Beirut

The Haunting Reality of Beirut, My City

The Haunting Reality of Beirut, My City

Roger Assaf's poetic script for Jocelyne Saab's 1982 film about the siege of Beirut puts one in mind...

8 NOVEMBER 2024 • By Roger Assaf
Between Two Sieges: Translating Roger Assaf in California

Between Two Sieges: Translating Roger Assaf in California

Letters from a displaced Lebanese poet today to civil war-era actor-director Roger Assaf evoke Beirut in 1982, 2006...

8 NOVEMBER 2024 • By Zeina Hashem Beck
Soudade Kaadan: Filmmaker Interview

Soudade Kaadan: Filmmaker Interview

Syrian filmmaker Soudade Kaadan is a jury member of the 81st Venice Film Festival, and the only Arab woman...

30 AUGUST 2024 • By Jordan Elgrably
Nabil Kanso: Lebanon and the Split of Life—a Review

Nabil Kanso: Lebanon and the Split of Life—a Review

Sophie Kazan reviews a new book on the late Nabil Kanso, the Lebanese pacifist artist whose work depicted...

2 AUGUST 2024 • By Sophie Kazan Makhlouf
“Paris of the Middle East”—fiction by MK Harb

“Paris of the Middle East”—fiction by MK Harb

With tarot cards and a recipe for pickled turnips, Beirutis bid farewell to yet another friend leaving on...

1 APRIL 2024 • By MK Harb
“The Scent Censes” & “Elegy With Precious Oil” by Majda Gama

“The Scent Censes” & “Elegy With Precious Oil” by Majda Gama

Majda Gama shares with Poetry Markaz two poems from her award-winning book "The Call of Paradise."

4 FEBRUARY 2024 • By Majda Gama
“Double Apple”—a short story by MK Harb

“Double Apple”—a short story by MK Harb

Negotiating the secret byways of Beirut, a cousin helps a cousin achieve his heart’s greatest desire — for...

4 FEBRUARY 2024 • By MK Harb
“The Followers”—a short story by Youssef Manessa

“The Followers”—a short story by Youssef Manessa

A selfish loser walks away from wasta and the Za’im' nefarious agenda he created and instrumentalized in this...

3 DECEMBER 2023 • By Youssef Manessa
 
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