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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,...

23 MAY 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...

9 MAY 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...

14 MARCH 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...

14 FEBRUARY 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...

14 FEBRUARY 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...

15 NOVEMBER 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.

15 NOVEMBER 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…

28 SEPTEMBER 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...

15 SEPTEMBER 2020 • By Melissa Chemam
Beirut Comix Tell the Story

Beirut Comix Tell the Story

Beirut-based graphic artists Lina Ghaibeh and George "Jad" Khoury each recount what happened on the 4th of August,...

15 SEPTEMBER 2020 • By Lina Ghaibeh & George Khoury
Beirut, Beirut

Beirut, Beirut

Our first editorial announces our debut issue devoted to Beirut.

15 SEPTEMBER 2020 • By Jordan Elgrably
It’s Time for a Public Forum on Lebanon

It’s Time for a Public Forum on Lebanon

Overcome by the staggering violence of the explosion that ravaged Beirut in August, Paris-based playwright and director Wajdi...

15 SEPTEMBER 2020 • By Wajdi Mouawad
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