The recent storm to hit Lebanon has been said to be the strongest in over a decade. And according to satellite images of the country, I think it shows.
The picture is from the previous blizzard. A newer one from the most recent snowstorm has yet to arise. But it should be even more impressive.
Pictures from the other snowstorm can be seen here.
And with this turning into more or less a series of posts where I expose a side of Lebanon that many do not get to see, I figured I’d continue with it and collect pictures from friends of their hometowns during the storm. The pictures range from towns in the North such as my own, Ebrine, to my grandma’s hometown, Dar B3eshtar, to Baskinta, Achkout, Aley and even Sidon.
I tried to encompass scenes from all over the country and with the recent Wall Street Journal article about Lebanon’s Mountain Trail, I figured it’d be appropriate to post this today. Some of the pictures going around are FAKE. These are totally real. So without further ado, we begin.
My hometown:
The picture was taken at the beginning of the storm. We were not lucky enough to have snow accumulations. No idea why.
Douk, a village in the Batroun Caza. These pictures were taken by my friend Agnès. You can follow her on Twitter here:
This picture was taken by a friend of Bazbina, her village in Akkar:
And these are pictures taken by my friend Hanna in my grandmother’s hometown in Koura, Dar Baachtar:
The statue of Ishtar, at the entrance of the village.
This is a picture of Kobayat, taken by Rita Zreiby:
Beit Chlela, in the Batroun Caza:
The Cedars:
The Cedars – as photographed by the Daily Star
Moving on from the North, we reach Mount Lebanon. And these are pictures of Achkout, taken by my friend Roland of his hometown:
These are pictures of Aley, taken by my friend Howaida:
Hammana:
Baysour:
The village of Jeij in the Jbeil Caza:
The village of Baskinta had its pictures taken by Marie Karam, a frequent reader of my blog who decided to share the pictures with me for inclusion in this post:
The village of Bater, in the Chouf caza. They haven’t had snow since January 2008. Pictures provided by my friend Maggie:
And last but not least, to conclude Mount Lebanon, a picture from Bekfaya via BlogBaladi for the statue of Pierre Gemayel:
Moving on to the Bekaa, I figured it would best to have that are represented by Zahle via two pictures taken by professional photographer Clement Tannouri. Both are absolutely breathtaking if you ask me.
Other pictures of Zahle, taken after permission from the Lebanon Weather Facebook page:
And the most impressive picture from the South was the one taken by The Daily Star for snow at the beach in Sidon:
Spring is coming up in just 17 days. Get ready for a new series of Spring in Lebanon – that is unless I come up with material for one last Winter in Lebanon post to wrap up 2012’s winter with. This winter has been quite awesome, hasn’t it?
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Beautiful!!!!!! If only I could jump on the next flight and connect to Lebanon….
On a side note..I have practically a replica of the Bekfaya picture…will send that over too. I started laughing when I saw the one you had posted.
aka frequent reader
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I thought you are in Lebanon!
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Ya reitttttt. My heart yes. Body no. 🙂
Funny thing is at first …I thought you were “not” in lebanon!
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I am in Lebanon. Body and heart. And I try to show it through this blog!
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I know 🙂 That’s why I’m hooked. One day we can talk about why I spell it Beskinta while everyone else spells it Baskinta!
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Interesting! I know many people from Beskinta (or Baskinta). I’ve been there a few times as well. Beautiful village.
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My father is there. My significant other’s side is also from there. 🙂
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Allah ykhallikik yehon 🙂
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These are really amazing and beautiful pictures! it all looks so lovely… Great work!
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Thank you for checking them out!
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I generally dont care too much for snow but the Lebanese Mountains do make it look pretty attractive, nice pictures!
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Thanks for checking them out 🙂
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amazing pictures!!! I even “stole” one and placed it as my cover pic :p
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Haha be my guest :p
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Hello,
I was chocked to see my picture from Kobayat put here without MY permission.
It is not the picture of a facebook page.
it a picture i took From MY camera, up on MY roof, from My Village.
if you may please add my name to the picture , or take it down.
Thank you in advance.
Very nice blog btw.
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You posted the picture on the Lebanon weather Facebook page and I asked their permission to used the pictures that they shared. They approved.
Either way, I will remove it no worries.
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i didnt post the photo, they didnt ask for permission either.
Thank you though for understanding.
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