Scoop Photo Essay: Uneasy Calm in Central Beirut
Sunday, 4 March 2007, 1:31 am
Article: Yasmine Ryan
Scoop Photo Essay: An Uneasy Calm in Central
Beirut
By Yasmine Ryan
Politics are everywhere in Beirut. From the city’s
west coast to Downtown, the mood is calm but tense. There
have been no outbursts of violence for two weeks, but the
political deadlock continues…
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A Lebanese soldier patrols Military
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West coast of Beirut
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A UN frigate off the west
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Remnants of the Summer 2006 War, General de
Gaulle Drive.
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Posters of assassinated Rafik Hariri, and his
son Saad Hariri, current leader of the Future Movement (in
Hamra).
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An Amal poster in Ain El’Mreisse. Shows
Imam Moussa al-Sadr, disappeared spiritual leader of
Lebanese Shias, alongside Iran’s Ayatollah Ruhollah
Khomeini.
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Amal’s founder Imam Moussa al-Sadr
decorates a bombed-out building. Just around the corner are
McDonalds and Hardrock Café.
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The residential area where PM Fouad
Siniora’s office is located is under tight security.
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Opposition protesters in Martyr Square. In
this area are supporters of the Free Patriotic Movement,
lead by the controversial Michel Aoun.
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Protesters in Martyr Square.
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The Lebanese Army patrols the streets of
Beirut.
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Business owners in Downtown Beirut are facing
economic difficulties and voicing increasing frustration.
Many shops, like this one, are closed.
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*******Yasmine
Ryan is a graduate of the University of Auckland, in
Political Studies and French language. She is currently
interning with a Lebanese newspaper in Beirut, as part of
her Masters degree in International Journalism at the
Institut d’Etudes Politiques, Aix-en-Provence.
ENDS
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