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Category: Beirut

10 July, 2023 • Justin Olivier Salhani

Neither Explosions Nor Inflation Have Sunk Beirut’s Bookshops

Books continue to be a mainstay in Beirut, although bookshops are resorting to survival strategies.

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2 July, 2023 • MK Harb

The City Within—fiction from MK Harb

In MK Harb's latest story, a man steps out of his home in Beirut after two years of living in isolation to a life-changing encounter.

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2 July, 2023 • Rawand Issa, Amy Chiniara

Inside the Giant Fish—excerpt from Rawand Issa’s graphic novel

In Rawand Issa's "Inside the Giant Fish," a girl looks for her lost memories on a beach that no longer exists.

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12 June, 2023 • Arie Amaya-Akkermans

Newly Re-Opened, Beirut’s Sursock Museum is a Survivor

Arie Amaya-Akkermans recounts the history of Beirut's museum, with its multiple destructions and resurrections.

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1 May, 2023 • Meera Santhanam

The Saga of Mounia Akl’s Costa Brava, Lebanon

Lebanon's garbage crisis inspired a futurist film but the 2020 Port Explosion made it a contemporary dystopia.

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17 April, 2023 • Mireille Rebeiz

Remembering the Armenian Genocide From Lebanon

Mireille Rebeiz remembers her Tante Rose and the lore of Armenian culture-history in Lebanon, where forgetting is endemic.

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20 March, 2023 • Karim Goury

Tel Aviv-Beirut, a Film on War, Love & Borders

Franco-Egyptian filmmaker Karim Goury reviews the new feature film from Franco-Israeli director Michael Boganim.

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20 March, 2023 • Karim Goury

Interview with Michale Boganim, Director of Tel Aviv-Beirut

Karim Goury talks to the director of the new feature film on war, love and borders, Tel Aviv-Beirut.

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20 March, 2023 • Rana Asfour

War and the Absurd in Zein El-Amine’s Watermelon Stories

Rana Asfour reviews a collection of stories from writer and educator Zein El-Amine, who was born and raised in Lebanon.

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13 March, 2023 • Ghida Ismail

The Forced Disappearance of Street Vendors in Beirut

In the midst of Lebanon's economic crisis, UN policy and research specialist Ghida Ismail laments the vanishing of Beirut's street vendors.

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13 February, 2023 • Amal Ghandour

The Curious Case of Middle Lebanon

Amal Ghandour, author of "This Arab Life," casts her penetrating gaze on the burdens of Lebanon, including the economic meltdown and political gridlock.

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13 February, 2023 • Evelyne Accad

Arab Women’s War Stories, Oral Histories from Lebanon

Evelyne Accad reviews a new book on Lebanese women and war, a collection of oral stories told in Arabic and translated by Malek Abisaab.

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