The Grand Sofar Hotel once stood as one of the greatest hotels in the region. Looted and abandoned for 43 years because of the Lebanese Civil War, it now returns as a cultural space.
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The university kicked off its annual Festival Next, a celebration of arts through concerts, screenings, performances, workshops, and lectures.
Lebanon seems like too sterile a landscape to launch a free fashion school. Yet Creative Space Beirut exists in it as the only free fashion school in the Middle East.
Students want to transform Beirut River into a shared, open space. At the heart of it all? A functional, translucent tube and a green tower.
Glass fusion design artist Nada Helou resurfaces for an exhibition this upcoming year, introducing Lebanese themes to her previous collections for the first time in her career.
Vegans can now join their friends in eating at Roadster Diner without having to settle for just fries. The food chain launched the addition of seven new vegan items to its official menu on Monday, November 5.
Without showing what constitutes poverty — a socio-economic necessity within an unfair economic model — the end result is a problematic and flawed depiction.
The Baalbeck International Festival forms a unique mode of cultural heritage tourism that allows visitors to engage with the ancient ruins physically as well as mentally.
Beirut Today interviews indie band Waynick on making easily relatable music, their debut EP and managing a band.
Postcards on their new dream pop album, the dualities of Beirut, and the waves in the music scene.
Instead of colorful shops inviting the enthusiastic tourist, you find cars. Havana is significantly lacking in shopping centers and stores. There are several shops that sell typical souvenirs, but no clothing stores.
Beirut Today spoke to Day None about his electronic music, his style, his future aspirations, and all around vibe.