12px !important; min-width: 326px; padding: 0px;\"><\/iframe><br \/>  Their shared sense of adventure brought them together, but their deep-rooted love for Lebanon helped birth the startup. <br \/>  <br \/>  In short, Koullouna creates boxes that hold handpicked products made in Lebanon and then sends them off to subscribers all over the world. The purpose behind the initiative is to connect the homesick diaspora with the little things they left behind.<br \/>  <br \/>  The components of each box include: new Lebanese products, classic loved Lebanese products, the stories behind each product, a postcard illustrated by a Lebanese designer, and the positive Lebanese initiative of the month. <br \/>  <br \/>  <iframe title=\"Embedded Instagram Post\" allowtransparency=\"true\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" frameborder=\"0\" height=\"532\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/BpFLL2ejM_I\/embed\/\" scrolling=\"no\" style=\"background: white; max-width: 540px; width: calc(100% - 2px); border-radius: 3px; border: 1px solid rgb(219, 219, 219); box-shadow: none; display: block; margin: 12px 0px 12px !important; min-width: 326px; padding: 0px;\"><\/iframe><br \/>  The Lebanese initiative of the month allows the diaspora to give back to their country from afar with 10% of their subscriptions being donated to organizations like Kunhadi, Live Love Beirut, Lebanese Food Bank, Ouzville, MARCH, and many more! <br \/>  <br \/>  A piece of home in every box, Koullouna has a set package for every occasion. <i>Sobhiye<\/i>, <i>Jam3a<\/i>, <i>Kankaneh<\/i> and <i>A3yed<\/i>, each box brings you closer to your family and friends back home. <br \/>  <br \/>  <iframe title=\"Embedded Instagram Post\" allowtransparency=\"true\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" frameborder=\"0\" height=\"532\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/BtBkn80ACIH\/embed\/\" scrolling=\"no\" style=\"background: white; max-width: 540px; width: calc(100% - 2px); border-radius: 3px; border: 1px solid rgb(219, 219, 219); box-shadow: none; display: block; margin: 12px 0px 12px !important; min-width: 326px; padding: 0px;\"><\/iframe><br \/>  One of our personal favorites is the <i>Darouriyet<\/i> box, which inludes zaatar, hommos, olive oil soap, and childhood biscuits like Unica and Dabke.<br \/>  <br \/>  <iframe title=\"Embedded Instagram Post\" allowtransparency=\"true\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" frameborder=\"0\" height=\"532\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/BqrxCdoj5nL\/embed\/\" scrolling=\"no\" style=\"background: white; max-width: 540px; width: calc(100% - 2px); border-radius: 3px; border: 1px solid rgb(219, 219, 219); box-shadow: none; display: block; margin: 12px 0px 12px !important; min-width: 326px; padding: 0px;\"><\/iframe><br \/>  To find out more about each box and what it holds, click <a href=\"https:\/\/www.koullounabox.com\/15-our-previous-boxes\" target=\"_new\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a>. <br \/>  <br \/>  Aside from being a perfect monthly addition to the life of an expatriate, the boxes are also a perfect gift to anyone living abroad.","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Meet Koullouna, a startup founded back in February 2017 that aims to reconnect Lebanese expatriates with their country by sending them a little piece of home every month.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":441761,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"wpai_generated_summary":"","_preview_accessed":0,"_lftp_listicle_injection":"","footnotes":""},"tags":[],"media-embed-type":[],"class_list":["post-57192","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-stuffwelove"],"authorship":[180],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v28.3 (Yoast SEO v28.3) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Koullouna: A Piece Of Lebanon In A Box<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Meet Koullouna, a startup founded back in February 2017 that aims to reconnect Lebanese expatriates with their country by sending them a little piece of home every month.\" \/>\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\/57192\/koullouna-a-piece-of-lebanon-in-a-box\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Koullouna: A Piece Of Lebanon In A Box\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Meet Koullouna, a startup founded back in February 2017 that aims to reconnect Lebanese expatriates with their country by sending them a little piece of home every month.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.beirut.com\/en\/57192\/koullouna-a-piece-of-lebanon-in-a-box\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Beirut.com\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/beirutcityguide\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2019-01-25T00:00:00+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2024-02-12T06:45:56+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.beirut.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/57192-1.png\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"655\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"474\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/png\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@beirutcityguide\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@beirutcityguide\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.beirut.com\\\/en\\\/57192\\\/koullouna-a-piece-of-lebanon-in-a-box\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.beirut.com\\\/en\\\/57192\\\/koullouna-a-piece-of-lebanon-in-a-box\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"\",\"@id\":\"\"},\"headline\":\"Koullouna: A Piece Of Lebanon In A Box\",\"datePublished\":\"2019-01-25T00:00:00+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2024-02-12T06:45:56+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.beirut.com\\\/en\\\/57192\\\/koullouna-a-piece-of-lebanon-in-a-box\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":284,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.beirut.com\\\/ar\\\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.beirut.com\\\/en\\\/57192\\\/koullouna-a-piece-of-lebanon-in-a-box\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.beirut.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2023\\\/04\\\/57192-1.png\",\"articleSection\":[\"Stuff We Love\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.beirut.com\\\/en\\\/57192\\\/koullouna-a-piece-of-lebanon-in-a-box\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.beirut.com\\\/en\\\/57192\\\/koullouna-a-piece-of-lebanon-in-a-box\\\/\",\"name\":\"Koullouna: A Piece Of Lebanon In A Box\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.beirut.com\\\/ar\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.beirut.com\\\/en\\\/57192\\\/koullouna-a-piece-of-lebanon-in-a-box\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.beirut.com\\\/en\\\/57192\\\/koullouna-a-piece-of-lebanon-in-a-box\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.beirut.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2023\\\/04\\\/57192-1.png\",\"datePublished\":\"2019-01-25T00:00:00+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2024-02-12T06:45:56+00:00\",\"description\":\"Meet Koullouna, a startup founded back in February 2017 that aims to reconnect Lebanese expatriates with their country by sending them a little piece of home every month.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.beirut.com\\\/en\\\/57192\\\/koullouna-a-piece-of-lebanon-in-a-box\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.beirut.com\\\/en\\\/57192\\\/koullouna-a-piece-of-lebanon-in-a-box\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.beirut.com\\\/en\\\/57192\\\/koullouna-a-piece-of-lebanon-in-a-box\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.beirut.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2023\\\/04\\\/57192-1.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.beirut.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2023\\\/04\\\/57192-1.png\",\"width\":655,\"height\":474},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.beirut.com\\\/en\\\/57192\\\/koullouna-a-piece-of-lebanon-in-a-box\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.beirut.com\\\/ar\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Koullouna: A Piece Of Lebanon In A Box\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.beirut.com\\\/ar\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.beirut.com\\\/ar\\\/\",\"name\":\"Beirut.com\",\"description\":\"Beirut.com is your insider guide to Lebanon, with the best in food, culture, neighborhoods, and everything new. Discover where to go and fall in love with our country.\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.beirut.com\\\/ar\\\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.beirut.com\\\/ar\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.beirut.com\\\/ar\\\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Beirut.com, SA\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.beirut.com\\\/ar\\\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.beirut.com\\\/ar\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.beirut.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2023\\\/04\\\/Beirut.com-Logo-scaled.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.beirut.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2023\\\/04\\\/Beirut.com-Logo-scaled.jpg\",\"width\":2560,\"height\":1044,\"caption\":\"Beirut.com, SA\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.beirut.com\\\/ar\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.facebook.com\\\/beirutcityguide\",\"https:\\\/\\\/x.com\\\/beirutcityguide\"]}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Koullouna: A Piece Of Lebanon In A Box","description":"Meet Koullouna, a startup founded back in February 2017 that aims to reconnect Lebanese expatriates with their country by sending them a little piece of home every month.","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.beirut.com\/en\/57192\/koullouna-a-piece-of-lebanon-in-a-box\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Koullouna: A Piece Of Lebanon In A Box","og_description":"Meet Koullouna, a startup founded back in February 2017 that aims to reconnect Lebanese expatriates with their country by sending them a little piece of home every month.","og_url":"https:\/\/www.beirut.com\/en\/57192\/koullouna-a-piece-of-lebanon-in-a-box\/","og_site_name":"Beirut.com","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/beirutcityguide","article_published_time":"2019-01-25T00:00:00+00:00","article_modified_time":"2024-02-12T06:45:56+00:00","og_image":[{"width":655,"height":474,"url":"https:\/\/www.beirut.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/57192-1.png","type":"image\/png"}],"twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@beirutcityguide","twitter_site":"@beirutcityguide","twitter_misc":{"Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.beirut.com\/en\/57192\/koullouna-a-piece-of-lebanon-in-a-box\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.beirut.com\/en\/57192\/koullouna-a-piece-of-lebanon-in-a-box\/"},"author":{"name":"","@id":""},"headline":"Koullouna: A Piece Of Lebanon In A Box","datePublished":"2019-01-25T00:00:00+00:00","dateModified":"2024-02-12T06:45:56+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.beirut.com\/en\/57192\/koullouna-a-piece-of-lebanon-in-a-box\/"},"wordCount":284,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.beirut.com\/ar\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.beirut.com\/en\/57192\/koullouna-a-piece-of-lebanon-in-a-box\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.beirut.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/57192-1.png","articleSection":["Stuff We Love"],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.beirut.com\/en\/57192\/koullouna-a-piece-of-lebanon-in-a-box\/","url":"https:\/\/www.beirut.com\/en\/57192\/koullouna-a-piece-of-lebanon-in-a-box\/","name":"Koullouna: A Piece Of Lebanon In A Box","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.beirut.com\/ar\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.beirut.com\/en\/57192\/koullouna-a-piece-of-lebanon-in-a-box\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.beirut.com\/en\/57192\/koullouna-a-piece-of-lebanon-in-a-box\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.beirut.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/57192-1.png","datePublished":"2019-01-25T00:00:00+00:00","dateModified":"2024-02-12T06:45:56+00:00","description":"Meet Koullouna, a startup founded back in February 2017 that aims to reconnect Lebanese expatriates with their country by sending them a little piece of home every month.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.beirut.com\/en\/57192\/koullouna-a-piece-of-lebanon-in-a-box\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.beirut.com\/en\/57192\/koullouna-a-piece-of-lebanon-in-a-box\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.beirut.com\/en\/57192\/koullouna-a-piece-of-lebanon-in-a-box\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/www.beirut.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/57192-1.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.beirut.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/57192-1.png","width":655,"height":474},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.beirut.com\/en\/57192\/koullouna-a-piece-of-lebanon-in-a-box\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.beirut.com\/ar\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Koullouna: A Piece Of Lebanon In A Box"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.beirut.com\/ar\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.beirut.com\/ar\/","name":"Beirut.com","description":"Beirut.com is your insider guide to Lebanon, with the best in food, culture, neighborhoods, and everything new. Discover where to go and fall in love with our country.","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.beirut.com\/ar\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.beirut.com\/ar\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/www.beirut.com\/ar\/#organization","name":"Beirut.com, SA","url":"https:\/\/www.beirut.com\/ar\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.beirut.com\/ar\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/www.beirut.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Beirut.com-Logo-scaled.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.beirut.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Beirut.com-Logo-scaled.jpg","width":2560,"height":1044,"caption":"Beirut.com, SA"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.beirut.com\/ar\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/beirutcityguide","https:\/\/x.com\/beirutcityguide"]}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.beirut.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57192","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.beirut.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.beirut.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.beirut.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=57192"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.beirut.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57192\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":709669,"href":"https:\/\/www.beirut.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57192\/revisions\/709669"}],"wp:authorship":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.beirut.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/180"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.beirut.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/441761"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.beirut.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=57192"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.beirut.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=57192"},{"taxonomy":"media-embed-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.beirut.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media-embed-type?post=57192"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}