Lebanon

Hartaqât: Heresies of a World with Policed Borders

Hartaqât: Heresies of a World with Policed Borders

In a mix of theatrical performance, music and visual arts, three voices bear witness to the courage of...

9 OCTOBER 2023 • By Nada Ghosn
Lebanese Thespian Aida Sabra Blossoms in International Career

Lebanese Thespian Aida Sabra Blossoms in International Career

Acclaimed by French critics for her performance in Wajdi Mouawad’s "Mère," Aida Sabra stars in a play on...

9 OCTOBER 2023 • By Nada Ghosn
“Kaleidoscope: In Pursuit of the Real in a Virtual World”—fiction from Dina Abou Salem

“Kaleidoscope: In Pursuit of the Real in a Virtual World”—fiction from Dina Abou Salem

Caught between Beirut and a town in the Californian desert, Buthayna searches for the meaning amid life’s absurdities.

1 OCTOBER 2023 • By Dina Abou Salem
World Picks: Festival Arabesques in Montpellier

World Picks: Festival Arabesques in Montpellier

The largest festival of Arab and North African music takes place each year in Montpellier: Arabesques is quite...

4 SEPTEMBER 2023 • By TMR
“Sadness in My Heart”—a story by Hilal Chouman

“Sadness in My Heart”—a story by Hilal Chouman

In this newly translated novel excerpt from Hilal Chouman, the son of a civil war fighter learns about...

3 SEPTEMBER 2023 • By Hilal Chouman
Laila Halaby’s The Weight of Ghosts is a Haunting Memoir

Laila Halaby’s The Weight of Ghosts is a Haunting Memoir

Thérèse Soukkar Chehade reviews Laila Halaby's memoir about coming to terms with the trauma of losing her first...

28 AUGUST 2023 • By Thérèse Soukar Chehade
The Soil and the Sea: The Revolutionary Act of Remembering

The Soil and the Sea: The Revolutionary Act of Remembering

Daniele Rugo's documentary investigates Lebanon's devastating civil war and ruminates on the conflict's unmarked mass graves.

7 AUGUST 2023 • By Farah-Silvana Kanaan
Inside the Giant Fish—excerpt from Rawand Issa’s graphic novel

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...

2 JULY 2023 • By Rawand Issa
The Saga of Mounia Akl’s Costa Brava, Lebanon

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.

1 MAY 2023 • By Meera Santhanam
Tel Aviv-Beirut, a Film on War, Love & Borders

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.

20 MARCH 2023 • By Karim Goury
Interview with Michale Boganim, Director of Tel Aviv-Beirut

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.

20 MARCH 2023 • By Karim Goury
“Counter Strike”—a story by MK HARB

“Counter Strike”—a story by MK HARB

MK Harb, a writer from Beirut, remembers a tenuous sense of home as he searched for himself in...

5 MARCH 2023 • By MK Harb
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