Basim sent me this: "A beach club in Beirut may face closure if it is found guilty of discrimination
after it was caught on camera refusing entrance to an Ethiopian woman earlier
this month, Tourism Minister Fadi Abboud told The Daily Star
Friday. In a video filmed covertly by members of the
Anti-Racism Movement and uploaded to YouTube Thursday, an Ethiopian woman can be
seen approaching the entrance desk of the St. George beach club and asking if
she can enter to swim. She is told by those on reception that she cannot enter
without membership, while a Lebanese man arriving after her is told he must only
pay the club’s LL40,000 entrance fee."
Here is the video of the incident. An open and shut
case. I hope they pay for it."
