Culture
In this first episode, Anthony Gantelet, a French traveler passionate about languages and cultural exploration, shares his experience visiting Lebanon....
“The clocks were striking midnight, and the rooms were very still as a figure glided quietly from bed to bed, smoothing a coverlid here, settling a pillow there, and pausing to look long and tenderly at each unconscious face, to kiss each with lips that mutely blessed, and to pray...
A recent AI-driven study published in PLOS One has uncovered evidence of gender bias in film criticism. The study, conducted...
Lebanese theater has long been a powerful tool for storytelling, and Zeina Daccache’s latest play, Li Chabakna Ykhallesna, is no...
At its core, Dar Onboz came up as an expression of its founder Nadine Touma’s love for local heritage, the land, and the Arabic language. It is, first and foremost, a publishing house, but on a more intimate level, it is a space to build community bonds. Video by Malek...
During these challenging times, local communities have come together to help those less fortunate. Dekenet el Nes, an initiative launched...
On Sunday, September 15, 2024, Lebanese novelist, advocate and intellectual Elias Khoury passed away at the age of 76. Khoury...
The music blasts with exhilarating intensity. A pulsating mix of rap, techno, and hip-hop takes turns commanding the old Cinema Radio in Tripoli. The floor vibrates with the rhythm, each beat sending tremors through the crowd A sea of red and black silhouettes shifts and undulates in the dim light....
Trigger warning: This article contains discussions of sexual assault, drug abuse, and other triggering topics. We advise caution as you...
To live in Beirut today is to live with a perpetual sense of nostalgia, a longing for a bygone era...
The air is thick with the odor of urine, feces, and pet food, assaulting the senses as one steps into a pet shop in Beirut. Amidst the deafening cacophony of birds in cages, conversation becomes a challenge unless one shouts. In a corner, two dogs in their cramped enclosures leap...