Beirut City Guide featuring Megan McCormick

Beirut, Lebanon's capital has a long history of political and social unrest that still makes headlines today.Globe Trekker's Beirut City Guide captures the city in more optimistic days, two weeks before the latest outbreak of hostilities between Israeli and Hezbollah forces in July 2006.

Megan McCormick explores Beirut's neighborhoods: Basta, Solidere, Gemayze and the Hezbollah district and finds the city in the midst of regeneration. She gets a glimpse at Beirut's future when meeting up with a group of young Arabic hip hop artists, who are eager to live in peace and put the country's political troubles in the past. On a day trip out of the city, she visits the ancient fishing village of Byblos and heads the hills to unearth fossils. Before returning to Beirut, Megan visits Jeita Grotto, a beautiful series of underground caves and lakes. The program also revisits Globe Trekker Ian Wright's trip to Beirut in the mid 1990's to show the evolution of this fascinating city.

Category:

• Travel

Starring:

• Ian Wright
• Justine Shapiro
• Megan McCormick
• Zay Harding
• Adela Ucar
• Estelle Bingham

Produced by:

• Pilot Productions

Tags:

• Megan McCormick
• Globe Trekker
• Globetrekker
• Beirut
• Lebanon
• Byblos
• Basta
• Gemayze
• Solidere
• Hezbollah district
• Jeita Grotto