Ramlet al-Baida

There’s a glaring contradiction between the privately owned plots on the cadastral map of Beirut and legislation regarding ownership along the coast. A 1925 decree — still in force today …

There is a map of Beirut’s private coast from Dalieh to the southern city limits accompanying this article. You can find it here. *** On February 10, 1966, Inmaa Tourism and …

[pullquote]“The land, I think, [is worth] less than this amount, but the amount was [acceptable] like this because we’re not paying immediately”[/pullquote] Even with the smell of untreated wastewater wafting …