{"id":641461,"date":"2023-06-06T09:35:35","date_gmt":"2023-06-06T09:35:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.beirut.com\/?p=641461"},"modified":"2024-07-12T09:05:32","modified_gmt":"2024-07-12T09:05:32","slug":"great-news-authorities-begin-demolishing-kfaraabida-public-beach-violation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beirut.com\/en\/641461\/great-news-authorities-begin-demolishing-kfaraabida-public-beach-violation\/","title":{"rendered":"Great News: Authorities Begin Demolishing Public Beach Violation In Kfaraabida"},"content":{"rendered":" <p>One of North Lebanon&#8217;s most accessible public beaches, Abu Ali beach in Kfaraabida was put into peril by illegal construction across the beach&#8217;s sands. Located a little south of Batroun and its famous shores, Kfaraabida&#8217;s beach was thankfully saved after <a href=\"https:\/\/today.lorientlejour.com\/article\/1336608\/did-activists-save-kfar-abidas-abu-ali-public-beach-.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">activists launched a campaign to prevent further illegal development<\/a> on the shore. <br><br>The campaign, working under the name &#8220;The Beach is For Everyone,&#8221; filed complaints to the Lebanese judiciary system and the Ministry of Public Works to ensure that Kfaraabida&#8217;s beach remains open without any encroachments. Today, videos on social media confirmed that the illegally built structure was being demolished.<br><\/p>    <blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\"><p lang=\"ar\" dir=\"rtl\">\u0645\u0628\u0631\u0648\u0643 \u0627\u0648\u0644 \u0647\u062f\u0645 \ud83d\udcaa\ud83c\udffc<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B4%D8%B7_%D9%84%D9%83%D9%84_%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%86%D8%A7%D8%B3?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#\u0627\u0644\u0634\u0637_\u0644\u0643\u0644_\u0627\u0644\u0646\u0627\u0633<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/YSjYqHIlS0\">pic.twitter.com\/YSjYqHIlS0<\/a><\/p>&mdash; NAHNOO (@NahnooLeb) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NahnooLeb\/status\/1665988439659905024?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 6, 2023<\/a><\/blockquote> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>    <p><br><br>Ahead of the much fabled summer tourist seasons, resorts and beaches across the country have set forth to capitalize on the incoming flow by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.beirut.com\/en\/639826\/heres-how-lebanons-beach-entrance-prices-changed-from-2022-to-2023\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">raising and dollarizing their prices<\/a>. This landmark win at Abu Ali ensures that at least some of Lebanon&#8217;s vast seashore remains open and free to all.<br><br>Legally, it is enshrined that all of Lebanon&#8217;s seafront must be accessible to all, and can&#8217;t be blocked off or monetized by commercial interests. In practice, a never-ending myriad of violations can be seen across the sands, with luxury resorts and other parasitical entities fencing and laying claim to the country&#8217;s coast.<br><br>Even when access is guaranteed, those looking to spend a leisurely day on the beach face other obstacles such as arbitrary municipal conditions and other local factors. Last month, a woman was harassed and forced out of Saida&#8217;s public beach for wearing a swimsuit, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2023\/5\/22\/lebanon-swimwear-protest\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">triggering a wave of protests<\/a>.<br><br>For those looking to learn more about the state and pricing of the beach across Lebanon, you can check out our updated list of entry prices across the country right <a href=\"https:\/\/www.beirut.com\/en\/634234\/heres-how-21-beaches-around-lebanon-are-pricing-their-entrance-fees-2023\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">here<\/a>.<br><br><br><br><\/p> ","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>One of North Lebanon&#8217;s most accessible public beaches, Abu Ali beach in Kfaraabida was put into peril by illegal construction across the beach&#8217;s sands. Located a little south of Batroun and its famous shores, Kfaraabida&#8217;s beach was thankfully saved after activists launched a campaign to prevent further illegal development on the shore. The campaign, working [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":153,"featured_media":641489,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_preview_accessed":0,"footnotes":""},"tags":[2190,1093,1165],"media-embed-type":[],"class_list":["post-641461","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-blog","tag-feel-good","tag-news","tag-public-spaces"],"authorship":[74],"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>Great News: Authorities Begin Demolishing Public Beach Violation In Kfaraabida &#187; Beirut.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"In Kfaarabida, Abu Ali beach, one of the north&#039;s most accessible public beaches, was put into peril by illegal construction across the sands.\" \/>\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\/641461\/great-news-authorities-begin-demolishing-kfaraabida-public-beach-violation\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Great News: Authorities Begin Demolishing Public Beach Violation In Kfaraabida\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"In Kfaarabida, Abu Ali beach, one of the north&#039;s most accessible public beaches, was put into peril by illegal construction across the sands.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.beirut.com\/en\/641461\/great-news-authorities-begin-demolishing-kfaraabida-public-beach-violation\/\" \/>\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=\"2023-06-06T09:35:35+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2024-07-12T09:05:32+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.beirut.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/abu2.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1920\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"1081\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Bachar Bzeih\" \/>\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=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Bachar Bzeih\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.beirut.com\\\/en\\\/641461\\\/great-news-authorities-begin-demolishing-kfaraabida-public-beach-violation\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.beirut.com\\\/en\\\/641461\\\/great-news-authorities-begin-demolishing-kfaraabida-public-beach-violation\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Bachar Bzeih\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.beirut.com\\\/ar\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/31bcb97761958f0582520b1def49f0f9\"},\"headline\":\"Great News: Authorities Begin Demolishing Public Beach Violation In Kfaraabida\",\"datePublished\":\"2023-06-06T09:35:35+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2024-07-12T09:05:32+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.beirut.com\\\/en\\\/641461\\\/great-news-authorities-begin-demolishing-kfaraabida-public-beach-violation\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":309,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.beirut.com\\\/ar\\\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.beirut.com\\\/en\\\/641461\\\/great-news-authorities-begin-demolishing-kfaraabida-public-beach-violation\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.beirut.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2023\\\/06\\\/abu2.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Feel Good\",\"News\",\"Public Spaces\"],\"articleSection\":[\"Blog\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.beirut.com\\\/en\\\/641461\\\/great-news-authorities-begin-demolishing-kfaraabida-public-beach-violation\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.beirut.com\\\/en\\\/641461\\\/great-news-authorities-begin-demolishing-kfaraabida-public-beach-violation\\\/\",\"name\":\"Great News: Authorities Begin Demolishing Public Beach Violation In Kfaraabida &#187; 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