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One of things for which The Beirut Spring was most famous is its Photoshop pieces of various Lebanese politicians. Most of the pieces mark landmarks on the Lebanese political scene, some are more serious, and some are just for fun. If you have any questions about them, please don’t hesitate to email me to mustapha at beirutspring dot com
 

Don Saad

April, 2005
 
This one was done when the Hariri family decided that Mr. Saad Hariri will take over the “historic responsibilities” of his father.
 

 

Aoun The Great

May, 2005
 
This one was done when Michel Aoun compared himself to Alexander the great
 

 

Nassib Lahoud Will Be Back

June, 2005
 
This one was done when M.P. Nassib Lahhoud lost in the Parliamentary elections
 

 

Walid Jumblat Sends His Agents

July, 2005
 
This one was done when, in protest to sharing a government with President Emile Lahhoud, PSP ministers wore black suits in an all-white-suits government souvenir picture
 

 

Moslems against Terrorism

July, 2005
 
After the horrible underground terrorist attacks in the UK, I designed a banner that can be found today on a lot of Arab blogs, (list here and here) (I even found it on a Chinese language blog :) ). It was also publicized by the BBC
 

you can get the banners here
 

Ayatollah Aoun

February, 2006
 
This one was done after Aoun announced his famous “understanding” with Hezbollah.
 

 

Nabih Berri is Le Chef

March, 2006
 
This one was done when House Speaker Nabih Berri announced that the hiwar has reached “rich” (in a culinary sense) decisions