Inside Beirut’s Most Dangerous Neighborhood — What I Saw Shocked Me 🇱🇧

Inside Beirut’s Most Dangerous Neighborhood — What I Saw Shocked Me 🇱🇧

very dangerous. I’d say about Yeah. 
And the dangerous city in Beirut, you know that there’s no Lebanese people. Zero. Wow. Look at all these cows. Yeah. Wow. Let 
me get through over here. I never expected Lebanon to have an area that looks like this. 
And anyone come to you, he will fight with you and they know that you are Iranians. He will 
them. You’ll never see places like this anywhere else in Beirut. Look at the situation here. 
They’re saying don’t film there. Yeah, they even the small kids. No, that’s not good. How 
come the government doesn’t clean it up? No, the government. Let me see what I have. What’s up everybody? Welcome back to beautiful 
Bayroot. Today I’m taking you guys to a different neighborhood. We’re going through Sabra and 
Chhatila. It’s a neighborhood that’s been through a lot back in uh 1982. There was a big 
massacre over here. So Chhatila was originally a Palestinian neighborhood. It was made for 
Palestinian refugees within Beirut. It’s a little bit south of all the nice areas that I’ve been 
showing you guys. This is about a 10 15 minute drive south of that. 7 years after the civil war 
started. So it started in 1975. Lebanese factions got pissed off at the Palestinian factions. 
They had some back and forth going on. The Lebanese faction came into the Palestinian refugee 
camp in Chhatila massacred about on the low end people say 700 on the high end 3,500 people. 
What’s even crazier is the Lebanese faction pretty much had the green light by the Israelis 
who were occupying Lebanon at that time. Also, Lebanon was a complete mess during those times. 
Syrians involved in Lebanon. There was Israelis, they were fighting amongst themselves. It’s 
just complete chaos during those days. So, we are going to start off at Sabra Markets which 
is mostly clothes in the beginning. They also sell fruits and vegetables [Music] and and I believe 
you could also find a lot of food over here. As you could see, it’s really chaotic, especially 
in comparison to the other parts of Beirut. This is my first time experiencing Lebanon like this. 
Just bikes everywhere, cars parked in random places, in random directions, people walking 
both on the sidewalk and the middle of the road. You’ll never see places like this anywhere 
else in Beirut. Especially if you’re a tourist, you really don’t have any business coming here 
unless you’re into history and you want to see how it looks today. As you can see, fresh 
fruit is sold over here. I’m not sure. So, is that 100 per kilogram? Yeah. 
these apples over here, tomatoes, all fresh fruit. One thing you’ll notice, not 
just in this area of Beirut, you see garbage a lot. If I’m not mistaken, there’s an ongoing 
crisis with garbage disposal all around Lebanon. What’s he selling over here? Oh, he’s just 
selling meats. I don’t need meat. I’m actually really hungry. It’s early in the morning 
and I haven’t had breakfast or coffee yet. A lot of the clothing I can’t tell if it’s new or 
used. Some have tags on them, but most don’t. So, I guess it’s a mix of used and new. Like 
over here, these all look brand new. If you guys are wondering the price, these 
are 300 Lebanese pound, 600, and they even have clothes for 100. How are you? 150 Lebanese 
pounds and £50. I think these are kids clothes. backpacks over here. The good thing is 
over here it doesn’t seem like you have to bargain too much because the prices are 
already listed on top of most the clothes [Music] over here. We got a serious traffic jam. 
Got to love Lebanon. But they figure it out. Look at this chaos. Let me get you over here. I’ll go back. I’ll go back this way. I 
was going to get in the middle of the chaos to give you guys a better view, 
but my life is worth more than that. Man, I I’ll tell you guys the truth. I 
never expected Lebanon to have an area that looks like this. Whenever I think 
Lebanon, I think beautiful beaches, beautiful people, amazing food, nice 
streets. But I never expected this. Wow. If you look, everyone’s hanging 
their clothes off over here to dry them. One thing I’ve noticed about Lebanon that 
also shocked me, there’s a lot of workers here from South Asia. I’m not sure if they’re 
Bangladeshi, Indian, Pakistani. I’m not sure where they’re from. You could see them all 
over Lebanon. I did not expect that at all. Oh, wow. Look, there’s even a restaurant 
here. I think that’s Bangladeshi or Indian. I’m not sure what language 
that is. Let me ask you, my friend, what kind of restaurant is it? Bangladesh. 
Yeah, that’s a Bangladeshi restaurant. I just asked right when I was saying 
there’s a lot of South Asians here, I walk by a Bangladeshi restaurant. You guys 
want to see chaos? Look at this traffic jam. Everybody’s going a different direction. Everybody in Bangladeshi, even this grocery store right now in this part of the market, 
there’s no Lebanese people. Zero. I have no idea where to go. Let me go here. 
I’ll go this way. I literally got stuck. I’m not sure how sanitary this place is, but 
there are flies and bugs everywhere. God damn. Holy, what a mess. All right, we are 
going to be leaving Bangladesh now and we’re going to be heading back towards Lebanon. Oh, this guy’s reversing. All right, we have to head this way over here. I did not expect this, guys. I’ll tell 
you the truth. I knew I was coming to a chaotic market. I just didn’t think in 
my head that there would be foreigners. I knew there would be Palestinians, Lebanese, 
Syrians. Yes, they’re they’re not from Lebanon, Syrians, and Palestinian people, but they’re 
from the neighboring countries. I was not expecting to see so many Bengali people, 
Indians, uh Africans, stuff like that. And then you make a right over here. I also see 
a big mosque over there. I think Beirut’s one of those places where you might have the 
best time if you come in like May, June. September, October. If you don’t like the heat, 
but if you’re fine with the heat and the light breeze at night, summertime is the time you want 
to be here. Especially if you like to party, guys. I don’t know if you see, there’s flies 
everywhere. This whole area is just infested with flies. There’s nowhere I’ve been in 
this market where I haven’t been slapped in the face by 10 flies. It’s crazy 
cuz a lot of these fruits and veggies actually look pretty good if you want my 
opinion. But they’re just full of flies. It’s been a while since I’ve been in a 
market like this. Just complete insanity. I would love to find a bakery. Maybe get a 
mane. Maybe cheese and zatar mix. I can’t do the zod by itself. I need cheese somewhere over 
there. What are you guys selling? You guys are selling What is that? That’s KF. Well, if I have 
that right now, I have to go straight to sleep. Yeah, I think we’ve reached an area 
that has food. These guys are selling different types of baklava and ka stuff like 
that. Looks good, but it’s too early for me. Yeah, these all look like used clothing 
over here. You could tell which one’s used, which ones are brand new. I 
would say it’s about a 50/50 mix. bread. Habib, you have manushe. Manushe la. Oh, 
okay. Sh. See that young guys? What are they? 10 years old baking bread. Unbelievable the work 
they put in these young people. Everyone’s been pretty cool here, guys. No one’s told me to stop 
filming or don’t film. Usually in areas like this, sometimes you’ll get people that say, “Oh, 
no filming this and that.” But everyone’s been pretty cool. If I make eye contact 
with people, I say good morning in Arabic, hit them with the habibi, and it’s 
all good. Look at the situation here. Look at that. Crazy. Wow. They’re going up my 
nostrils into my eye. That’s why I’m showing outwards the whole time I’m hitting my 
face. I don’t want you guys to see it. Yeah, it’s a it’s a completely different 
Beirut over here. It’s almost as if you’re stepping into a different country. 
The Beirut that most tourists see that you travel to when you see Beirut. Whole 
different world, guys. Whole different world. Wow, look how I didn’t even notice all these birds down here. They’re so small. Oh, 
they’re the size of your finger. All right, our walk continues. 
We are going this way. Here we have two Lebanese girls leading the way. Look, this stand is for the African woman, I 
believe. This is all the hair care products and stuff over here. Yeah. My friend, do you 
have Manushe? Manushe. Yeah. Yeah. Good. Right. Manushe. Yeah. Too hot. So hot. I see. Yeah. One. 
Mush. Manushe. Zat cheese. become a cocktail. Half cheese, half z. If I eat too much 
pizza, my kish. [Laughter] Yeah, exactly. Meet at one 100. Yeah. Okay. Okay. Thank you. 
Are you sure? Yeah. Oh, thank you so much. Very good. Pizza. Right. Thank you so much, man. Nice meeting you, my friend. 
Bye-bye. Excuse me. Sorry. This is here. Shhatilahatila. All Shhatila. Ah, Philistine. Yeah. You live 
over there. Bangladesh. Yes. Yeah. They don’t like it, right? No. Like, it’s okay. Yeah. Yeah. Really? Really? Okay. I’ll be careful right now. Okay. Okay. You 
got to keep it like like this. There’s always money on the ground. Is 
that yours? Money? No, no, no. No. Oh, okay. I keep finding money on the ground. I’m 
not going to pick that one up, though. Hopefully, somebody else does. How are you? Good, brother. 
How are you? Sorry, my hands are good. You’re a YouTuber? Yeah. Yeah. Okay. Just uh I just want 
to talk to you when you be right there. Okay. Just take care over there. Why? Yeah, because they’re 
so burglars. Burglars? Yeah. They can’t take What’s this? What’s this area called? Uh, it’s 
called Sabra. What’s this area? Very dangerous. It’s about weapons. You’re kidding me. Yeah. You 
can buy weapons, drugs, anything you want. Girls, you could buy drugs, women. Woman, too. Yeah. 
This So, from here it starts in the dangerous city in Beirut. You know that? You’re kidding 
me. Yeah. This is the dangerous city. The second dangerous city is Lei. Especially Le. What’s it 
called? Lei. Yeah. Really? Yeah. How are you, bro? I’m so YouTuber. How are you guys? [Music] How are you, bro? How are you? saying don’t film there. Yeah, they 
saying they’re dangerous treat. Yeah, it’s very dangerous. Yeah, that’s why I 
was stopping there. I want to tell you even the man was talking to you. He’s a he 
just No. Yeah. And he won’t. He was such a nice guy. Yeah. He bought me pizza. Yeah. 
Because he he needs something, you know, but take care. So you’re you’re saying this way 
be careful. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Uh, English YouTube. No, don’t say that, man. Don’t say that, bro. That’s not nice, bro. Too much swearing, bro. Yeah. A R E D. Search. What? You guys thought I’m lying, bro? Hey. Hey, 
tell him he swears too much. Thank you, bro. Anyways, nice to meet you, bro. Nice to meet 
you, bro. You live here? No, I live in How many country you visit? Yeah, no problem. Who told 
you to come here? Myself. Because you know why? When people come to Beirut, they usually um they 
usually go to the nice areas, which is good. You should always go to the nice areas. So they told 
you that’s a s. No, no, no. I showed the nice all the nice. I want to take a picture with you. Is 
this one closer or is this main street closer? No. I’m walking you right there to the main street. 
If you want, come with me. Okay. Okay. Y boys. Tell us he said anyone talk to you say 
Ali. He’s so young. No. How old is he? No age. No problem. He know everyone here. Don’t worry. Okay. I’ll see you guys. Love you. Yeah, these guys are making it seem 
really dangerous over here. Hey, you want some minutiae? Haha. Are you sure? 
Yeah. Did you have breakfast? Yeah. Yeah. Um you know the best uh places you can go. I live 
there also. Not right now. I’m from S. S. That’s te right. Yeah. It’s Yeah. Sorry. It’s beautiful 
because see you can see the beach uh everything and you know anyone ask or open in location. Wow. 
Look at all these cows. Yeah. Wow. Like this is what we are walking in. Yeah. They can uh have 
the motorcycle take anything from you and go. You’re kidding me. Yeah. Even he can’t take from 
you the phone. He he can put the gun on you. in your stomach gone. Yeah. Give me all your things. 
You’re kidding me. Yeah. During the day, anytime, bro. Is that dangerous? The place you are in. 
That’s why I when I saw you are talking English, I said that’s that’s not from here. Mo most people 
don’t know I’m English though. Everybody thinks I’m Arabic. Yeah. Because here look like uh so I 
I say I want to stop you. I I tell you that take care from this street. You know these guys, 
these guys who take picture with you and this these what what they are working this is drug 
dealers. Uh burglars. Is this area protected by a group of people or no? What kind of group? Ah 
mafia. Mafia. Yeah. Really? Yeah. Drug dealers, drug dealers. The the people that are stealing 
from people, are they Lebanese? Uh most of them Syrian. Oh, refugees. Yeah, refugees. 
Okay. So these people here most of them are not Lebanese. Uh you can say that you are 
in Syria now. Syria not not Palestinian. Uh like inside there’s a little bit. Yeah. I 
see the most people here are serious. Really? But I don’t know. But who tells you to come here? 
Like no. You know why? I I I study history a lot. Oh yeah. So I know about Chhatil and Sabra. Yeah. 
You know that. So I said come let me look around. Yeah. What happened before in Shatilan Sabra? 
That’s why this place are so not good like drug dealers hostile dealers they leave them. You 
know there is a place like a supermarket. Yeah. You can go and anything you want. Anything like 
this. Yeah. Like this inside. You can see it, but if they saw you are filming, they will shoot 
you. Shoot you. There’s lots of guns in Lebanon. Everyone, everyone here. You’re kidding with 
guns. Really? That’s problem. That’s what uh the country problem that everyone have a gun. Even 
the small kids and they don’t use their hands. You talk to him. That’s not good. How come the 
government doesn’t clean it up? No. No government no government and they don’t know government they 
just in media just money just in media and they’re all that what they care about is money is that it 
they don’t care about people is that it huh shahit you’re from Iran Iran yeah good Iran well 
I’m from Canada born and raised in Canada but I’m originally Iranian obviously I’m not 
I’m not native Canadian or anything um Oh yeah, I forgot to tell you. Serious? I know they don’t 
like Iranian. Yeah, that’s why he told you when he is he serious that guy? Yeah, he is. Yeah, that’s 
why when you told him Iran, he said they will like if you are in Sur and anyone come to you, he will 
fight with you and they know that you are Iranian, he will [ __ ] them. Really? Yeah. He will 
[ __ ] you. Really? Yeah. Because no Oh, because they’re all Shia, right? Yeah, I see. 
I know everyone likes I see. I see. And he want talk to you there. They will kill him. And 
in Beirut there’s a neighborhood of Shia too, right? Is it nice? D. I don’t know how you don’t 
come in D. Dah is is the if you study history, Dia is the most place got air strike from Israel. Wow. 
Yeah. The most place in the world. More than Sur. More than Sur. Why? Yeah. Because uh Oh, because 
I see I see. Yeah. But and the problem is in here if you go in D and you are filming they won’t 
talk to you but they will come mean and they will Yeah. They will they will ask me who I am. Yeah. 
Where you are filming. If I tell them I’m Iranian. Yeah. If you told them I’m from Iran and I’m I’m 
just a vlogger. Yeah. Uh and they will see what you are picturing. Yeah, they’re okay. Really? 
They’re nice people. You can go there and take a permission. Really? Yeah. I want to to vlog. Uh 
but I don’t want anyone to stop me. So that’s why I’m I’m taking permission. So if they will give 
you a paper, so anyone from stopped you, you will give him the paper, he will tell you. Okay. Thank 
you for the information. So this is the main road. Yeah. And it goes here too. Uh that’s the water, 
right? This way. Uh Bahar. No. Uh the beach is uh Yeah, it is. I told you I know the way 
better than you. Thank you. Take care, bro. Take care. Here is okay, 
right? From here is okay now. Yeah, from here is okay. And I will tell 
you if you love to go any place nice, go to Alai. Allay is very Where’s Alai? Alai 
is the mountain up. I heard I heard I heard the high I heard. Yeah. Not now in winter. 
Winter time, right? Yeah. But like this. See? Let me see what I have. Sorry. Did I go? I I’ll Google it after. Yeah, Google it. All A L A Y. Hey, thank you for all 
your help today. Yeah, no problem. Honestly, thank you. No problem. I’ll see you around. 
Yeah, thank you. Yala, I’m walking this way. You’re walking? Uh, I’m walking this way 
to Ah, okay. Habibi, I’ll see you. Okay. [Music] 10-minute Uber ride later, we are back in 
safety, guys. We are back in a much calmer part of Beirut. The part that you’ll probably be in 
if you ever do visit here. I hope you guys got a little glimpse of the reality of different parts 
of this city. Obviously, when you’re a tourist, you have pretty much no business going to those 
areas. I read about the Sabron Chhatila massacre when it happened, so I thought I’d go see it in 
person. Turned out to be much more dangerous than I thought it would be. I knew there was going to 
be a lot of refugees and stuff like that. I just didn’t know it would be so dangerous after what 
that local told me. First of all, that gentleman from Sur, he actually saved me. Literally like 30 
seconds after I met him, a bunch of these Syrian kids came up to me and started asking me questions 
in Arabic. He was there to help out. He told me, “They’re not fans of Iranians. They’re not fans 
of people with cameras, phones.” He’s like, “They’ll rob you.” He said, “You say a single 
word.” He’s like, “They’re all strapped. Even the little kids, 14, 15 year olds, they’re all 
strapped.” Still to this day, as you guys saw, there’s tons of problems there. I hope one day 
they could figure out how to clean it up. It’ll mean a lot to me if you subscribe to my channel. 
It cost you nothing and it helps me out a ton. I’ll see you guys in the next one. 
Goodbye from beautiful Lebanon.

In this video, I walk through Sabra and Shatila, two of the most well-known and challenging neighbourhoods in Beirut, Lebanon. These areas began around the Shatila refugee camp, originally established in 1949, and have grown into extremely dense urban districts home to Lebanese, Palestinian, and Syrian families.

Sabra and Shatila are often described as some of the toughest parts of Beirut, known for their crowded streets, busy markets, and difficult living conditions. This video shows a raw and unfiltered look at daily life inside these neighbourhoods—far from Beirut’s modern downtown and tourist areas.

I filmed this walkthrough to show the real street atmosphere, the people, the energy, and the reality that most visitors never see. Whether you’re researching Beirut, exploring Lebanon travel content, or interested in urban life documentaries, this video gives you an honest look at what it’s like here today.

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