Daniel K.
Daniel K.
Sep 3, 2018 · 1 min read

I just returned from a trip to Beirut yesterday afternoon. Consequently, none of my friends would ever go near the middle-east with me, so I chose Beirut because of the whispers of tolerance, openness, and diversity I had heard about. (Mostly from Anthony Bourdain’s correspondents)

“Beirut often surprises Westerners, especially Americans.”

Absolutely right. Although I did my due diligence of Beirut before arriving, I couldn’t get over how perfectly the people, food, and religions mixed so well. It might have to do with the fact the Beirut IS such a small and dense city that it would be inconvenient to hold onto your own respective prejudices rather than getting along with your fellow Christian or Catholic business owners/school mates.

Making friends in this city is ridiculously easy.. the inhabitants of Beirut are proud of their city and the underlying tendons that hold this place together during times of erupted violence and political upheaval. Beirut would not Beirut without its tapestry of different communities, political/business interests, religions, traditions, cuisines, french attitudes towards leisure, and its winding streets filled with stray cats.

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