Artist-run project space Takeover launched its June program earlier this past week, with the opening of “Les Hautes Sensibilites” or...
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It’s a little after 9:30 PM when the backstage room of KED begins to crowd with people slowly trickling in....
Lebanon’s photography industry has always been dominated by men, whose work has been championed over the years. Nonetheless, living and working in a patriarchal society, where women are expected to conform to conventional roles and expectations, notoriously limits the potential of women. But more recently, women have been able to...
The Arab world is dense and lush with musical talent – from experimentations with sound and materials to produce music,...
On October 25th, Lebanese photographer Mohamad Abdouni launched his solo exhibition, “Treat Me Like Your Mother,” at the Mina Image...
The Lebanese Civil War is one of the most notorious black marks on Lebanon’s political and social history. Many no longer believe it warrants as much discussion as it does forgetfulness – perhaps because the topic has been avoided for fear of re-igniting the same hysteria that caused the war...
She squints, tilting her head to sense the slightest slip in harmony. The choirmaster paces back and forth hurriedly between...
In my research for this piece, I was faced with a crippling dilemma. Coming into it, I was simply consumed...
Laure Ghorayeb, renowned artist, poet and art critic, died on Wednesday, February 8th at the age of 92. Ghorayeb was born in Der el Qamar in 1931, and has actively pursued careers in both fine arts and cultural journalism since 1962. She has exhibited her work in multiple solo and...
Beit Waraq is a project initiated in 2012 by Waraq, a non-profit organization that supports graphic art practices through “education,...
As social animals, we find solace and pleasure in human interaction. We seek means to gather, and one of the...
Arab countries, including Lebanon, have been suffering from a series of successive and multifaceted crises over the past years. These crises can take the form of military conflicts, cold wars, economic crises, in addition to the global pandemic, among other things. But as the popular saying goes, “art is born...