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Posters from the Thief of Baghdad exhibition. (Sandra Abdelbaki)
Sandra Abdelbaki

Thief of Baghdad: The meanings behind Western posters of Arab cinema

As you stare at the details of these posters, an orientalist narrative of submissive Arab women and violent Arab men stares right back at you.
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Lynn Sheikh Moussa

Undressing the Lebanese Fashion Design Industry: Education, Support, And Misconceptions

Fashion designers in Lebanon are struggling without educational options, no financial support, and community misconceptions. Here are their options.
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Reem Kheireddine

A closer look at Beirut Terraces, the floating plates in the heart of Beirut

Take a closer look at the architecture of Beirut Terraces, one of the many innovative designs in Lebanon's' architectural melting pot.
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Fire shrouds the Notre-Dame Cathedral in France. (Telegraph
Ghenwa Antonios

The Century of Loss: What the Burning of Notre-Dame Confirms

The threats to our cultural heritage are now greater than ever.
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The Smurfs dissociating from their ongoing battles, over cigarettes and talks. Photo taken by George Azar
Maya Wakim

Civil War photographer tells the stories your history books don’t acknowledge

History blackout: A quick look around George Azar’s office unravels years of untold humanist stories from the war and a history living through the lens of the photographer.
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Post-rock band Ilvy –Paul Toubia, Anthony Hakim, Joe Kareh, Gabriel Sarkissian. (Tony Elieh)
Laudy Issa

Meet local post-rock band Ilvy and their stuffed monkey mascot

Ilvy grip and hook their listeners with a consistently surprising "wall of sound" that ranges from heavy instrumentals to light ambient sounds.
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Sandra Abdelbaki

Tamara Zein held a four hour plank to break a world record

The Lebanese female athlete broke the world record –not once, but twice.
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Picture showing paintings, sculptures, and pottery at the Nabu Museum. (Laudy Issa)
Lynn Sheikh Moussa

Nabu Museum offers both stunning artefacts and breathtaking scenery

Whether you’re heading to Nabu for the wonderful collection of art or for the seaside scenery, the visit is well-worth the drive to Lebanon's newest museum.
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Entrance of the Grand Sofar Hotel, lit up for the Tom Young exhibition in 2018. (Lynn Sheikh Moussa)
Laudy Issa

The Grandness of the Grand Sofar Hotel: From Umm Kulthum to the Civil War and Beyond

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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Sandra Abdelbaki

LAU celebrates communicative arts with Festival NEXT

The university kicked off its annual Festival Next, a celebration of arts through concerts, screenings, performances, workshops, and lectures.
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Lynn Sheikh Moussa

Creative Space Beirut: Inside Lebanon’s only free fashion school

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.
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Render showing the Beirut River project site.
Laudy Issa

Student project can transform Beirut River into a public park

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.
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