The Pipe Club of Lebanon
Events
17/2/2024:
The
17h International Pipe Smoking Day (IPSD) celebration
at the PCoLeb
The
PCoLeb, co-creators of the IPSD in 2007-2008, celebrated the
event, as always, with plenty of good food and drinks and, of
course, plenty of smoke!
8/10/2023: The Pipe Club of Lebanon virtually participates in
the Pipe Slow Smoking World Championship held in Bucharest,
Romania
Starting the
competition
The competition
is underway
3/6/2023:
The PCoLeb holds its third lunting trip!
18/2/2023: The 16h International Pipe
Smoking Day (IPSD) celebration at the PCoLeb
The PCoLeb, co-creators of the IPSD in 2007-2008,
celebrated the event with plenty of good food and drinks and, of
course, plenty of smoke!
The
plaque of the event, courtesy of our member Hassan Hashem
9/10/2022: The PCoLeb participates in the Slow Pipe Smoking Championship in Istanbul, Türkiye
Seven of us (Abed,
Fares, Gihad, Hassan, Lina, Paul, and Salim)
competed, in two teams representing Lebanon, in the (world)
Slow Pipe Smoking Championship in Istanbul.
A final training session at the hotel before the competition
In front of the
Perpa Center, where the championship was held
Abed
Gihad and Fares
Lina
Paul
Salim and Hassan
The Turkish
National Clubs President, Türgay
Ocak (second from right) welcomed us in his fabulous
pipe shop in the Perpa Center, "Pipo Market."
On board the ship during the CIPC's gala dinner with our honorary member Ali Güler and his spouse
20/2/2022: The 15th International Pipe Smoking Day (IPSD) celebration at the PCoLeb
The PCoLeb met for its yearly dinner at Al-Delb
restaurant in Bikfaya.
Again, lots of good food and plenty of smoke!
Below is the commemorative plaque of the event, courtesy of our
member Hassan Hashem.
10/7/2021: The 14th International Pipe
Smoking Day (IPSD) celebration at the PCoLeb
Because of the COVID-19 pandemic, we were not able to
hold the IPSD as scheduled in February.
With the situation having improved, however, we met for our
yearly dinner at Al-Delb restaurant in Bikfaya.
As usual, lots of good food and plenty of smoke!
5/12/2020:
The PCoLeb holds its first lunting trip!
22/2/2020: The 13th International Pipe Smoking Day (IPSD)
celebration at the PCoLeb
Our greetings to all pipesmokers from
the co-creators of the IPSD!
23/2/2019:
The 12th International Pipe Smoking Day (IPSD) celebration at
the PCoLeb
Our greetings to all pipesmokers from
the co-creators of the IPSD!
24/2/2018: The 11th International Pipe Smoking Day (IPSD)
celebration at the PCoLeb
Greetings to all pipesmokers from the
co-creators of the IPSD!
18/2/2017: The 10th International Pipe Smoking Day (IPSD)
celebration at the PCoLeb
Warm greetings to all pipesmokers from the co-creators of the IPSD!
20/2/2016: The 9th International Pipe Smoking Day (IPSD)
celebration at the PCoLeb
A warm salute to all pipesmokers of the world from the co-creators of the IPSD!
21/2/2015:
The
8th International Pipe Smoking Day celebration at the PCoLeb
As co-creators of the IPSD in 2008, we are
proud, once again, to raise our pipes in honour of the noble art
of pipesmoking.
A friendly salute to all pipesmokers of the world!
12/10/2014: The PCoLeb participates in the 13th World
Championship in Pipesmoking in Cologne, Germany
22/2/2014:
The 7th International Pipe Smoking Day celebration at the
PCoLeb
23/2/2013: The 6th International
Pipe Smoking Day celebration at
the PCoLeb
18/2/2012: The PCoLeb celebrates the fifth International Pipe
Smoking Day
19/2/2011: The PCoLeb celebrates the fourth International Pipe Smoking Day!
26/9/2010: Pedro Romero-Auyanet's stamps for the Pipe Club of Lebanon
Another welcome goodie from Pedro, our dear member from Canarias:
20/2/2010: The PCoLeb celebrates the third International Pipe Smoking Day!
11/10/2009: The PCoLeb participates in the World Cup in Pipe Smoking in Debrecen, Hungary
Paul Jahshan, Salim Khoury, Marc Haddad, and Richard
Chammas represented the Pipe Club of Lebanon in Debrecen,
Hungary, at the World Cup in Pipe Smoking organized by the CIPC
(Comité International des Pipe Clubs) along with more than 250
participants from all over the world.
Our scores:
Salim:
40 mins
Marc: 34 mins
Richard: 25
mins
Paul:
24 mins
The Four Musketeers!
The competition room a few minutes before the start
9/10/2009: The PCoLeb participates in the Académie Internationale de la Pipe's annual conference at the Hungarian National Museum in Budapest
Paul Jahshan, as a new member of the Académie Internationale de la Pipe, was invited to participate in an academic conference on pipes (the history, excavations, and design of clay, meerschaum, and briar pipes) to be held at the Hungarian National Museum in Budapest, October 7-10. Other members of the PCoLeb registered for the conference: Salim Khoury, Marc Haddad, and Richard Chammas, along with Paul's wife, Raymonda. The conference included the presentation of papers (Paul's paper was entitled "The Changing Representations of Tobacco and Pipe Smoking in the Old and New Worlds between the 17th and 19th Centuries"), visits to museums, a guided tour of Blaskovitch Museum, about 100 kms from Budapest, and a trip to Debrecen, 200 kms from Budapest, to attend the opening of the World Cup in Pipe Smoking on October 11. Our host and conference organizer, Dr Anna Ridovics from the National Museum, did a wonderful job, and made everybody's stay so much more fruitful and enjoyable.
On a bridge above the Duna (Danube) with Pest on the right, and Buda on the left (hence, Buda-Pest!)
A street in Buda
Pipes in the Blaskovitch Museum
Pipes in the Debrecen Museum
Paul being formally accepted as a member of the AIP at the Hungarian National Museum along with other new members
Same as above, with members of the AIP
One of hundreds of meerschaum pipes on display in the Hungarian National Museum
Enjoying giants mugs of beer in Budapest!
20/2/2009: The PCoLeb celebrates the second International Pipe Smoking Day!
On this second year of the IPSD, the meeting and dinner were held at Fares' place. After a presentation on Peterson pipes and a discussion of the coming publications and activities of the PCoLeb, pipes were lit and various fragrant aromas quickly filled the place. When, much later, visibility was regained, food was promptly ordered and voraciously taken care of. Then time came for another round of discussions on sundry matters, punctuated by the cracking of matches as pipes were relighted. All present raised their pipes to their overseas brethren and sisters and wished the best to all lovers of the briar.
(from left to right: Harout, Tarek, Elie, Oliver, Paul, Marc, Salim, Fares, and Jihad)
23/2/2008: The PCoLeb celebrates the first International Pipe Smoking Day!
Drinks and dinner were served at Paul's house on Saturday, February 23, in celebration of the first-ever IPSD. Pipes were then promptly removed from their boxes and leather cases, and heavy tobacco smoke, ranging from English mixtures to sweet aromatics, soon filled the sitting room. A brand new box of W. O. Larsen's "Old Fashioned Pipe Tobacco" was opened by Elie Seif and went the round of appreciative comments. Pipes were raised (see photo #2 below) to the pipesmoking brother/sisterhood, wherever they may be, and new projects were discussed, among them a book (details are still kept secret!) and upcoming brochures. All members wish their best to all pipesmokers and are looking forward to next year's celebration!
(from left to right: Fares, Elie, Salim, Oliver, Jihad, Rick, Paul, Gihad, Tarek, and Marc)
20/1/2008: The International Pipe Smoking
Day is officially part of every
pipesmoker's calendar!
After months of hard work, the Pipe Club of Lebanon, the
Smokers
Forum (http://www.smokersforums.org/), the
Other than having a day in the year "just for us," the International Pipe Smoking Day (IPSD) will also be the occasion when the ancestral and much-revered traditions of pipe raising and tobacco exchanging are practiced.
Indeed, we are asking that all pipesmokers raise their pipes on February 20th in a symbolic gesture of brotherhood and sisterhood with all other pipesmokers in the world, thus expressing the peaceful, pacifist, generous, and tolerant principles of true pipesmoking. We are also asking that pipesmokers kindly send, within their abilities, a symbolic token consisting of a few pinches of tobacco to other pipesmokers or other pipe clubs in the world. In order to strengthen the bonds between pipesmokers, we encourage this symbolic gesture to be directed at as distant or less-known clubs as possible. Finally, we are asking that pipesmokers use February 20th to meet with like-minded persons and engage in discussions related to the lore of pipesmoking. In a word, let this be our day!
A webpage has been created for the IPSD at http://www.ipsd.eu/ and the pdf version of the announcement can be found below.
The International Pipe Smoking Day Brochure
New! Pedro Romero-Auyanet has just created the following wallpapers in commemoration of the IPSD. Click here to download the full set!
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