The symbol of Lebanon!

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Liban • Tripoli • juin 2011 by du bruit dans la tete on Flickr.

Out of Venice
58.5 x 76”
ink, watercolor pens and acrylic on canvas

(loc: Lebanon)

The symbol of Lebanon!

In the mountains of Lebanon

“People whom you will meet and, by saying nothing, will approve of their actions are responsible for war crimes, crimes against humanity and genocide. You will be remembered as someone who did collaborate with Apartheid.”

- Joey Ayoub to the co-founder of WikipediaHezbollah moving missile stock from Syria to Lebanon

Martyr square in 1991.

In the 19th century, the square was known as Place des Canons. During World War I, Lebanon was under Ottoman rule. In 1915, Beirut suffered a blockade by the Allies, which was intended to starve the Turks out. The effect was a famine, followed by plague, which killed more than a quarter of the population. A revolt against the Turks broke out which resulted in hanging of many nationalists on 6 May 1916 in the renamed Martyrs’ Square. Among them were Said akl, Father Joseph Hayek, Abdul Karim al-Khalil, Abed al-Wahab al-Inglizi, Joseph Bishara Hani, Mohammad and Mahmoud Mahmassani, Omar Hamad, Philip and Farid el-Khazen, and Sheikh Ahmad Tabbara.

Currently some remains of the old Cinema Opera building (now a Virgin Megastore) and the bronze Martyrs statue are the only features left of the Martyrs’ Square. The statue, riddled with bullet holes, has become a symbol for all that was destroyed during the Lebanese Civil War.

The Martyrs’ Square is a common location for protests and demonstrations, among the more notable demonstrations were the 2005 anti-Syrian protests of the Cedar Revolution and 2007 anti-government opposition protests led by Hezbollah and The Free Patrotic Movement.

I do not own these pictures, only found them at work in an old film.

In the mountains of Lebanon

Liban • Tripoli • juin 2011 by du bruit dans la tete on Flickr.

Yuri Mrakadi- Arabyion ana - Album “Arabyion Ana 2000”

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this is where i’ll be todayyy. (taken in 2008)

Good morning Saida, Lebanon. June 25th. 

Liban • Beyrouth • juin 2011 by du bruit dans la tete on Flickr.

Liban • Tripoli • juin 2011 by du bruit dans la tete on Flickr.

Tripoli, Lebanon. 2010

view from the roof of my grandparents’ house in jdita

Tripoli, Lebanon. 2010

Byblos, Lebanon. 2005

Palestinian children in refugee camp. Beirut, Lebanon

Mountains in Lebanon. 2010

Byblos, Lebanon. 2005

A walk in the park.

A walk in the park.

Maria Alm am Steinernen Meer, Salzburg, Austria

Good morning my IG friends, today i will drive up to #salzburg doing a 12 hour sightseeintour i hope the weather there is better then here in #vienna, tonight i will post some pictures have you all a nice day #13followingme (Taken with instagram)

Salzburg

Script, Hallein Salt Mines.

I want this on my walls.

The City of (The Sound of Music). on Flickr.

Salzburg,Austria

June 9th We take a coach Across the borders to Salzburg.

My professors are performing a Voices of America Concert at Salzburg College when we arrive. Im excited to hear them. I don’t get to hear them sing much.

untitled by schoolyard_games on Flickr.

“If beef’s the king of meat, potato’s the queen of the garden world.”

“Only two things in this world are too serious to be jested on, potatoes and matrimony.”

~ Anonymous Irish sayings

Salzburg - HDR by Philipp Korting on Flickr.

Maria Alm am Steinernen Meer, Salzburg, Austria

Jaguar E / 1961 on Flickr.Shot of a Jaguar E, construction year...

Salzburg, Austria (by Peter Gutierrez)

Because I’m excited! I forgot to blog about it last week, but we had a meeting about what we’d be doing while we’re away in Austria with orchestra, and it was one of those lovely moments where you slowly start to smile, and by the end of the presentation you’re just full on grinning. 

So we’re staying here:
 

which is in Huttau near Salzburg. 

Then we’re going here:

Which is St Gilgen where we’re doing a concert in a pavilion on the banks of this lake, the ‘Wolfgangsee’ 

Then we’re going to actual Salzburg

Maybe looking round Mozart’s birth place. 

We might be going across the border to see Hitler’s Eagle’s Nest, which is one of those creepy but interesting things, and it’s in my history textbook etc.

And a salt mine, which looks pretty fucking nice. 

And then on the way home we’re having a day at Disney Land like we did last tour and playing at “Magic Music Days” and watching the parade and the fireworks.

AND OMG I JUST CANNOT WAIT! 
(I’m sorry to have bored you all with these photos) 

Source - ArtPhoto

Austria (by jasmine8559)

Salzburg, Austria at sunset

I know many of you have been waiting for this EPIC Sound of Music Video that Sara and I made. If you don’t watch the whole thing, at least watch the last few minutes starting at 5:40. Enjoy! (it is also the corniest video I have ever made)

The Leo’s Sound of Music Salzburg Tour (by Josh Leo)

Salzburg, Austria

Jaguar E / 1961 on Flickr.

Shot of a Jaguar E, construction year 1961, taken at the Gaisberg Rallye in Salzburg, 2011