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Picture a team pompously called the ‘Hungerbusters’. They claim to have found the solution to fight global food insecurity and present it in a video. As you can already expect from their name, their idea was not the finest. It basically consists in bringing...

What is the relationship between scavengers in the Philippines, the USA or Lebanon, and drug addicts/prostitutes such as the women portrayed by Chris Arnade in his series ‘ Faces of Addiction ’? For me, they represent an institutionalized cycle of poverty...

And voici the last selection of pictures from Istanbul, by Khalil or myself (can you guess who took which?). These have been taken in parks on the Asian side of Istanbul, in markets there also, in the boat taking us to the Prince Island and in the Princes...

As promised here are a few selected pictures of Istanbul. Time passed - so quickly, strangely, despite the quiet, rainy days in Beirut - so I don't remember all dates, or even places - all the mosques look the same ! Pictures are by Khalil or myself -...

Sunday, October 28th, Achrafieh Beirut I am trying to write with the light of candles – there is an electricity cut right now and the sun is already gone – but it is more difficult, and less romantic than I had fantasized. As I had feared, I did not find,...

Thursday, October 25th, Istanbul, Beyoglu The week in Istanbul is almost finished. Is has been a marvelous chain of surprises, discoveries and wonders. Cold and tiredness also a bit, although we really took our time, sleeping late in the morning and often...

July, 22: Arguile at Raouche On a warm and humid Sunday afternoon I joined my friend Ibrahim at Raouche to smoke a narguila and drink a fresh lemonade. I tried, with poor results, to take pictures of the infamous rocks - the one from which people commit...

Friday, August 10th , Rawda Café I am resting my feet a moment in the quiet café by the sea, the same one where I spent cruel long hours one month ago during the meeting with Abaad. This time the café is almost empty. It is Ramadan and Iftar is in only...

Thursday, August the 30th 2012, Sanayeh Garden, Beirut Finally I entered this garden, which secrets I wanted to discover and its people to capture in my pictures. I had imagined this garden as the ideal of some tranquil, forever warm and happy place,...

June, 17: Sunset in Beit Meri I already described the sensational ride up hill to reach this monastry/Syrian base/bouldering place (this I am going to check out soon I hope !). Petr and Gabi, looking at the last glows of light and mist. June, 23: Baalbek...