“The inscription is for a thousand pounds” on Beirut’s seaside corniche, in an initiative launched by a number of activists, during which they sold products at low and symbolic prices, according to the price of a dollar of 1,500 pounds, and brought joy to the hearts of the attendees and participants, who were inflamed by the realistic prices in the markets with the high exchange rate of the dollar. The initiative came to spite the insane exchange rates, even for hours.
In the details, a number of activists, Julian Rizk, Lamita Gibran, Ali Khatib, Bob Younis, Emmanuel Makiosa, organized an individual initiative, and thyme manakishes were sold for 1,000 pounds, with the possibility of adding vegetables to the manakish, for a thousand pounds as well, while the price of manakish is not less than In the market for 80 thousand pounds. Rizk said to “An-Nahar”: “We collected a small amount to carry out this initiative, which achieved its goal by drawing a smile on the faces of the Corniche visitors.”
The activity received an interaction from those on the sea corniche. The photos and videos of colleague Hossam Shabaro show the smile that the initiative planted on the faces of the participants. One of them said: “May God bless the 1500 days.”
Photos taken by colleague Hossam Shabaro:
