Beyrouth, je t'aime.

56 photographs of Beirut, the Beirut I love

Now on display in a new gallery on my website.

The presentation text Living in and loving Beirut was written by

French writer, journalist and photographer David Hury

Living in and loving Beirut

A smoking hookah, a beat-up car, concrete everywhere, colourful plants, the aroma of coffee, idle cranes, sprawling trees, declarations of love plastered on its walls… Wandering the streets of this city is like a journey to another world. A world of chaos and beauty, of fawda and generosity, of violence and human warmth.

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about David Hury

David Hury is based in Paris, with a home in Normandy and his heart in Beirut.

Photographer, novelist and journalist, he works wherever takes his fancy.

He recently published a sequel to his first crime novel (Beirut Forever, Editions Liana Levi, Paris 2025), Beirut Paradise (Editions Liana Levi, Paris 2026).

Beirut Forever was awarded the 2025 Prix Noir de l’Histoire

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The "Noir de l'histoire" literary prize goes to David Hury.

Félicitations à David Hury, lauréat du prix littéraire Noir de l'histoire pour son roman Beyrouth Forever (Liana Levi, 2025).

Le prix récompense un roman francophone noir ou policier dans lequel les événements historiques jouent un rôle majeur, et est organisé par les bibliothèques d'Agglopolys, la Communauté d'agglomération de Blois et Les Rendez-vous de l'histoire.

Congratulations to David Hury, winner of the Noir de l'histoire literary prize for his novel Beyrouth Forever (Liana Levi, 2025).

The prize rewards a French-language noir or crime novel in which historical events play a major role, and is organised by the Agglopolys libraries, the Blois urban community and Les Rendez-vous de l'histoire.

Rendez-vous le samedi 11 octobre à 16h00

à la bibliothèque Abbé-Grégoire (auditorium Samuel-Paty)

pour la remise officielle du prix et une rencontre avec David Hury.

See you on Saturday, 11 October at 4 p.m.

at the Abbé-Grégoire Library (Samuel-Paty Auditorium)

for the official award ceremony and a meeting with David Hury.

David Hury dresse un portrait sans concession du Liban d’aujourd’hui et d’hier où les blessures de l’Histoire côtoient les drames les plus intimes.

Plus d'informations sur le site de l'auteur.

David Hury paints an uncompromising portrait of Lebanon today and yesterday, where the wounds of history rub shoulders with the most intimate tragedies.

More about the book on the website of the author. 

Beyrouth, septembre 2023. Aimée Asmar, historienne et universitaire de renom, est retrouvée assassinée à son domicile. La police judiciaire dépêche sur les lieux l’inspecteur Marwan Khalil et sa jeune adjointe Ibtissam Abou Zeid, deux flics que tout oppose. Lui, ex-milicien chrétien qui n’a jamais pu tourner la page de la guerre civile de 1975 ; elle, jeune chiite idéaliste en rupture avec sa communauté.

Très vite, l’inspecteur Khalil se lance sur la piste politique : l’historienne venait de mettre un point final à l’écriture d’un manuel scolaire unifié, censé apprendre l’Histoire du Liban aux collégiens et lycéens du pays. Un manuel scolaire sans cesse repoussé depuis la fin de la guerre et qui semble déranger le puissant Hezbollah. Marwan et Ibtissam devront batailler pour faire éclater la vérité dans ce Liban à bout de souffle où la dissimulation est reine et les blessures du passé encore vives.

Beirut, September 2023. Aimée Asmar, a renowned historian and academic, is found murdered in her home. The criminal investigation department dispatches Inspector Marwan Khalil and his young assistant Ibtissam Abou Zeid to the scene, two police officers who are complete opposites. He is a former Christian militiaman who has never been able to turn the page on the 1975 civil war; she is a young, idealistic Shiite who has broken with her community.

Inspector Khalil quickly follows a political lead: the historian had just finished writing a unified school textbook, intended to teach the history of Lebanon to middle and high school students across the country. The textbook had been repeatedly delayed since the end of the war and seemed to disturb the powerful Hezbollah. Marwan and Ibtissam will have to fight to uncover the truth in a Lebanon that is on its last legs, where concealment reigns supreme and the wounds of the past are still raw.

En lire plus sur Beyrouth Forever sur le site d'ActuaLitté

Read more about Beyrouth Forever on the website of ActuaLitté

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David Hury, Paris, 2025

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All the portraits of David Hury are available at the Opale Agency

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"Sans nouvelles depuis Drancy", by David Hury.

The new historical fiction Sans nouvelles depuis Drancy of French writer, journalist and photographer David Hury is now published by Riveneuve Editions (Paris, 2024).

After Davids former novel Mustapha s'en va-t-en guerre, this is definitly a book to read for those interested in the former French colonial era.

You can read more about the book on the website of the author.

Sans nouvelles depuis Drancy is a great family saga, with its secrets, its greatness and its smallness. A extensive historical fresco retracing a decade of war and German occupation, of collaboration, raids and resistance, right up to the discovery of the death camps and the first disillusioned years of the post-war period.

Sans nouvelles depuis Drancy is the result of 3 years rigorous research into the archives of the army, the police, newspapers and the Shoah Memorial, as well as with the last remaining witnesses, reviewed by Shoah historian Renée Poznanski.

You can read an interview with David on ActuaLitté

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David Hury, Paris, 2021

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All the portraits of David Hury are available at the Opale Agency

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