Visiting Zahle #1

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Maya Zankoul

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Last week, March 8 [International women’s day], was the opening of ‘Amalgame’ exhibition at the French Culture Center [CCF] of Zahle. It was a chance to discover a beautiful town far from Beirut’s chaos...

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Zahle is a gorgeous town that was nicknamed "bride of the bekaa" by poet said akl

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It's located right behind the mountains, in the Bekaa valley.

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The area is full of blossoming almond trees

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… That was the “touristic” aspect of the Zahle visit! Isn’t Lebanon just beautiful? You can see some photos of the visit on the Facebook page. Tomorrow, I will tell you about the “serious aspect” i.e. exhibition, book-signing and encounters with lovely local schools & university students.

And before I leave you to your busy days, here are 2 Lebanese songs that I love [for a change!] by Fairouz: Al Bint Al Chalabiya & Shayef El Bahr Shou Kbir. Enjoy & have a beautiful day 🙂

AL BINT EL CHALABIYA

09 Shayef el Bahr shou Kbir

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13 responses to “Visiting Zahle #1”

  1. Mimi Avatar
    Mimi

    I looove your blog. I’ve to massaad and I must agree that the food i just wonderful!

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  2. it's mE!! Avatar
    it’s mE!!

    Darn Hijackers 😉 I WANT to go to Zahle too… *long face*

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  3. Simon Ayoub Avatar
    Simon Ayoub

    Hi Maya,
    First, i finally found out wat Amalgam means! yay
    “A combination of diverse elements; a mixture”
    I’m guessing in your case, a mixture of Art and Blogging.

    Second, Its great to see that you enjoyed your time in Zahle, relaying the touristic aspect of your visit to Zahle, but i couldn’t wait to know more about exhibition itself so i did some Googling.
    Thanx to Google, Youtube, and TéléLiban i found this: “www.youtube.com/watch?v=c1eipeO228E”.
    A 4 minutes report on the exhibition and my favourite blogger 🙂

    Sharing is caring, so enjoy the youtube link everyone…

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  4. Bissextile Avatar
    Bissextile

    Yummy… I so miss the Massaad Taouk 🙂

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  5. mc Avatar
    mc

    extrêmement frais ton post sur Zahlé

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  6. mc Avatar
    mc

    aam behlamak ya helm ya lebnaaaaaaaaaane …

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  7. nathalie Avatar
    nathalie

    yammi i miss tawouk massaad… i will put zahle on my to do list this time…. and buying ur book and….

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  8. almondjoycie Avatar
    almondjoycie

    I’ve never been to Lebanon, but after seeing it through your eyes I believe I DO love it. You are a very animated tour guide!

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  9. Rudy chidiac :B Avatar
    Rudy chidiac :B

    Hihihi i love almond trees too x)
    cool comics :3

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  10. Mimo Avatar
    Mimo

    Mayyoush!! I love your post about Zahle hehe I’m glad u had a great time there, bass next time we have to go together!!:P
    By the way, the “taouk 3al khachbe” they call it “taouk 3al tabliye” or simply “tablieh” hahahaha!! It’s really something everyone should try!!

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  11. Mona Avatar
    Mona

    Hello Maya,

    I know, I never left a comment =P
    and here’s to make up for it.

    *goes to get her coffee* good morning =)

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  12. Rachel Avatar
    Rachel

    it’s tawou2 3al tabliyye** lol
    I <3 Zahle

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  13. ritamou Avatar
    ritamou

    hahaha i can just imagine the look on your face when you were surrounded by all these posters of basket ball players!
    actually they were on the Anibal basket ball team… Zahle’s team… and they used to lunch at Masaad all the time (like every real Zahliote would do) and so they had their pictures taken with the owners…
    i’m glad Masaad is getting famous! we’re quite fond of it!

    you seem to have enjoyed your trip to Zahleh! where’s the next one to?!

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