page_title: Rue Maarad
hierarchical_section_title: Rue Maarad
caption_attribution_description: These superb photographic works, we had made during our holiday to Beirut, the capital of Lebanon in November 2008. Thanks to massive security operations in place in the city, we were sometimes hindered to photograph or on one or two occasions, we had been ordered to delete certain pictures! So these would not have been all pictures from beautiful Beirut, when we had our way! This was a sad example for a nation, which should be free and should present itself in an open way to the world, especially through photography! Thanks! ( Beirut in November 2008 and the question, can I take a photo and show the world or not? ).
context_page_description: Rue Maarad. The street was conceived during the French Mandate period as a central commercial street radiating from Etoile Square. Its arched façades were inspired by the ‘Rue de Rivoli’ in Paris.
context_section_description: Rue Maarad (Arabic: شارع المعرض‎). The street was conceived during the French Mandate period as a central commercial street radiating from Etoile Square. Its arched façades were inspired by the ‘Rue de Rivoli’ in Paris.
caption: Sidewalk cafes along Maarad street
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