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  • Writer: Laurent Denimal
    Laurent Denimal
  • May 8



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.







Read the complete text on the page















See all the photographs on the page









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















 
 
 


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












David Hury, Paris, 2025





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






 
 
 
  • Writer: Laurent Denimal
    Laurent Denimal
  • Feb 17, 2024




22.03.2007

Near Tyre, in southern Lebanon, a Mines Advisory Group team has put up ”Danger mines” signs at the edge of orange groves polluted by anti-personnel mines dropped by the Israeli air force during the 33-day war, known in Lebanon as the July War (July 2006).


MAG find and destroy landmines, cluster munitions and unexploded bombs in places affected by conflict. MAG also work to reduce the threat of armed violence and the impact of weapons on communities.


Conflict repair work by MAG / maginternational.org


Thanks to @mag_lebanon for having me on site.





22.03.2007

A proximité de Tyr, au sud du Liban, une équipe de Mines Advisory Group a positionné des panneaux « Danger mines » en bordure d’orangeraies polluées par des mines antipersonnel larguées par l’aviation israélienne lors de la guerre des 33 jours, connue au Liban comme la guerre de Juillet (juillet 2006).


MAG trouve et détruit les mines antipersonnel, les armes à sous-munitions et les bombes non explosées dans les zones touchées par un conflit. MAG s’efforce également de réduire la menace de la violence armée et l’impact des armes sur les communautés.


Travaux de réparation des conflits effectués par MAG / maginternational.org


Merci à @mag_lebanon de m’avoir accueilli sur site.









 
 
 

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