{"id":589,"date":"2022-03-21T12:41:15","date_gmt":"2022-03-21T10:41:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/penlebanon.org\/?p=589"},"modified":"2026-09-17T12:42:43","modified_gmt":"2026-09-17T09:42:43","slug":"poetry-and-literary-readings-at-barzakh-coffeeshop","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/penlebanon.org\/index.php\/2022\/03\/21\/poetry-and-literary-readings-at-barzakh-coffeeshop\/","title":{"rendered":"Poetry and literary readings at Barzakh coffeeshop"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"589\" class=\"elementor elementor-589\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-2d2ecf5 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"2d2ecf5\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-ddff062\" data-id=\"ddff062\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-93dc753 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"93dc753\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Poetry and literary readings at Barzakh coffeeshop (Hamra) featuring Abbas Beydoun, Hanin Sayegh, Mohamad Nassereddine, Fawzi Yammine and other writers on the occasion of World Poetry Day, celebrated annually on 21 March. 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