Editing Beirut (section)

==Culture==
[[File:The Garden Show & Spring Festival.jpg|thumb|The Garden Show & Spring Festival at the [[Beirut Hippodrome]]]]
The culture of Beirut has evolved under the influence of many different peoples and civilizations, such as Greeks, Romans, Arabs, Ottoman Turks and French. The law school in downtown Beirut was one of the world's earliest and was considered to be a leading center of legal studies in the [[Eastern Roman Empire]].

Beirut hosted the [[Organisation internationale de la Francophonie|Francophonie]] and [[Arab League]] summits in 2002, and in 2007 it hosted the ceremony for the [[Prix Albert Londres]],<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.diplomatie.gouv.fr/en/france-priorities_1/democracy-human-rights_1101/freedom-of-expression_5346/albert-londres-prizes-beirut-may-18-2007_9133.html |title=Albert Londres Prizes |work=France Diplomatie |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071014030558/http://www.diplomatie.gouv.fr/en/france-priorities_1/democracy-human-rights_1101/freedom-of-expression_5346/albert-londres-prizes-beirut-may-18-2007_9133.html |archive-date=14 October 2007}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ambafrance-us.org/news/briefing/us110507.asp |title=Daily Press Briefing |publisher=Embassy of France in the U.S. |access-date=9 January 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080109193024/http://www.ambafrance-us.org/news/briefing/us110507.asp |archive-date=9 January 2008}}</ref> which rewards outstanding francophone journalists every year. The city also hosted the [[Jeux de la Francophonie]] in 2009.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.libanvision.com/jeux-liban.htm |title=Les Jeux de la Francophonie au Liban Beyrouth 2009 |work=Libanvision |language=fr |access-date=15 November 2007 |archive-date=28 September 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070928073625/http://www.libanvision.com/jeux-liban.htm |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.moldavie.fr/article.php3?id_article=297 |title=Les Jeux de la Francophonie |work=Moldavie.fr |language=fr |access-date=15 November 2007 |archive-date=17 October 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071017233100/http://www.moldavie.fr/article.php3?id_article=297 }}</ref> In the same year, it was proclaimed [[World Book Capital]] by [[UNESCO]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=23154&Cr=unesco&Cr1=book |title=2009 World Book Capital |website=un.org |date=6 July 2007 |access-date=28 June 2017 |archive-date=20 November 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171120045922/http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=23154&Cr=unesco&Cr1=book |url-status=live }}</ref>

Beirut has also been called the "party capital of the Arab world".<ref>{{Cite news |url=http://mideast.blogs.time.com/2009/03/17/drugs-in-the-middle-east/ |title=Drugs in the Middle East |last=Butters |first=Andrew Lee |date=17 March 2009 |work=Times/CNN |access-date=2 March 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090322080348/http://mideast.blogs.time.com/2009/03/17/drugs-in-the-middle-east/ |archive-date=22 March 2009}}</ref> [[Rue Monnot]] has an international reputation among clubbers,<ref>{{cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/7241147.stm |title=Is party over for Beirut's clubbers? |last=Sergeant |first=Mike |date=13 February 2008 |work=BBC News |access-date=2 March 2010 |archive-date=24 April 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090424031317/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/7241147.stm |url-status=live }}</ref> and [[Rue Gouraud]] in districts such as Gemmayze and Mar Mikhael have emerged as new hotspots for bar patrons and clubbers, as well as "The Alleyway" in [[Hamra Street]].

===Museums===
[[File:Beirut Museum.jpg|thumb|right|The National Museum of Beirut]]
[[File:Sursock house.jpg|thumb|[[Sursock Museum]]]]
The [[National Museum of Beirut]] is the principal museum of [[archaeology]] in Lebanon. It has about 1,300 exhibits ranging in date from [[History of ancient Lebanon|prehistoric times]] to the [[History of Lebanon under Arab rule|medieval Mamluk period]].<ref name=MuseDamsc>{{cite web |url=http://www.beirutnationalmuseum.com/e-histoire.htm |title=History |work=beirutnationalmuseum.com |publisher=National Museum of Beirut |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130818152333/http://www.beirutnationalmuseum.com/e-histoire.htm |archive-date=18 August 2013}}</ref> The [[Archaeological Museum of the American University of Beirut]] is the third-oldest museum in the Middle East, exhibiting a wide range of artefacts from Lebanon and neighboring countries.<ref name=MuseumThis>{{cite web |url=http://ddc.aub.edu.lb/projects/museum/ |title=AUB Museum |publisher=Ddc.aub.edu.lb |access-date=5 May 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090602122900/http://ddc.aub.edu.lb/projects/museum/ |archive-date=2 June 2009 }}</ref> [[Sursock Museum]] was built by the illustrious [[Sursock family]] at the end of the 19th century as a private villa for [[Nicolas Sursock]], and then donated to the Lebanese state upon his death. It now houses Beirut's most influential and popular art museum. The permanent collection shows a set of Japanese engravings, numerous works of [[Islamic art]] and classic Italian paintings, while temporary exhibitions are also shown throughout the year. The [[Robert Mouawad Private Museum]] near Beirut's [[Grand Serail]] exhibits [[Henri Philippe Pharaoun|Henri Pharaon's]] private collection of archaeology and antiques.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.rmpm.info/ |title=Welcome to Robert Mouawad Private museum |publisher=Rmpm.info |access-date=5 May 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090501145958/http://www.rmpm.info/ |archive-date=1 May 2009 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=https://sursockhouse.com/ |title=SursockHouse |website=SursockHouse |access-date=24 May 2018 |archive-date=25 May 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180525062827/https://sursockhouse.com/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

Planet Discovery is a children's science museum with interactive experiments, exhibitions, performances, workshops and awareness competitions.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.solidere.com/history/planet.html |title=Beirut City Center Culture&nbsp;– Planet Discovery |publisher=Solidere |access-date=5 May 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080725083622/http://www.solidere.com/history/planet.html |archive-date=25 July 2008}}</ref> The Saint Joseph University opened the [[Museum of Lebanese Prehistory]] in 2000, the first prehistory museum in the Arabic Middle East, displaying bones, stone tools and neolithic pottery collected by Jesuits.<ref name="UMAC">{{cite web |url=http://publicus.culture.hu-berlin.de/collections/detail.php?dsn=549 |title=UMAC Worldwide Database of University Museums & Collections |publisher=Publicus.culture.hu-berlin.de |access-date=5 September 2011 |archive-date=19 July 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110719164622/http://publicus.culture.hu-berlin.de/collections/detail.php?dsn=549 }}</ref>

In October 2013, [[Mim Museum]], a private [[mineral]] museum, opened its doors to the public. It has on display some 2000 minerals from more than 70 countries. Mim museum's collection is considered to be one of the world's paramount private collection for the variety and quality of its minerals.<ref>{{cite journal |title=The Opening of the Mim Mineral Museum in Beirut, Lebanon |last=Wilson |first=W. |date=2013 |journal=The Mineralogical Record |volume=45 |number=1 |pages=61–83}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.mindat.org/article.php/1807/The%20MIM%20Museum%20opening,%20Lebanon |title=Peter Lyckberg – The MIM Museum opening, Lebanon |access-date=25 August 2016}}</ref> A didactic circuit, accompanied by screens showing films and scientific applications of mineralogy, will reveal a world of unsuspected marvels—priceless both from an aesthetic and scientific point of view. ''Mimodactylus libanensis'' "mimo", the fossil of a pterodactyl, is featured in a special wing. This one-of-a-kind complete specimen in the Middle-East was found in Lebanon. It is promoted by means of state-of-the-art modern techniques: a hologram, an auto-stereoscopic movie, a full-scale reconstitution and a game "fly with mimo" – an entertainment that delights children and adults. Moreover, Mim hosts a thematic exhibition of 200 marine fossils. "Fish'n'Stone" was organised with the collaboration of Mémoire du Temps. Known throughout the world, those fossils were quarried in the Lebanese mountains. The history of the fossil formation is shown through an animation that submerses you in the marine life – a time capsule that takes you in a journey to some 100&nbsp;million of years ago.

===Tourism===
Beirut was named the top place to visit by ''[[The New York Times]]'' in 2009,<ref name="NYTimes.com">{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2009/01/11/travel/20090111_DESTINATIONS.html |title=The 44 Places to Go in 2009 – Interactive Graphic |location=Beirut (Lebanon);Washington (DC);Galápagos Islands;Berlin (Germany);Las Vegas (Nev);Hawaii;Vienna (Austria);Doha (Qatar);Dakar (Senegal);Phuket (Thailand);Chicago (Ill);Dallas (Tex);Bhutan;Florida Keys;Rome (Italy);Cuba;Penang (Malaysia);Seychelles Islands;Florianopolis (Brazil);Copenhagen (Denmark);Monument Valley;Great Britain;Cologne (Germany);Reykjavík (Iceland);Red Sea;Egypt;Deauville (France);South Africa;India;Kazakhstan;Buffalo (NY);Madagascar;Tasmania (Australia);Stockholm (Sweden);Alaska;Pennsylvania;Zambia |work=The New York Times |date=11 January 2009 |first1=Zach |last1=Wise |first2=Miki |last2=Meek/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090422182843/http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2009/01/11/travel/20090111_DESTINATIONS.html |archive-date=22 April 2009 |access-date=5 May 2009}}</ref> and as one of the ten liveliest cities in the world by [[Lonely Planet]] in the same year.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.lonelyplanet.com/lebanon/beirut |title=Beirut Travel Information and Travel Guide&nbsp;– Lebanon |publisher=Lonely Planet |date=24 March 2009 |access-date=5 May 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090524052809/http://www.lonelyplanet.com/lebanon/beirut |archive-date=24 May 2009 |url-status=live}}</ref> According to a 2010 study by the American global consulting firm [[Mercer (consulting firm)|Mercer]] comparing high-end items such as upscale residential areas and entertainment venues, Beirut was ranked as the 4th most expensive city in the [[Middle East]] and 15th among the [[List of countries by GNI (nominal, Atlas method) per capita|Upper Middle Income Countries]] included in the survey.<ref>{{cite journal |url=http://www.dailystar.com.lb/Business/Lebanon/2011/Jul-18/Beirut-ranked-4th-most-expensive-Mideast-city.ashx#axzz2OabZIz8Z |title=Beirut ranked 4th most expensive Mideast city |journal=The Daily Star |date=18 July 2011 |access-date=26 March 2013 |archive-date=20 June 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130620155444/http://www.dailystar.com.lb/Business/Lebanon/2011/Jul-18/Beirut-ranked-4th-most-expensive-Mideast-city.ashx#axzz2OabZIz8Z }}</ref> Beirut came in first place regionally and 10th place internationally in a 2010 study by "EuroCost International" about the rental markets for high quality housing.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.beirutnightlife.com/news/beirut-no-1-expensive-city-in-the-middle-east/ |title=Beirut No. 1 expensive city in the Middle East |work=Beirutnightlife.com |date=24 September 2010 |access-date=26 March 2013 |archive-date=31 October 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131031220058/http://www.beirutnightlife.com/news/beirut-no-1-expensive-city-in-the-middle-east/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.eurocost.com/en/rent_world_2010.html |title=Worldwide expats rent prices ranking 2010 |work=Eurocost.com |access-date=26 March 2013 |archive-date=11 December 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121211110313/http://www.eurocost.com/en/rent_world_2010.html }}</ref> Beirut is an international hub of highly active and diverse [[nightlife]] with [[Bar (establishment)|bars]], dance bars and [[nightclub]]s staying open well past midnight.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.the961.com/beirut-looks-like-a-ghost-town/ |title=Beirut That Never Sleeps Has Now Another Story to Tell (PHOTOS) |date=29 June 2015 |publisher=The961 |access-date=14 February 2022 |archive-date=6 February 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220206174742/https://www.the961.com/beirut-looks-like-a-ghost-town/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.originaltravel.co.uk/travel-blog/beirut-city-the-real-city-that-never-sleeps |title=Beirut City: The Real City That Never Sleeps |date=29 June 2015 |publisher=Original Travel |access-date=14 February 2022 |archive-date=6 February 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220206173923/https://www.originaltravel.co.uk/travel-blog/beirut-city-the-real-city-that-never-sleeps |url-status=live }}</ref>
The 2011 MasterCard Index revealed that Beirut had the second-highest visitor spending levels in the [[Middle East]] and [[Africa]], totaling $6.5&nbsp;billion.<ref name="dailystar.com.lb">{{cite journal |url=http://www.dailystar.com.lb/Business/Lebanon/2011/Jun-20/Beirut-ranks-second-for-visitor-spending-in-region.ashx#axzz1qrXPMv2b |title=Beirut ranks second for visitor spending in region {{!}} Business, Lebanon |journal=The Daily Star |date=20 June 2011 |access-date=18 December 2012 |archive-date=23 July 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130723135333/http://www.dailystar.com.lb/Business/Lebanon/2011/Jun-20/Beirut-ranks-second-for-visitor-spending-in-region.ashx#axzz1qrXPMv2b }}</ref> Beirut was chosen in 2012 by [[Condé Nast Traveller]] as the best city in the [[Middle East]].<ref name="Cntraveler.com">{{cite web |url=http://www.cntraveler.com/readers-choice-awards/africa-middle-east/top-5-cities-middle-east#slide=1 |title=Middle East: Top 5 Cities: Readers' Choice Awards |work=Condé Nast Traveler |date=16 October 2012 |access-date=26 March 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130203134849/http://www.cntraveler.com/readers-choice-awards/africa-middle-east/top-5-cities-middle-east |archive-date=3 February 2013}}</ref> In 2013, Condé Nast Traveller ranked Beirut in the top 20 best cities in the world.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.cntraveler.com/readers-choice-awards/best-cities-world_slideshow_20-Seville_6 |title=Top 25 Cities in the World |work=Condé Nast Travler |date=November 2013 |access-date=7 February 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140222062045/http://www.cntraveler.com/readers-choice-awards/best-cities-world_slideshow_20-Seville_6 |archive-date=22 February 2014}}</ref>

On 7 December 2014, Beirut was selected to be among the [[New7WondersCities|New 7 Wonders of Cities]], along with [[Doha]], [[Durban]], [[La Paz]], [[Havana]], [[Kuala Lumpur]] and [[Vigan]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://world.new7wonders.com/2014/12/07/new7wonders-cities/ |title=And the New7Wonders Cities are... |access-date=25 August 2016 |archive-date=11 May 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160511210237/http://world.new7wonders.com/2014/12/07/new7wonders-cities/ |url-status=live }}</ref> The campaign was held by New 7 Wonders.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.new7wonders.com/ |title=New7Wonders |access-date=25 August 2016 |archive-date=25 May 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200525102950/https://new7wonders.com/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

In 2016, Yahoo listed Beirut as the best international city for food.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.yahoo.com/style/best-international-cities-food-162605431/photo-p-lebanons-capital-city-beirut-photo-162929793.html?soc_src=social-sh&soc_trk=tw |title=The Best International Cities for Food |date=12 August 2016 |access-date=25 August 2016 |archive-date=18 September 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160918071524/https://www.yahoo.com/style/best-international-cities-food-162605431/photo-p-lebanons-capital-city-beirut-photo-162929793.html?soc_src=social-sh&soc_trk=tw }}</ref> Travel and Leisure ranked Beirut in the top 15 of the world's best cities.<ref>{{cite journal |url=http://www.dailystar.com.lb/News/Lebanon-News/2016/Jul-12/361592-beirut-defies-all-odds-as-one-of-worlds-best-cities.ashx |title=Beirut ranked as one of world's best cities |journal=The Daily Star |access-date=25 August 2016 |archive-date=16 August 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160816233700/http://www.dailystar.com.lb/News/Lebanon-News/2016/Jul-12/361592-beirut-defies-all-odds-as-one-of-worlds-best-cities.ashx |url-status=live }}</ref>

It was voted the must-visit city for the year 2019 by World Tourists.{{citation needed|date=November 2018}}

Due to anti-government protests as of October 2019 followed by dire economic situation and travel bans due to coronavirus outbreak, the tourism sector was badly affected resulting in decrease of number of tourists.

===Media===
Beirut is a main centre for the television, radio stations, newspaper, and book publishing industries.

Television stations based in Beirut include [[Télé Liban]], [[Lebanese Broadcasting Corporation|LBC]], ÓTV ([[Orange TV]]), [[Murr Television|MTV Lebanon]], [[Télé Lumière|Tele Lumiere (Catholic TV)]], [[Future Television|Future TV]], [[Al Jadeed|New TV]], [[National Broadcasting Network (Lebanon)|NBN]], ANB and Saudi TV 1 on 33 UHF and MBC 1, MBC 4, MBC Action, Fox, Al Jazeera, [[Rotana (television)|Rotana]], OSN First, OSN News, Al Yawm and Arabic Series Channel on 45 UHF.

Radio Stations include [[Mix FM Lebanon]], [[Virgin Radio Lebanon]], Radio One Lebanon, Sawt el Ghad, RLL, Jaras Scoop, NRJ Lebanon...

Newspapers include Daily Beirut, [[An-Nahar]], [[Al Joumhouria]], [[As-Safir]], [[Al-Mustaqbal (newspaper)|Al Mustaqbal]], [[Al Akhbar (Lebanon)|Al-Akhbar]], [[Al-Balad (Newspaper)|Al-Balad]], [[Ad-Diyar]], Al Anwar, [[Al Sharq]].

Newspapers and magazines published in French include [[L'Orient Le Jour]] (since 1970), [[La Revue Du Liban]], Al Balad-French Version, Al Intiqad, Magazine L'Hebdo and Le Commerce du Levant.

English newspapers published in Beirut include Executive Magazine (weekly), Beirut Online, Beirut Times (weekly) and Monday Morning.

===Sports===
The Lebanese capital hosted the [[Mediterranean Games]] in [[1959 Mediterranean Games|1959]], [[FIBA Asia Champions Cup]] in [[1999 ABC Champions Cup|1999]], [[2000 ABC Champions Cup|2000]], [[2012 FIBA Asia Champions Cup|2012]], the [[AFC Asian Cup]] in [[2000 AFC Asian Cup|2000]], and the [[FIBA Asia Challenge|FIBA Asia Cup]] in [[2010 FIBA Asia Stanković Cup|2010]]. Beirut was the host city for the [[2009 Jeux de la Francophonie|6th Annual Games]] of the [[Jeux de la Francophonie]] in 2009. Beirut also hosted the [[Pan Arab Games]] in [[1957 Pan Arab Games|1957]] and [[1997 Pan Arab Games|1997]]. In 2017, Beirut also hosted the [[2017 FIBA Asia Cup]].

Beirut, with Sidon and Tripoli, hosted the [[2000 AFC Asian Cup]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://english.peopledaily.com.cn/english/200010/21/eng20001021_53229.html |title=China Ready to Face Tough Task in Asian Cup Bidding |work=People's Daily |access-date=16 November 2007 |archive-date=20 February 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080220161327/http://english.peopledaily.com.cn/english/200010/21/eng20001021_53229.html |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.maxell.co.jp/afc/en/lebanon_football.html |title=Lebanese Football need to make their mark in Asia |work=Maxell |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081206095145/http://www.maxell.co.jp/afc/en/lebanon_football.html |archive-date=6 December 2008}}</ref> There are two stadiums in the city, [[Camille Chamoun Sports City Stadium]] and [[Beirut Municipal Stadium]].

Basketball is the most popular sport in Lebanon. Currently, 6 Beirut teams play in the [[Lebanese Basketball League]]: [[Sagesse SC (basketball)|Sagesse]], [[Al Riyadi Club Beirut|Al Riyadi Beirut]], [[Homenetmen Beirut B.C.|Homenetmen Beirut]], [[Hoops Club]], [[Beirut Club]] and [[Lebanese Basketball League|Dynamo Beirut]].

Other sports events in Beirut include the annual [[Beirut Marathon]], hip ball, weekly horse racing at the [[Beirut Hippodrome]], and [[golf]] and tennis tournaments that take place at [[Golf Club of Lebanon]]. Three out of the five teams in the [[Rugby league in Lebanon|Lebanese rugby league championship]] are based in Beirut. [[Lebanon men's national ice hockey team]] plays out of [[Montreal]], in [[Canada]].

===Art and fashion===
[[File:Beirut Souks.jpg|thumb|[[Beirut Souks]] shopping mall]]
There are hundreds of art galleries in Beirut and its suburbs. Every year, hundreds of fine art students graduate from universities and institutions. Artist workshops exist all over Lebanon. The inauguration of the [[Beirut Art Center]], a non-profit association, space and platform dedicated to contemporary art in Lebanon,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://beirutartcenter.org/presentation.php |title=Beirut Art Center |access-date=19 February 2013 |archive-date=4 March 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130304031647/http://beirutartcenter.org/presentation.php }}</ref> in the Mkalles suburb of Beirut added to the number of exhibition spaces available in the city, with a screening and performance room, mediatheque, book store, café and terrace. Adjacent to the latter is the [[Ashkal Alwan]] Home Workspace, a venue hosting cultural events and educational programs.

A number of international fashion designers{{Who|date=March 2012}} have displayed their work in big fashion shows.<ref name="ReutersFashion">{{cite news |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-lebanon-fashion-idUSTRE69C3JP20101013 |title=Lebanese fashion designers reign supreme despite crisis |work=Reuters |date=13 October 2010 |access-date=1 January 2014 |archive-date=2 January 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140102194027/http://www.reuters.com/article/2010/10/13/us-lebanon-fashion-idUSTRE69C3JP20101013 |url-status=live}}</ref> Most major fashion labels have shops in Beirut's shopping districts, and the city is home to a number of local fashion designers, some of whom like [[Elie Saab]], Yara Farhat, [[Reem Acra]], [[Zuhair Murad]], [[Georges Chakra]], Georges Hobeika, Jean Faris, Nicolas Jebran, [[Rabih Kayrouz]] and [[Abed Mahfouz]] have achieved international fame.<ref name="ReutersFashion"/>

Beirut is also the home for a dynamic [[street art]] scene that has developed after the [[Lebanese Civil War]], one of the most notable street artists is [[Yazan Halwani]] who is known to produce the largest murals on the walls of Beirut in areas such as [[Gemmayzeh]], [[Hamra Street|Hamra]], Verdun and [[Achrafieh]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.aljazeera.com/news/2015/06/qa-calligraphy-meets-street-art-beirut-150616064634855.html |title=Jazeera English |access-date=8 July 2015 |archive-date=9 July 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150709104408/http://www.aljazeera.com/news/2015/06/qa-calligraphy-meets-street-art-beirut-150616064634855.html |url-status=live }}</ref>

Beirut is also international artists' concert tour stop city. Artists like [[Shakira]], [[Mariah Carey]], [[Enrique Iglesias]], [[Andrea Bocelli]], [[Pitbull (rapper)|Pitbull]], [[Engelbert Humperdinck (singer)|Engelbert Humperdinck]], [[Scorpions (band)|Scorpions]], and many more have included Beirut on their concert tours.