Zaynab Mourad is an artist, social activist, and storyteller at heart who moved to Beirut in late 2018. Born and...
Culture
Any outside observer who takes a look at Lebanon’s state of affairs would immediately assume that raging public discussions and...
On May 14, a group of men approached a woman at Saida’s public beach and demanded she leave the premises due to her wearing a bikini, which they deemed to be “inappropriate.” This event was met with wide-scale controversy across Lebanon, but the Municipality of Saida’s only response was to...
Upon arrival, you are welcomed by fragrant lavender bushes and the resident mother-and-daughter canine duo, Bailey and Lucy. On the...
Lebanon’s latest influx of tourists and expatriates shows the country is set for a “promising summer tourism season, expected to...
Echoes from Lebanon will soon launch a new room where young artists between the ages of 15-35 will have a chance to showcase artwork that reimagines an ideal Lebanon. Apply now here. Echoes from Lebanon is a virtual exhibit that launched in March 2021, during the Covid-19 pandemic, when people...
The recent delay of Barbie’s release date in Lebanon has sparked alarm amongst citizens who were eagerly anticipating the movies’...
Taylor Swift has released her third re-recorded album, Speak Now (Taylor’s Version), 13 years after the release of its initial...
Multinational technology conglomerate Meta, owner of Instagram, Facebook, and Whatsapp, has launched it latest social media app,Threads. “Let’s do this,” announced Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg on Wednesday in a post, welcoming users to the newly-launched social media application. “I think the world needs this kind of friendly community,” Zuckerberg said...
Lebanon joined several other Middle Eastern countries in banning the screening of Sony’s latest Marvel movie, Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse....
Artist-run project space Takeover launched its June program earlier this past week, with the opening of “Les Hautes Sensibilites” or...
It’s a little after 9:30 PM when the backstage room of KED begins to crowd with people slowly trickling in. The room is bursting with energy – the women in it are not afraid to flash their pink heels, lively make-up, or shower each other with compliments. One hour in,...