Achrafieh

Hanna Mitri in Achrafieh district is Mouzawak's favourite, which means a short, chaotic journey in his black Land Rover through charming narrow streets strung with bougainvillea, and wider roads flanked by building sites, shops and handcarts selling broad beans in their pods, whiteberries or lemons.

A taste of Beirut 2010

In the predominantly Christian area of Achrafieh, the Parisian-style apartment buildings are relics of the French mandate period.

Rediscovering Beirut's Charms 2010

Last year a source of mine from Hezbollah, Ali, called me the day before the demonstrations to warn me not to go into certain areas -- he did not need to specify that he meant the mixed Sunni-Shiite neighborhoods South of Sodeco Square, on the edge of Achrafieh -- the Christian district that is the Beirut's equivalent to the Upper East Side.

Lysandra Ohrstrom: The Clashes in Beirut: Is the Bush Administration Stirring the Pot? 2008

Reports today that Israel hit a neighborhood in East Beirut - Achrafieh - for the first time.

Tom McCarthy: Blogging from Lebanon: Beirutis in Pajamas 2008

Bachir's son delivered a speech at the end most likely inaugurating his electoral campaign for Achrafieh, where he'll he going up against the other March 14 clowns.

Tuesday, September 30, 2008 As'ad 2008

A Lebanese acquaintance yesterday called life in East Beirut in the past month "War DeLuxe," meaning that it's a war zone, yes, and every once in a while a strike will come close enough - Achrafieh, the port, the Jounieh bridge - to really get the heart beating.

Tom McCarthy: War DeLuxe 2008

Bachir's son delivered a speech at the end most likely inaugurating his electoral campaign for Achrafieh, where he'll he going up against the other March 14 clowns.

Monday, September 15, 2008 As'ad 2008

The image of Achrafieh that sticks most in my mind is of a young housewife I once saw, impeccably coiffed and chatting gaily on her cell phone as she walked out of the Monoprix grocery store.

Gemayel's Death May Mean Civil War-What Else for Mideast? 2006

The image of Achrafieh that sticks most in my mind is of a young housewife I once saw, impeccably coiffed and chatting gaily on her cell phone as she walked out of the Monoprix grocery store.

Gemayel's Death May Mean Civil War-What Else for Mideast? 2006

The image of Achrafieh that sticks most in my mind is of a young housewife I once saw, impeccably coiffed and chatting gaily on her cell phone as she walked out of the Monoprix grocery store.

Gemayel���s Death May Mean Civil War���What Else for Mideast? 2006