BEIRUT: This weekend, Lebanon is looking to break a Guinness World Record for the longest nonstop screening of movies. Organized by Lalaland Lebanon, the...
BEIRUT: “Lebanon Then and Now: Photography from 2006 to 2020,” a virtual exhibition now online at Washington’s Middle East Institute, puts Lebanon’s social,...
BEIRUT: Lebanese artist Jad El Khoury has developed a reputation for livening up forgotten buildings, remnants of Lebanon’s Golden Age from before the Civil...
BEIRUT: With pandemic measures meaning many cinemas around the world have been closed since March, outdoor entertainment and drive-through experiences have...
BEIRUT: Lebanese DJ Ramzi Itani has had a long journey chasing his passion for music. While many in the industry are struggling beneath pandemic measures and...
BEIRUT: When Beirut Art Fair founder Laure d’Hauteville visited France in December, with only three pairs of trousers and five blouses, she expected to...
BEIRUT: The past four months have presented arts and educational NGO Seenaryo some new challenges to navigate. The result is a lockdown music video titled...
BEIRUT: Come July, Lebanon is usually flooded with summer festival shows, with highway billboards hoping to lure locals and tourists to venues around the...
BEIRUT: With lockdown prohibiting traditional concerts, this year’s Lebanon edition of Fete de la Musique will be broadcast directly from the best seats in...
BEIRUT: Sursock Museums reopened Thursday, after almost three months of closure due to pandemic lockdown measures, eager to welcome guests and unveil a new...
BEIRUT: When Christo passed away last week, many mourned the loss of the man known for creating monumental, often environmentally conscious, installations....
BEIRUT: Unable to perform live due to lockdown, Lebanese musician and composer Ibrahim Maalouf is one of many artists who have taken their concerts online....
BEIRUT: With the government’s five-stage reopening plan slowly unfurling, it won’t be long until theaters and performances spaces are again allowed to...
BEIRUT: Among the many performance venues struggling to make ends meet, Dawar al-SHAMS theater space has been using its downtime to think on how to stay...
BEIRUT: From the Oct. 17 protests, the downward economic spiral and a pandemic lockdown, Metro al-Madina has had many a muse for its latest musical projects....
BEIRUT: As the lockdown continues, ever-increasing numbers of artists and cultural institutions are looking at ways to take their content online. Lebanese...
BEIRUT: A new online platform for the alternative music scene in the MENA region launched Friday.Cube Sessions offers performances and interviews with...
BEIRUT: Usually busy bringing joy to marginalized communities through clowning and theatrical performances, Clown Me In has been rethinking ways to bring...
BEIRUT: As lockdown continues to plague the culture sector’s ability to present and practice, many groups have turned to the internet to keep spirits high,...
BEIRUT: The Sheikh Zayed Book Awards have had to rethink their 14th edition ceremony this year, due to global pandemic lockdown. Held during the Abu Dhabi...
BEIRUT: The 5th edition of the annual Mahmoud Kahil Awards, which celebrates cartoons, comics and graphic illustrations created by MENA artists, announced its...
BEIRUT: With the coronavirus lockdown forcing many businesses to shut, bookshops are among the few outlets still allowed to open a few hours a day.Battling...
BEIRUT: With Lebanon, and much of the world, at a standstill under COVID-19 lockdown, cultural institutions have had to cancel events and exhibitions to help...
BEIRUT: “I spend most of the year in self-isolation composing but this time is a little special and we have an opportunity to think and reflect,”...
BEIRUT: Global music streaming service Spotify is turning its gaze to the talents of the MENA region, with the recent launch of RADAR. This new program...