In Beirut you can name a street after a personal bodyguard

Is it really right to name a street in Beirut after a personal bodyguard?

Yehya Al-Arab was the head of Rafic Hariri’s security team and got killed with him in the explosion. All the respect to that man and his family and we were all saddened by his tragic death, but I thought streets should be named after writers, scientists, philosophers, politicians, etc… i.e. people with great achievements.

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11 Responses to In Beirut you can name a street after a personal bodyguard

  1. Habib December 29, 2010 at 5:35 pm #

    I thought this was a joke. Is this official? And where is this street located?

  2. Hani December 29, 2010 at 6:44 pm #

    No wonder… simply that’s Lebanon…
    The Best Is Yet To Come…

  3. moussa December 29, 2010 at 9:50 pm #

    trackbacked at Angry Arab http://angryarab.blogspot.com/2010/12/in-lebanon-body-guard-of-zaim-gets.html

  4. ممتعض December 30, 2010 at 10:46 am #

    Canada !!! i can’t wait. when i get the citizenship. ra7 khazi2 el hawii . w fantir 3al arzee !!! tfeh. this shithole they call country is not viable. bado 7are2.

  5. Bob December 30, 2010 at 11:55 am #

    maybe its because of this:
    http://www.almustaqbal.com/stories.aspx?StoryID=164498

    or nah, the bodyguard thing is juicier

  6. Ammouret Lebnen December 31, 2010 at 8:34 pm #

    I think it is weird to name a street after a bodyguard, but at the same time it is a good way to honor this man. I agree with you that streets should be named after people with great achievements, and if he forexample had saved Hariri it would have been different.

    LOlz, this comment is becoming weird. El mouhem, this is weird. And quoting @Hani, it is Lebanon , and the best IS yet to come.

    Happy New Year,
    A.L

  7. seowebtrick January 1, 2011 at 5:08 pm #

    I have no more idea about it.But i think you are good platform that indicate a good direction…

  8. rolfen January 1, 2011 at 9:27 pm #

    So what, personal bodyguards are sub-human? As long as they have street names to navigate by, it’s a great thing. Beats “street number 3 house number 8”.

  9. poloshka November 7, 2011 at 9:23 am #

    this street was named arab street due to all its residents , they are all from arab family or as we say 3arab its not a bodygourd it was called share3 al 3arab so it does not need all of this ta3assob . take it easy guys it was known even befor 40 years as shar3 al 3arab .

  10. Joe January 5, 2012 at 12:43 pm #

    one thing that bothers me in this post is that you said streets should be named after writers, scientists, philosophers, politicians…………politicians????? what fucking great achievement did any politician achieve in lebanon

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