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Remember that politics move quickly, and people and their opinions evolve.

“Beirut’s combination of first-world capital and third-world governance make its redevelopment unusually destructive”

September 20, 2010 · Mustapha Hamoui

The Financial Times on Lebanon’s property boom and how it’s destroying old cultural sites.

Bonus: Do you want to protest the “destruction of Beirut’s heritage”? There’s a candlelight protest on Gemmayze that you might want to join.