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Yusuf Bedas at Intra Bank offices in downtown Beirut in the late 1950s.
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Yusuf Beidas at his Intra Bank office in downtown Beirut in the late 1950s.
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Yusuf Beidas (R) at the opening of the Intra Bank branch in Rome in the early 1960s.
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Yusuf Beidas (L) at the Phoenicia Intercontinental hotel in Beirut in the 1960s. Next to Bedas is Lebanese businessman Najib Salha (2nd L), a major shareholder in the hotel, and property magnet Abdallah Khoury.
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Yusuf Beidas (L) chatting with Najib Alamiudin, chairman of Middle East Airlines at Beirut Airport in the early 1960s.
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Yousuf Beidas (C) at Intra Bank headquarters in Hamra district in Beirut.
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Yusuf Beidas sitting next to Muna Al Solh, mother of Saudi Prince Al Waleed bin Talal, in Beirut in the early 1960s.
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Yusuf Beidas, with his wife, Wedad Salameh, in Beirut in the early 1960s. On Beidas's right is Lebanese construction tycoon Emile Bustani.
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Yusuf Beidas (c) at Intra Bank offices in downtown Beirut in the 1950s.
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Yusuf Badas in 1962-1963.
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Yusuf Beidas (R) at the opening of the Intra Bank building in New York on October 10, 1963.
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Yusuf Beidas Lebanese publisher Saeed Freihah (L) in Beirut in the 1960s. Beidas's wife Wedad is also shown in the photo.
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The Intra-owned shipyard of Chantiers Navals de la Ciotat near Marseilles in the1960s.
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The Intra-owned shipyard of Chantiers Navals de la Ciotat near Marseilles in the1960s.
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Yusuf Beidas at the Intra Bank headquarters on Abdulaziz street in the Hamra district of Beirut in the 1960s.
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Yusuf Bedas at Intra Bank offices in downtown Beirut in the late 1950s.
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Yusuf Beidas at his Intra Bank office in downtown Beirut in the late 1950s.
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Yusuf Beidas (R) at the opening of the Intra Bank branch in Rome in the early 1960s.
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Yusuf Beidas (L) at the Phoenicia Intercontinental hotel in Beirut in the 1960s. Next to Bedas is Lebanese businessman Najib Salha (2nd L), a major shareholder in the hotel, and property magnet Abdallah Khoury.
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Yusuf Beidas (L) chatting with Najib Alamiudin, chairman of Middle East Airlines at Beirut Airport in the early 1960s.
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Yousuf Beidas (C) at Intra Bank headquarters in Hamra district in Beirut.
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Yusuf Beidas sitting next to Muna Al Solh, mother of Saudi Prince Al Waleed bin Talal, in Beirut in the early 1960s.
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Yusuf Beidas, with his wife, Wedad Salameh, in Beirut in the early 1960s. On Beidas's right is Lebanese construction tycoon Emile Bustani.
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Yusuf Beidas (c) at Intra Bank offices in downtown Beirut in the 1950s.
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Yusuf Badas in 1962-1963.
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Yusuf Beidas (R) at the opening of the Intra Bank building in New York on October 10, 1963.
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Yusuf Beidas Lebanese publisher Saeed Freihah (L) in Beirut in the 1960s. Beidas's wife Wedad is also shown in the photo.
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The Intra-owned shipyard of Chantiers Navals de la Ciotat near Marseilles in the1960s.
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The Intra-owned shipyard of Chantiers Navals de la Ciotat near Marseilles in the1960s.
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Yusuf Beidas at the Intra Bank headquarters on Abdulaziz street in the Hamra district of Beirut in the 1960s.
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Yusuf Bedas at Intra Bank offices in downtown Beirut in the late 1950s.
Beirut explosion: Legendary Palestinian banker envisaged silos that shielded his adopted city from more destruction
Yusuf Beidas, the ‘genius from Jerusalem,’ was behind the landmark grain silos that took the brunt of the impact at the epicentre of the Beirut port disaster
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Khaled Yacoub Oweis
12 August, 2020
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