The Egg, Beirut

Its construction began in 1965 but was interrupted with the outbreak of the Lebanese Civil War in 1975 and the horse-shoe shaped dome that remains today is now a landmark in Beirut.

[1] It was part of a commercial and residential project named "Beirut City Center", by architect Joseph Philippe Karam.

[3] During the Lebanese protests of 2019 and 2020, the Egg was used as a center for talks and lectures by academics, artists, and students among others.

The talks included "Capitalism in Crisis" by Lebanese politician Charbel Nahhas which about 200 university students attended.

[4] Protest slogans were also written on the walls of the Egg including those calling for the "fall of the regime.