BET YOU DIDN’T KNOW THIS ABOUT BEIRUT

Quirky stories, urban legends, surprising facts and outright lies about Beirut.

Bet You Didn’t Know This About Beirut! takes a humorous, occasionally snarky look at one of the world’s least probable cities.

Part guide, part miscellany, it brings together little-known stories, odd facts, local legends and some things that are almost certainly untrue — all in pursuit of the things you never knew you needed to know about this ancient and endlessly fascinating capital.

The result is an affectionate, irreverent portrait of Beirut: a city whose history, contradictions and peculiarities have always resisted anything as straightforward as a conventional guidebook.

Turning Point - 2010 & 2019