Travel

Prestige issue 155, April 2006
Federal Capital of the United States and international center of influence, Washington DC (District of Columbia), named after the first president of the US George Washington, shines with the beauty of its green spaces, its administrative buildings and prestigious historic monuments.

Prestige issue 240-241, July-August 2013
Funny is when asked if I like New York, I always smile and say: «This is where I will be living in my next life». It is indeed a very fascinating city in this busy world of today. You meet all nationalities and cultures under one big roof. According to Wikipedia, it is the most densely inhabited urban agglomerations in the world.

Prestige issue 127-128, Dec-Jan. 2003-2004
At 32 kms from Aleppo. A mountain. A place of pilgrimage. Qal’at Simaan, the citadel of Simeon. The saint lived there 42 years on a pillar. He was called the Stylite. His asceticism fascinated. His faith was mobilizing crowds. When he died, people wanted to make the richest tribute to the man who had made a vow of poverty. Around this pillar was built a large church.

Prestige issue 264-265, July-August 2014-2015
At the kind invitation of the Embassy of South Korea in Lebanon and the Korean Ministry of Culture «Global Culture Promotion Division», Pr. Bassam Lahoud made a trip in the state of East Asia, a majestic entrance in history to the ancient kingdom, to discover the beautiful

Prestige issue 257-258, Dec. 2014-Jan. 2015
Play the Sissi in Vienna, like the late legendary star Romy Schneider who played on the big screen the life of Empress Elisabeth. She liked to take her morning coffee and walk to the Gazebo, part of the Schönbrunn Palace and monumental construction enthroned at the top of the hill. But Vienna is also the cathedral of Saint-Etienne,