#faqra

[farizak]

BE YOU AND don’t be a copy of the others . 👏👏 #beirut #freedom #freestyle #lebanon #fashion #fashionblogger #fashionista #sunset #sunsetphotography #sunsetlover #faraya #farayalovers #farayamzaar #faqra #faqraclub #photography #photooftheday #photographer #pictureoftheday #ftamgmt #management (at Faraya, Mont-Liban, Lebanon) https://www.instagram.com/p/Cp2NJVnsrNT/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[moodboardmix]

“On the Rocks,” Faqra, Lebanon,

Karim Nader Studio in Partnership with Roula Assaf,

Photography by Dia Mrad

Model Photography by Marwan Harmouche

[lebanonthruhike2017]

More Roman ruins at Faqra. These formed a temple complex, unique as its walls were built into natural rock formations (see bottom right). One of our group, French expat teacher Juliette has organised an opera to be played here under lights this June, the first time this place has been used as a cultural backdrop

[last-tambourine]

The sheikh’s adopted daughter comes from a long line of seers. They recount the past and predict the future, unveil mysteries that remain shrouded from the rest of us. Although a gift, it is also an affliction that must be borne with dignity. The faqrya live in a temporal zone of their own, a cyclical history that spools back to the beginning of time. They understand the echoes through centuries, ride the waves of suffering, collect the remains of stories. They are the custodians of knowledge, the memory-keepers. In a culture where very little, if ever, is put into writing, they are the librarians.

Elif Shafak, There are Rivers in the

[last-tambourine]

“That’s my adopted daughter,” says the sheikh.

“Women do not join evening conversations—but she is different. She is a faqra.”

“A faqra?”

“Yes, Leila is a diviner.” A faqra, they tell him, can detect things that others walk past without noticing. She knows the landscape in the way a reed warbler knows the ins and outs of marsh waters. She can tell a storm from the flight of herons, the shape of ant hills or the antics of spiders. A faqra learns things she wishes she never did and, once she does, she cannot unlearn them. This is why it is said that they die early, their hearts unable to carry the burden for too long.

Elif Shafak, There are Rivers in the Sky

[wandererlebanon]

The day we remember our roots will be the day we transform our consciousness! Photo by @elias.k.elalam #godess #black #faqra #kfardebian #snow #likeforlikes #whatsapplebanon #cold #winter #winterwonderland #moroccangirl #bestoftheday #castle #oldies #anthem #whatsuplebanon #discoverlebanon #people #photography #traditions #livelovelebanon #welovelebanon #snow #middleofnowhere #mountains #ruins #oldplaces #vintage (at Faqra Ruins) https://www.instagram.com/p/B6x77fvpfpS/?igshid=xe98fzetxe2b

[wandererlebanon]

Good friends are like snow flakes. All different and all beautiful. Photo @elias.k.elalam #lebanon #faqra #ruins #snow #gclass #white #december #livelovelebanon #welovelebanon #whatsuplebanon #wanderer #wonderful_places #wildlifesafari #wild #mountains #mireilleelmendelek #gwagon #mercedes #amg #likeforlikes #livelovelebanon #whatsuplebanon (at Faqra Ruins) https://www.instagram.com/p/B6sTuyqJv6q/?igshid=6pnc00ntp4nn

[nogarlicnoonions]

#Dinnertime! #Trip #popup #Faqra serves delicious #Sandwiches! I loved them!!!! (at Faqra Club) https://www.instagram.com/p/CC6SagYBTap/?igshid=1jg7fz1iflt44