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Israeli journalist Lisa Goldman reproduces an interesting story regarding the friendship recently established between the respective editors of Time Out Beirut and Time Out Tel Aviv. Though TOB has ceased publication for obvious reasons, TOTA ran a July 20 cover (shortly after the more overt hostilities commenced) that's a variation-homage on the classic "View of New York from Ninth Avenue" cover from the New Yorker. Of course, the view across the river on the TOTA cover is a bit less sanguine than that which inspired it. Full image after the jump. (Bonus: Compare, contrast, and discuss Time Out New York's cover, "The War for Brooklyn.")
Beirut time capsule: Last magazine cover before war [Boing Boing]
Time Out in Beirut and Tel Aviv [On the Face]
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For the non-hebrew readers, a partial guide to the place names identified:
at the top center, the tall brown buildings are beirut, the white cluster of buildings on the right under the time out logo are tehran, the yellow buildings under them are baghdad, the city due west of the lake (lake kinneret/sea of galilee, though not labeled) is tiberia, and the word under the nuclear plant and above the rocket launchers is haifa. not sure about the three smaller place names due north of them.
The river is tel aviv's yarkon river and the only street name i can make out is the one in the foreground, which is allenby street. harumph. my birthright trip leaders would be so disappointed with me.funny, jerusalem doesn't seem to be on there
The city north of the nuclear plant and south of beirut on the coast is akko, and the city ENE of that is kiryat shemona. i'm sure you all care very much, but i'm a completist.
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