Qehmez/Lassa · Lebanon · Est. 2025

Life that
feels whole
again.

A regenerative community on 400,000 m² of Lebanese mountain land, where people, purpose, and land begin to move in rhythm again.

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قبيلة

ka·bee·la

It means tribe. But hidden inside the word is an older one: to face someone, and to take them in. A tribe was never about blood. It’s the people you accept, and who accept you.

Why here, and why now

Lebanon has spent a hundred years teaching its people how to leave.

Most people we know have an exit plan. A visa, a cousin abroad, a year they’ve quietly circled. It’s a reasonable answer to a hard country, and we’re not arguing with anyone who took it.

Some of us want to make the other case. That you can build something here worth staying for, out of soil and roofs and long dinners, and that it works far better when you don’t attempt it alone.

Lebanese villages knew how to do this. Houses raised together, harvests shared, a table that stayed set. We’re not inventing a way of living. We’re picking one back up.

And we’re a small group deciding to stay.

What it is

A living place

400,000 m² of terraced land at 1,550–1,650m in Qehmez/Lassa, with 13,000 grape vines, 690+ fruit and nut trees, and a working irrigation system.

A community in formation

A founding circle is forming around the land, people building a place to actually live in rather than a retreat or a resort. We’re putting our own time, money, and effort into making it real.

An open invitation

Come for a few days, apply to live here, or join as a founding co-creator. However you find your way in, it starts with a conversation.

A Day Here

This is what the days feel like.

No two days look quite the same, but most of them move something like this.

Early Morning

We wake with the light.

Most of us are up around sunrise, and the first hour of the day is yours, time for whatever practice grounds you before anything is asked of you. It’s how we tune in before the work begins.

Morning

Work that means something.

Then the work begins: building, planting, designing what comes next, and hosting whoever’s come to visit. It’s the kind of work you can see the results of by the end of the day.

Afternoon

Time to play.

Afternoons open up and belong to you: a project of your own, sports, a swim, whatever keeps you well. It’s the part of the day to play with.

Evening

The table gathers everyone.

Everyone comes back together for dinner, mostly from what the land gave that week. The evenings run long, and they’re usually where the best conversations happen.

Some things you can’t explain.
You just walk into them.

Some places you feel before you can name them. The moment you arrive, your whole system slows to meet the land, as if it had been waiting for you.

Kabeela is becoming one of those places. It’s early, and we’re honest about that, we’re building it in the open and inviting the people who feel the pull to come and see for themselves.

The people who belong here already sense something’s missing. We don’t have to name it for them, we just have to be findable.

Where this is

Qehmez/Lassa, a mountain village one hour from Beirut, at 1,550–1,650m elevation. Mediterranean climate. Cool summers, snow in winter. The land sits in the liminal space between land and sky.

Where we are

Everything we’ve planted is producing in season now, and we’re building the agricultural systems that anchor the whole project. The first communal spaces are taking shape alongside them, to welcome the members and co-creators who want to build and belong here. It’s still early, and we’re intentional about who we bring in.

400km² of land

4 / 6structures usable

2025est.

The Farm Is Producing

Eat from the land this week.

The gardens are in full harvest. Tomatoes, greens, herbs and roots, cut to order the morning they're picked. Browse what's ready and we'll bring it to your door, or you collect from the land.

Shop the harvest

An Invitation

This is not something
you invest in passively.

Some support it with time. Others with capital. What matters most is acting from passion.

We’re in the founding phase, which means the people who join now truly shape what Kabeela becomes, and carry that with them for the rest of their lives.

Visit

A few days on the land

See the place. Meet the people. Eat from the garden. No commitment required, just readiness to show up.

Live

Join as a member

Live and work within the ecosystem. Contribute your skills. Be part of the community that’s building this from the inside.

Build

Co-create the project

Bring capital, vision, or both. Join the founding circle. Starts with a conversation, not a contract.

You won’t fully understand Kabeela from this page. At some point, you have to come see it.

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Write to us at hello@kabeela.community · WhatsApp +961 76 400 139

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Life thatfeels wholeagain.