“Save Beirut Heritage” And Effective Online Advocacy

Solid advice from Nasri Atallah to the Facebook group created to defend Beirut’s heritage:

If you’re positioning yourself as the saviour of our city’s Heritage, take it seriously. Don’t form infantile campaigns to “chain yourselves” to buildings two days before you think they’re going to be demolished. Create awareness campaigns throughout the year; make sure the population at large knows why these buildings are important, why collective architectural memory serves a purpose. Don’t just show up at the last minute with a load of self-righteous bourgeois bohemian indignation, and then disappear again until the next alleged wrecking ball rears its ugly head.

Amen..