MIMO KHAIR

Tag: lebanon

  • Day Nine~ February 9th~ Lebanon

    —

    by

    ~mimo~
    in , ,

    After leaving Lebanon, it took me such a long time to get used to the fact that the sun does not shine every day during the summer in other parts of the world! The sun is Lebanon’s soulmate, the are inseparable in the summer time and makes everything glow in a most beautiful warm shade.…

  • Day Eight~ February 8th~ Lebanon

    —

    by

    ~mimo~
    in , , ,

    Have you ever experienced going back to a place you lived after years have passed? Have you gone through the stirring deep emotion that goes with such an experience? This little street in a little village in North Lebanon holds so many life changing memories for me. It was along this street that I walked…

  • Day Seven~ February 7th~ Lebnaon

    —

    by

    ~mimo~
    in , , ,

    As a small child our first family home and school were in the city of Byblos. It is daunting to think that the city I grew up in is in fact the oldest continuously inhabited city in the world!  Byblos is said to have been founded by El, the god of Phoenicians, but archaeological evidence…

  • Day Six~ February 6th~ Lebnaon

    —

    by

    ~mimo~
    in , ,

    Lebanon’s location and unique geography and natural resources make it appear like a delicious pie that every passer-by dreams of grabbing a part of. Throughout history and since the days of the Phoenicians, Lebanon was forced to endure influences and occupations by Alexander the Great, the Roman Empire, the coming of Christianity for the Galilee,…

  • Day Five~ February 5th~ Lebanon

    —

    by

    ~mimo~
    in , ,

    Mystery and history are around every corner in Lebanon. It is really astounding to think about how many pieces of the human puzzle are contained in that tiny country. One of the most impressive historical sites is what my niece used to call as small child ‘the broken house’ 🙂 Baalbek, Baalbak, ancient Heliopolis, are…

  • Day Four~ February 4th~ Lebanon

    —

    by

    ~mimo~
    in , ,

    Possibly the oldest and first metropolis of the Phoenicians, the ‘traders in purple’, the inventors of the first known alphabet from which all other alphabets were derived, inventors of the precious purple dye from the murex shell used for royal clothing, the founders of the kingship of city states called Canaan, Sidon is known to…

  • Day Three~ February 3rd~ Lebanon

    —

    by

    ~mimo~
    in , , ,

    “The deeper that sorrow carves into your being, the more joy you can contain.” Khalil Gibran Designed by the Italian sculptor Renato Marino Mazzacurati and placed in downtown Beirut in 1960, this statue stands witness to the horrors of the civil war in Lebanon with its many bullet holes that are left as a reminder…

  • Day Two~ February 2nd~ Lebanon

    —

    by

    ~mimo~
    in , ,

    In Lebanon, ‘non-religion’ is not recognized by the state. Being familiar with Lebanon, it is totally understood that it is so. Religion is in every grain of sand and in every handful of soil  there and the word ‘God’ is somehow slipped into every conversation. You hear things like “allah ykhallik, (may god keep you)”…

  • Day one~February 1st~Lebanon

    —

    by

    ~mimo~
    in , ,

    Welcome to the start of a new journey, a journey through images, words, ponders, musings, stories, and moments. I begin the first month in Lebanon, a tiny country whose heart pulses on the shores of the beautiful Mediterranea Sea, and whose veins throb with history and with tales of passion and of wars, a place…

  • A new project beginning on February 1st!

    —

    by

    ~mimo~
    in

    It has been an amazing year full of wonderful experiences, learning and great new friends in photography and in life. As my project came to a close I realized slowly what the next step needs to be. A deepening into past experiences and a harvesting of those special times in a fresh new way through…