{"id":3221,"date":"2010-03-16T00:59:24","date_gmt":"2010-03-15T22:59:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mayazankoul.com\/?p=3221"},"modified":"2010-03-16T08:54:41","modified_gmt":"2010-03-16T06:54:41","slug":"visiting-zahle-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mayazankoul.com\/amalgam\/visiting-zahle-1\/","title":{"rendered":"Visiting Zahle #1"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3225\" title=\"zahle-amalgame\" src=\"https:\/\/mayazankoul.com\/amalgam\/amalgam\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/zahle-amalgame.png\" alt=\"Last week, March 8 [International women\u2019s day], was the opening of \u2018Amalgame\u2019 exhibition at the French Culture Center [CCF] of Zahle. It was a chance to  discover a beautiful town far from Beirut\u2019s chaos...\" width=\"522\" height=\"325\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mayazankoul.com\/amalgam\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/zahle-amalgame.png 522w, https:\/\/mayazankoul.com\/amalgam\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/zahle-amalgame-300x186.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 522px) 100vw, 522px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3226\" title=\"lebanon-map-zahle-beirut\" src=\"https:\/\/mayazankoul.com\/amalgam\/amalgam\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/lebanon-map-zahle-beirut.png\" alt=\"Zahle is a gorgeous town that was nicknamed &quot;bride of the bekaa&quot; by poet said akl\" width=\"511\" height=\"495\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mayazankoul.com\/amalgam\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/lebanon-map-zahle-beirut.png 511w, https:\/\/mayazankoul.com\/amalgam\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/lebanon-map-zahle-beirut-300x290.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 511px) 100vw, 511px\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3227\" title=\"bekaa-valley\" src=\"https:\/\/mayazankoul.com\/amalgam\/amalgam\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/bekaa-valley.png\" alt=\"It's located right behind the mountains, in the Bekaa valley.\" width=\"544\" height=\"538\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mayazankoul.com\/amalgam\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/bekaa-valley.png 544w, https:\/\/mayazankoul.com\/amalgam\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/bekaa-valley-300x296.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 544px) 100vw, 544px\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3228\" title=\"almond-tree\" src=\"https:\/\/mayazankoul.com\/amalgam\/amalgam\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/almond-tree.png\" alt=\"The area is full of blossoming almond trees\" width=\"544\" height=\"629\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mayazankoul.com\/amalgam\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/almond-tree.png 544w, https:\/\/mayazankoul.com\/amalgam\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/almond-tree-259x300.png 259w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 544px) 100vw, 544px\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3236\" title=\"Berdaouni\" src=\"https:\/\/mayazankoul.com\/amalgam\/amalgam\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/Berdaouni.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"545\" height=\"496\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mayazankoul.com\/amalgam\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/Berdaouni.png 545w, https:\/\/mayazankoul.com\/amalgam\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/Berdaouni-300x273.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 545px) 100vw, 545px\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3230\" title=\"taouk-massaad\" src=\"https:\/\/mayazankoul.com\/amalgam\/amalgam\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/taouk-massaad.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"545\" height=\"435\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mayazankoul.com\/amalgam\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/taouk-massaad.png 545w, https:\/\/mayazankoul.com\/amalgam\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/taouk-massaad-300x239.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 545px) 100vw, 545px\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3231\" title=\"massaad-basketball\" src=\"https:\/\/mayazankoul.com\/amalgam\/amalgam\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/massaad-basketball.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"546\" height=\"678\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mayazankoul.com\/amalgam\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/massaad-basketball.png 546w, https:\/\/mayazankoul.com\/amalgam\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/massaad-basketball-241x300.png 241w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 546px) 100vw, 546px\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3232\" title=\"love-lebanon\" src=\"https:\/\/mayazankoul.com\/amalgam\/amalgam\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/love-lebanon.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"545\" height=\"411\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mayazankoul.com\/amalgam\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/love-lebanon.png 545w, https:\/\/mayazankoul.com\/amalgam\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/love-lebanon-300x226.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 545px) 100vw, 545px\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&#8230; That was the &#8220;touristic&#8221; aspect of the Zahle visit! Isn&#8217;t Lebanon just <em>beautiful<\/em>? You can see some <a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/album.php?aid=150518&amp;id=105914340896&amp;ref=mf\" target=\"_blank\">photos<\/a> of the visit on the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/album.php?aid=150518&amp;id=105914340896&amp;ref=mf\" target=\"_blank\">Facebook page<\/a>. Tomorrow, I will tell you about the &#8220;serious aspect&#8221; i.e. exhibition, book-signing and encounters with lovely local schools &amp; university students.<\/p>\n<p>And before I leave you to your busy days, here are 2 Lebanese songs that I <em>love<\/em> [for a change!] by\u00a0Fairouz: Al Bint Al Chalabiya &amp; Shayef El Bahr Shou Kbir. Enjoy &amp; have a beautiful day \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/mayazankoul.com\/amalgam\/amalgam\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/AL-BINT-EL-CHALABIYA.mp3\">AL BINT EL CHALABIYA<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/mayazankoul.com\/amalgam\/amalgam\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/09-Shayef-el-Bahr-shou-Kbir.mp3\">09 Shayef el Bahr shou Kbir<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>. . . . . . . . . . . . . . &#8230; That was the &#8220;touristic&#8221; aspect of the Zahle visit! Isn&#8217;t Lebanon just beautiful? You can see some photos of the visit on the Facebook page. Tomorrow, I will tell you about the &#8220;serious aspect&#8221; i.e. exhibition, book-signing and encounters with [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"mc4wp_mailchimp_campaign":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[1468,126,1466,1474,1475,1469,1471,224,230,675,1472,1467,1470,1473,1457],"class_list":["post-3221","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-touring-lebanon","tag-almond-tree","tag-beirut","tag-bekaa-valley","tag-berdaouneh","tag-berdaouni","tag-blossom","tag-bride-of-the-bekaa","tag-ccf","tag-centre-culturel-francais","tag-lebanon","tag-massaad","tag-mountain","tag-said-akl","tag-taouk","tag-zahle"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mayazankoul.com\/amalgam\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3221","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mayazankoul.com\/amalgam\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mayazankoul.com\/amalgam\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mayazankoul.com\/amalgam\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mayazankoul.com\/amalgam\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3221"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/mayazankoul.com\/amalgam\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3221\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5394,"href":"https:\/\/mayazankoul.com\/amalgam\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3221\/revisions\/5394"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mayazankoul.com\/amalgam\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3221"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mayazankoul.com\/amalgam\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3221"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mayazankoul.com\/amalgam\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3221"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}