Within the Takeover room, a subtle emptiness prevails. The atmosphere tinged with a coolness accentuated by the mint-colored floor and...
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Red roses, balloons, and life-sized teddy bears have taken over the streets of Beirut in preparation for lovers’ most anticipated...
Lebanese musician and puppeteer Yara Asmar’s album “synth waltzes and accordion laments” has been named one of Pitchfork’s Top 30 Best Jazz and Experimental Albums of 2023. Asmar’s album was made possible by the support of the Culture Resource, and is mastered and released by Hive Mind Records, a small-time...
Emphatic Mexican-Lebanese artist Blu Fiefer is back with a new single, “Ekhir Hamme”, as part of her upcoming debut album...
Laura Ayoub happened upon pole dancing while on a trip in 2015, and immediately fell in love. In the years...
Carlos Haidamous loved going to the airports. He loved to see the planes fly and explore the cockpits, and today, he is a filmmaker, aerial photographer and cinematographer who specializes in filming using drones. “I learned about drones when they were just released. Before I got my first drone, the...
Located in the heart of Ashrafieh, Takeover is an artist-run project space that has been featuring a number of different...
Zaynab Mourad is an artist, social activist, and storyteller at heart who moved to Beirut in late 2018. Born and...
Any outside observer who takes a look at Lebanon’s state of affairs would immediately assume that raging public discussions and dominant discourses hover around food insecurity, providing necessary health and pharmaceutical services, improving educational outcomes and formulating better social protection programs. In fact, many would be astonished to find out...
On May 14, a group of men approached a woman at Saida’s public beach and demanded she leave the premises...
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 surpass the record figures set in 2010 when over two million visitors flocked to Lebanon,” as per a new report by LBC. Earlier this summer, Lebanon’s minister of tourism Walid...