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Lebanese Oppose Corruption with a Game of Wasta

Lebanese Oppose Corruption with a Game of Wasta

Victoria Schneider reports from Beirut on the new Wasta board game that satirizes corruption in Lebanon.

JUNE 14, 2021 • By Samir El-Youssef
War Diary: The End of Innocence

War Diary: The End of Innocence

Arie Amaya-Akkermans investigates Agenda 1979: Imagine sitting at home in the presence of a handbook for destroying, bombing,...

MAY 23, 2021 • By Arie Amaya-Akkermans
Beirut Brings a Fragmented Family Together in “The Arsonists’ City”

Beirut Brings a Fragmented Family Together in “The Arsonists’ City”

Rana Asfour reviews the new novel by Hala Alyan, revisiting the city that marked her and the author...

MAY 9, 2021 • By TMR
Memory and the Assassination of Lokman Slim

Memory and the Assassination of Lokman Slim

Claire Launchbury writes of one man's long search for the truth about Lebanon's civil war, cut short by...

MARCH 14, 2021 • By Claire Launchbury
Hanane Hajj Ali, Portrait of a Theatrical Trailblazer

Hanane Hajj Ali, Portrait of a Theatrical Trailblazer

Nada Ghosn talks to Beirut's powerhouse Hanane Hajj Ali who receives an international theatre award from League of...

FEBRUARY 14, 2021 • By I. Rida Mahmood
Revolution in Art, a review of “Reflections” at the British Museum

Revolution in Art, a review of “Reflections” at the British Museum

Malu Halasa reviews a selection of the 170 Arab, Iranian and Turkish artists and artworks in the British...

FEBRUARY 14, 2021 • By Malu Halasa
Find the Others: on Becoming an Arab Writer in English

Find the Others: on Becoming an Arab Writer in English

In which Rewa Zeinati, the founding editor of Sukoon, lyrically describes her journey of self-discovery and fights for...

NOVEMBER 15, 2020 • By Malu Halasa
I am the Hyphen

I am the Hyphen

In a search for meaning and self-adventure, writer Sarah Mills meanders through her multiple identities.

NOVEMBER 15, 2020 • By Sarah AlKahly-Mills
World Art, Music & Zoom Beat the Pandemic Blues

World Art, Music & Zoom Beat the Pandemic Blues

Mala Halasa curates art, music, parks and politix from London…

SEPTEMBER 28, 2020 • By Rana Asfour
Wajdi Mouawad, Just the Playwright for Our Dystopian World

Wajdi Mouawad, Just the Playwright for Our Dystopian World

Wajdi Mouawad has shaken Western theatre out of its rigid rules, bringing a dream-infused approach, odes to childhood's...

SEPTEMBER 15, 2020 • By Melissa Chemam
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