Beirut Travel, Lebanon Travel

The people living there needed plants to feed their animals.
There are many lexicographers, geographers, travellers and physicians who wrote on plants. One of them was Abü Sa’id ‘Abd al-Malik lbn Quraib al-Asma’i. One of them is on plants and trees. In the preface of this book the author has provided a general discussion on plants. Finally, he has described those plants which grow in plains and deserts. He has mentioned 230 plants in all.
Another lexicographer and grammarian who wrote on plants was Ahmad Ibn Da’ud Ibn Wanand, nicknamed al-Dinawari.
In his book on plants al-Dinawari described, after observing the plants in the places where they grew, all that he had discovered and also all that his predecessors had mentioned.
Al-Birüni (d.1048) made observation on plants. The later writers based their works on it adding whatever they knew of plants and simple drugs. The book of Dioscorides consists of five discourses.
The first discourse deals with sweet smelling drugs. The third discourse discusses the roots of plants, the thorny plants and similar topics. The fifth discourse mentions different kinds of drinks and mineral drugs.
One of the most important Ancient scientist botanists was Abu’l-Mansur Rashid al-Din Abu’l-Fadl Ibn Ali al-Süri He was the greatest authority on simple drugs, the variety of their names, their properties and uses. [...]

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Leisure Travel Expert Guide

Safe travel requires several guidelines. This article is a means of providing you information that helps you prepare your travel with unique travel advice and safety tips.

Unique Travel Advice

Travel should be well planned and prepared. It is also advisable that sharing personal details and details that pertain to our travel such as staying hotels and places planned for vacation should be avoided. Ensure that prior to departure all things at home are arranged properly. Also Prior information about the place of visit should be gathered. Unique Safety Tips

Avoid walking alone at the unknown destination. Avoid shortcuts and poorly lit streets, they can become dangerous. Also avoid deserted beaches as they could be like inviting danger. Exercise caution and make sure that the surrounding is safe and secure. As the saying goes all that begins well ends well!!!

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Lebanon, Lebanon

pChildren are living in appalling conditions in Lebanon since the outbreak of war in July 2006. This collection of writing and drawings-from some of the world’s leading authors and artists-is for them. /p pContributors include: Adonis, Paul Auster, John Berger, Abbas Beydoun, Raymond Briggs, Carmen Callil, John le Carré, Jung Chang, Hassan Daoud, Mahmud Darwish, Margaret Drabble, Moris Farhi, Robert Fisk, Maggie Gee, Charles Glass, Mona Hatoum, Tobias Hill, Aamer Hussein, Nada Awar Jarrar, Tahar Ben Jelloun, Peter Kennard, Zena el-Khalil, Hanif Kureishi, Doris Lessing, Toby Litt, Madi, Jean Said Makdisi, Alberto Manguel, Yann Martel, Adrian Mitchell, Blake Morrison, Beverley Naidoo, V.S. Naipaul, Greta Naufal, Alexandre Najjar, Shirin Neshat, Orhan Pamuk, Harold Pinter, Mohammad Rawas, Claudia Roden, Kamila Shamsie, Owen Sheers, David Shrigley, Iain Sinclair, Ali Smith, George Szirtes, Arnold Wesker, Brian Whitaker, and Hugo Williams./p

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