Who would buy such a monstrous clock?

Saida super-Salafist Sheikh Ahmad Assir
busting one of his trademark moves.

This rather bizarre time-piece was spotted on offer just outside Saida's Souq recently alongside more traditional fare, such as clocks depicting Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah in various cherubic poses and local cult-Salafist Sheikh Ahmad Assir popping a wheelie on a BMX.

Why anyone would want to purchase a clock depicting former President Rafik Hariri alongside the aftermath of the devastating car bomb that killed him and 21 others in Minet el-Hosn, Beirut in February 2005 is truly beyond BEIRUTSTATEofMIND's comprehension.

When asked how popular the Hariri clock was with customers the shop's owner merely responded that it would cost 20,000 Lebanese Lira and that was his final offer. 

Super-group in the making: Rumours persist that Sheikh Assir
and Lebanese Interior Minister Marwan Charbel have been
busy in the studio with an album penned for the first quarter
of 2014.

Mildly disturbed by the scene in general BEIRUTSTATEofMIND sought solace across the road where Spiderman punch-bags were rumoured to be on sale. 

Here BEIRUTSTATEofMIND's accomplice on the trip was informed that they had missed out on their childhood because they did not know who Barney, the child-friendly American dinosaur was. 

Harsh but fair.

Super-group in the making (2): Barney and Spiderman.

Some more traditional Hariri imagery from Saida:

A portrait of Rafik Hariri hang above a carpenter's workshop. Saida, January 2013.

The Big Three: (from left) Future MP and Former Prime Minister Fouad Siniora,
 Rafik Hariri, and son Saad. Saida, January  2013. 

Passing the torch: The big three again, this time with Saad occupying
 pride of place in the middle. Saida, February 2013.

"Allahu Akbar": Rafik Hariri overlooks Saida's bus terminal.
 Sahet al-Najmeh, Saida, February 2013.