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Uuuu, wicked. The two on evolution are killing me. Did you have anybody with you who could translate from Arabic? Also, I might have realised the difference between France and Italy. No… it’s gone.
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Nah, between us two we cover French, Italian, English, German & Hungarian but no Arabic, sadly. ;( If you know somebody… Difference between Italy & France? The Frenchies are more serious and quite haven’t figured out what to do with pasta yet, but that’s about it!
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I do, my uncle knows some Arabic, he is coming over next week. I’ll show him your post. The difference as you explain it makes the most sense of anything I’ve heard so far. 😀
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Good, looking forward to hear what Mr Uncle has to say! 🙂
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I asked a friend and the graffiti says “third intervention troupe” or “posse”.. it definitely has militaristic undertones, but as to what exactly it refers to I have no idea 😀
Great post, and a wonderful look at such a complex and vibrant city.
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Hi Dee,
Thanks to you and your friend for the translation services! Who knows, perhaps it’s a military slang written by a bored squaddie, or some local gangsta rapper… I guess we’ll never know, and that’s cool! Thanks for reading 🙂
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Ravaged beauty always attracts me … perhaps a function of my age 🙂 but I think I’ve always been drawn to the decrepit, the decaying, and the dilapidated layered onto an original splendor. Beirut certainly is that ticket!
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Make us two. I love some ruin wandering (I’m a big aficionado of those Russian fora where urban explorers show their findings, if only I could read them), but Beirut is so much more… it’s really alive.
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This totally looks like it’s the place for me. I love chaos and grunge and defiance in a city.
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You’d give it a go, Julie. Good weather, nice people, defiance by the bucketful and, I hear, great wines as well. Hummus is just amazing, kicks Israel’s any day.
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Some interesting art there, but somehow the one with the Cedar of Lebanon with burning tires underneath says it all.
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Hi Dave, I too found it quite expressive. The other graffiti I really liked was the “God is that you?” one, though I couldn’t take a decent photo of it.
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