Souheil Mneimneh, discreet guardian of Beirut's heritage. (Credit: Mneimneh's Facebook account)
His last Facebook post now reads like a premonition. It was a watercolor by his friend, artist Hassan Turk, titled Ces quelques feuilles et des mémoires (These few pages and memoirs). The image shows an old man leaning on a cane, standing before buildings overtaken by wild grass — a fragile silhouette facing time, yet still upright. The post appeared just two days earlier.Then Souheil Mneimneh died suddenly of cardiac arrest at 73. Nearly 19,000 followers were left orphaned of the daily posts that had turned his page into far more than a digital archive. It was a space of living transmission.Each day, Mneimneh offered a different lens on Beirut. Sometimes it was an 1860s canvas by Louis Enault, other times a photograph from the 1960s or a more recent image revealing what remains of the old city. He also shared works sent by artist...
His last Facebook post now reads like a premonition. It was a watercolor by his friend, artist Hassan Turk, titled Ces quelques feuilles et des mémoires (These few pages and memoirs). The image shows an old man leaning on a cane, standing before buildings overtaken by wild grass — a fragile silhouette facing time, yet still upright. The post appeared just two days earlier.Then Souheil Mneimneh died suddenly of cardiac arrest at 73. Nearly 19,000 followers were left orphaned of the daily posts that had turned his page into far more than a digital archive. It was a space of living transmission.Each day, Mneimneh offered a different lens on Beirut. Sometimes it was an 1860s canvas by Louis Enault, other times a photograph from the 1960s or a more recent image revealing what remains of the old city. He also shared works sent by artist...
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