Group photography and big photo gear seem to frighten the government!
According to this article from SK Eyes, a group of photographers were approached by police officers at Ain El-Mrayseh few days ago, and were forced to stop taking photos because they did not have a permission to do so from the authorities! One of the officers later explained that the governor of Beirut has forbidden taking photos in the area of Ain El-Mrayseh because big photo gear can frighten people.
Burning tires and kidnapping people in broad daylight on the other hand don’t seem like they worry people that much for the governor of police officers to take any action about them…
I’ve been taken to “maktab moukafa7et el2erhab” and investigated for 2 hours for having a DSLR camera (with an empty memory card) in my hand outside Beirut.
Tourists will be happy with this. It can be part of their tour.
WOW!! What were you trying to shoot?
Bachelor party.
Just as we parked the car in front of the bride’s house, we were “welcomed” by some soldiers.
I am curious to know what law governs photography in Lebanon.
Ohhhh yeaaah right I know why because the thugs in this country are too worried about Israelis knowing these places they’ve photographed