Feb 3, 2024 | Arts & Culture, Books & Literature, Featured
By Alissar Izrafeel | Staff Writer You ask how we are these days. What do you think is the condition of [a] small nation? What could be the seal set upon them in present circumstances, but humiliation and more humiliation? – May Ziadeh, “Beshara and Farah 220” ...
Jan 20, 2024 | Arts & Culture, Local Arts & Culture
By Dina Al-Amood | Staff Writer Tripadvisor describes Gemmayze as the Greenwich Village or Soho of Beirut. If you’ve strolled through its bars, cafes, restaurants, and galleries, you’ve experienced firsthand why this area, along with its adjacent Mar...
Jan 20, 2024 | Arts & Culture, Books & Literature
By Daniella Razzouk | Staff Writer Who is the first writer in human history? Where were they from? What did they write? Why did they write it? Despite most universities teaching some level of ancient history and ancient literature, the number of people who do not know...
Jan 20, 2024 | Arts & Culture, Film & Music
By Mariam Sidani | Staff Writer Film scores are the magic laced within the narrative, breathing life into images and turning them into stirring entities of harmony and dissonance. In this realm, few have reached the level of profound mastery of Howard Shore’s magnum...
Jan 20, 2024 | Arts & Culture
By Katia Khodr | Staff Writer In times of war, celebrating might seem incongruent with the prevailing atmosphere of hardship and devastation. With the persistent genocide in Gaza and the West Bank and the continuous bombardment of Lebanon’s South, the entire region...
Jan 17, 2024 | Arts & Culture, Featured, Film & Music
By Elena Hijazi | Staff Writer Film and literature are both succinct artforms that hypnotize and emotionally move the great feelers of this world. The 1989 film Dead Poets Society is one that weaves the threads of literature into the gown of film beautifully. The...
