On a dark stage, a foreign melody plays; its distinct nationalistic undertones sound original and second-hand. Although unfamiliar to my...
Beirut is often thought to be at the center of the country’s art and culture scene while other cities still...
Skyscrapers and towers are still mushrooming across Lebanon, increasing demand for construction material especially limestone, rocks and sand. Yet, supply remains limited, and Lebanon’s ecological system has already started paying the price. Quarries have been an important pillar of the Lebanese economy since the end of the Civil War in...
The government’s handling of the waste crisis has been abysmal and the lack of progress in formulating solid waste policy has been making the situation worse.
Saudi Minister of education Dr. Ahmad Issa went under attack in the last couple of days by hundreds of social...
In a concrete room underground, the camera intricately zooms in and out of the faces of Syrian construction workers, capturing the tiny drips of sweat that stubbornly trickle down their faces. After a long day of working on tower blocks, the workers quietly retreat to their shabby mattresses and watch...
New release by Bu Nasser & Leen Mostapha Director/ Editor: Ahmad Al Trabolsi D.O.P: Rami Ahmad Art Director: Mira Abou...
Every three days, Lebanon loses an individual to suicide. Every year, over 143 families in the country lose a...
Access to information and music has become an extremely facile task in our present day and age. Whereas decades ago one would have to spend hard-earned cash to purchase records in order to listen to music, nowadays a mere click of a button provides everything from artistically intriguing pieces, to...
During my round in a hospital during a few months back, presented to the Emergency Department an old, obviously religious...
On Wednesday almost all of Beirut streets turned into a big parking lot. Anyone taking their car or a taxi...
Though Lebanon’s civil war ended in 1990, the issue of post-war reconciliation still exists; for starters, the sectarian and xenophobic tensions have yet to be resolved, and the post-war reconstruction program has only exacerbated existing displacement and socioeconomic woes. Unlike the vast majority of art to come out of mainstream...