Taking photos in Beirut now needs a special permission

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…

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5 Responses to Taking photos in Beirut now needs a special permission

  1. Sako August 31, 2012 at 10:32 am #

    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.

    • Rami August 31, 2012 at 11:03 am #

      WOW!! What were you trying to shoot?

      • Sako August 31, 2012 at 11:31 am #

        Bachelor party.
        Just as we parked the car in front of the bride’s house, we were “welcomed” by some soldiers.

  2. Armigatus September 2, 2012 at 2:09 pm #

    I am curious to know what law governs photography in Lebanon.

  3. lila September 3, 2012 at 2:59 pm #

    Ohhhh yeaaah right I know why because the thugs in this country are too worried about Israelis knowing these places they’ve photographed

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