These are the ruins of Beirut: the Ottoman Beirut, the Arab Beirut, the Roman Beirut, the Hellenic Beirut, the Phoenician Beirut. The Beirut today. Beirut: the word means well. In Beirut, a well reveals layer upon layer, generation after generation, of ruins.
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