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That one time Lebanon almost won the bid to host an F1 track back in 1999. The plan designed by IDEA was to build a 4.1 KM racing circuit along the Mediterranean coast through the downtown area and there were high hopes that Beirut’s bid to host a Grand Prix would be approved.
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With already suffering from a collapse, and the devastating at biggest port may be a death knell for the country’s https://t.co/IstF42ZEkF

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Lebanese artist Katya Traboulsi, Beirut’s bullet holes tell stories https://t.co/mua0iKFfu1

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