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Tourists give hope to residents of battered Lebanese city

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January 29, 2015

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Photo: Bilal Hussein, AP

In this Saturday, Jan. 17, 2015 photo, tourists visit the Mamulk-era Great Mosque, during a day trip in the northern city of Tripoli, Lebanon. As the tour group made its way through the narrow alleys of the seaside city of Tripoli, marveling at its medieval architecture, residents stared back at a sight that for them was just as exotic - visitors in their poor, restive corner of Lebanon.

Diaa Hadid, Associated Press, In this Saturday, Jan. 17, 2015 photo, tourists walk in a narrow bazaar alleyway emblazoned with a flag bearing the Muslim proclamation of faith, "There is no God but God and Mohammed is his Messenger," during a day trip in the northern city of Tripoli, Lebanon. As the tour group made its way through the narrow alleys of the seaside city of Tripoli, marveling at its medieval architecture, residents stared back at a sight that for them was just as exotic - visitors in their poor, restive corner of Lebanon.

TRIPOLI, Lebanon (AP) — As the tour group made its way through the narrow alleys of the seaside city of Tripoli, marveling at its medieval architecture, residents stared back at a sight that for them was just as exotic — visitors in their poor, restive corner of Lebanon.

"Foreigners!" residents called out to each other as the group of around 30 Lebanese and foreign tourists made their way through the Old City's labyrinth of cobblestone alleys, snapping pictures of centuries-old archways and graceful minarets. "We put you on our heads!" coffee seller Abu Mohammed, 65, said, using a traditional Arabic greeting for honored guests.