{"id":60000,"date":"2020-05-11T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2020-05-11T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.beirut.com\/60000\/lebanese-couple-cuts-shawarma-instead-of-wedding-cake"},"modified":"2023-08-30T04:29:12","modified_gmt":"2023-08-30T04:29:12","slug":"lebanese-couple-cuts-shawarma-instead-of-wedding-cake","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beirut.com\/en\/60000\/lebanese-couple-cuts-shawarma-instead-of-wedding-cake\/","title":{"rendered":"Lebanese Couple Cuts Shawarma Instead Of Wedding Cake"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>According to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lorientlejour.com\/article\/1217512\/mariages-aux-temps-du-coronavirus-nous-avons-coupe-le-chawarma-comme-si-cetait-une-piece-montee-.html\" target=\"_new\" rel=\"noopener\">L&#8217;Orient Le Jour<\/a>, a Lebanese couple had the cutest and quirkiest way to celebrate their nuptials after they were forced to cancel their wedding reception.<\/p>\n<p>  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.beirut.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/60000.png\"><br \/>  <small><i>Photo courtesy of L&#8217;Orient Le Jour<\/small><\/i><\/p>\n<p>  Elie and Petra had spent nearly two years planning a wedding with 160 guests, but the COVID-19 pandemic forced them to have a simple religious ceremony with just 12 of their closest family members. After the wedding, the cool couple hit up their favorite shawarma spot, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.beirut.com\/l\/60001\" target=\"_new\" rel=\"noopener\">Abou el-Ezz<\/a> in Dekwaneh, chowed down on a couple of sandwiches, and headed home. <\/p>\n<p>  <B>Mabrouk<\/b> and <B>sahtein<\/b> to the happy couple! <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>According to L&#8217;Orient Le Jour, a Lebanese couple had the cutest and quirkiest way to celebrate their nuptials after they were forced to cancel their wedding reception.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":191,"featured_media":435981,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_preview_accessed":0,"footnotes":""},"tags":[256],"media-embed-type":[],"class_list":["post-60000","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-blog","tag-shawarma"],"authorship":[102],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO 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