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Roadtrips to Batroun to always end up in Tripoli <\/b>  <b> 7. Our uniqueness in snacks &#8211; like renowned Moghrabye sandwich <\/b>  <b> 8. Our traditional Lebanese burgers that are just a combination of a burger patty, fries, and coleslaw <\/b>  <b> 9. Random Street Falafel plans at 2 am when we\u2019re suddenly hungry <\/b>  <b> 10. Getaways to Anfeh, tan 7ess halna bi Greece <\/b>  <b> 11. The way we turn things into a joke, like throwing a funeral for our Lebanese Lira (i.e a coping mechanism) <\/b>  <b> 12. We celebrate everything, we even throw birthdays even for a [joura] <\/b>  <b> 13. Sunset drinks at Bolero Batroun on a late Saturday Afternoon <\/b>  <b> 14. Going to Latte Art after a super long class and asking for our usual <\/b>  <b> 15. Our weirdest food combinations like Battikh w halloum (????) <\/b>  <b> 16. Beirut taxi drivers that always end up being our best friend by the end of the trip <\/b>  <b> 17. Our way of throwing protests (and turning them into lit parties) <\/b>  <b> 18. Lebanese grandmas and their urge to stuff us with food <\/b>  <b> 19. Being able to rely on amazingly helpful people <\/b>  <b> 20. everyone&#8217;s generosity, no matter how little they have <\/b>  <b> 21. ALWAYS making the &#8220;30 mins men el jabal lal baher&#8221; joke <\/b>  <b> 22. Our useless celebrity dramas <\/b>  <b> 23. Mousalsalet Ramadan that joins the entire family <\/b>  <b> 24. Constant debates about the best shawarma in Lebanon <\/b>  <b> 25. Our local WINE! Making Ixsir the best wine in the world! <\/b>  <b> 26. Going all out at weddings and hiring a Zaffe <\/b>  <b> 27. Graffiti on the street around Hamra <\/b>  <b> 28. our 24\/7 delivery services<\/b>  <b> 29. Local bakeries that make us fall in love with their manakish <\/b>  <b> 30 our stupid television shows that always entertain us, like mister Lebanon <\/b>  1<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Regardless of our constant downfall, Beirut will always be a special place with special memories.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":102,"featured_media":622894,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_preview_accessed":0,"footnotes":""},"tags":[],"media-embed-type":[],"class_list":["post-61510","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-listomania"],"authorship":[144],"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>31 Things We Love About Beirut<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Regardless of our constant downfall, Beirut 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