OZY Daily Dose

The Bar Where Lebanon's Revolutionaries Drink


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"No speaking about politics," "No references to religion" and "No commenting on the music" are among the 10 rules plastered on the door of Beirut's oldest communist bar. Terrez Saieda, a 56-year-old with dark shadows under her eyes, doesn't enforce every rule, but she has thrown a few people out for fighting about politics in the past.Saieda is the owner of Abou Elie, a small bar where young and old Lebanese communists still hang out.
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