BEIRUT Part IV For all its high-rise gloss, its Rue St Honore-esque shopping precincts, its density of Ferraris and Lamborghinis, its pampered ladies who lunch, the other Beirut lurks beyond this gilded veneer - and in fact is just a kilometer or so from its hyper-consumerism. I spent some time in Bourj Hammoud - an area ten minutes tops from downtown - with a university lecturer acquaintance. A man in his forties. Well traveled. Worldly. Smart. And still depressed after the breakup of his marriage two years earlier, in the wake of which he’d moved back with his elderly parents in this interesting jumble of a quarter. Read the end of BEIRUT (and Share Your Comments Below). My usual postings will resume tomorrow 7 April. douglaskennedynovelist/blog/
Posted on: Fri, 04 Apr 2014 14:19:47 +0000
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