The recent delay of Barbie’s release date in Lebanon has sparked alarm amongst citizens who were eagerly anticipating the movies’...
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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,...
Lebanon’s photography industry has always been dominated by men, whose work has been championed over the years. Nonetheless, living and...
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 Center in Beirut, Lebanon. The exhibition builds on his personal and extensive body of work regarding the Lebanese queer community, directly spotlighting 10 transgender women living in Beirut. Amdouni shot...
The Lebanese Civil War is one of the most notorious black marks on Lebanon’s political and social history. Many no...
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 by a thirst to hear from individuals who had experiences of going to the cinema in 1960s Beirut. I wanted to transport myself into the body of a 17 year...