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Cultural Heritage - « The Hangar » a Cultural Center in the heart of Beirut’s Southern Suburb
By Karim Saad
Since 2004, the organization “Umam documentation and research” created a private archives fund it plans to open to the public as of next year. The organization also opened “The Hangar”, a sort of little cultural center ...Full Story>> |
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Photography - On the footsteps of the Prophet
This year, the father of the Prophet Gibran Khalil Gibran would have celebrated his 125th birthday. One of the many activities scheduled to mark the event is an exhibition which was inaugurated at the 15th francophone “Salon du livre”...Full Story>> |
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Cultural Heritage - Ancient history gets in the way of Beirut's modern towers
By Rima Abushakra
Ancient history is getting in the way of construction in Beirut's building boom as new archaeological discoveries delay the springing up of long-planned high rises. And the delays can be long, frustrating and expensive.Full Story>> |
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Literature - The francophone « Salon du Livre » back in Beirut
Two years after it was cancelled due to war and instability in Lebanon, the “Salon du Livre” or the 15th francophone Book Fair opened its gates in Beirut and hit big and heavy sales record. This book fair which bridges the Levant to the...Full Story>> |
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On Stage - Musical tackles Lebanon emigration woes
By Rouba KABBARA
Moved by the emigration of her two sons, theatre director Nidal al-Ashkar decided to highlight on stage the plight of thousands of youths heading abroad to escape Lebanon's political upheavals.Full Story>> |
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Cultural Heritage - In Beirut, the « Yellow House » will turn into a museum to remind people of the horrors delivered by the civil war
The sandbags, the embrasures where snipers used to hide and bullets multi-holed front wall remind that the “yellow house”, a building in the center of Beirut, served as a deadly ambush during the 1975-1990 Lebanese civil war. Today, it...Full Story>> |
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Cultural Heritage - Beirut's architectural heritage erased by modern towers
By Rima Abushakra
The Ottoman-style mansions, with Venetian windows, arches and lavish gardens that once epitomised Beirut are being levelled one after the other as high-rises mushroom across the capital. Local associations work for the protection of old buildings,...Full Story>> |
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Media - TV satire lets Lebanese vent political frustrations
By Lamia RADI
Puppet shows, political parodies, ridiculing politicians -- in a Lebanon faced with bombings, violent clashes, and political conflicts, it's better to laugh than cry.Full Story>> |
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Music - Lebanon Rocks! A Small Rock Story Made in Lebanon
By Alia El Kaïssi
On September 10, Lebanese band The New Government (TNG for the fans) and the Lebanese action group Lebanese Underground played live on an RFI broadcast. A moment of true bliss according to messages posted on the TNG website. The band just released...Full Story>> |
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Cultural Heritage - A tramway away
By George Eid
A favored public means of transport, the tramway was the old generation’s daily companion. This post-war (1975) transportation means dates back to the French mandate days, and was still in service until the civil war broke out. There have been...Full Story>> |
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