Jul 8, 2024 | Arts & Culture, Books & Literature
By Tia Zeinab | Staff Writer Eroticism and pornography have become a widespread pandemic in media, whether it’s on Twitter or genuine porn sites, the lack of censorship across all media platforms is highly evident. Literature, novels, and written media have not been...
Jul 8, 2024 | Arts & Culture, Film & Music
Mariam Sidani | Staff Writer Ayyem il Waldaneh is a Syrian series I grew up with in the 2010’s. Its CD’s hummed in the DVD player till they were incessantly scratched and the permanent marker with Ayyem il Waldaneh episodes 1 till 6 wore off. The story’s about Abou...
Apr 8, 2024 | Arts & Culture, Film & Music
By Mariam Sidani – Staff Writer “I’ve wasted my life on it, and I’ve with it many memories. Stories, stories, stories.” Unrequited love? False promises? Is it chained to romantic love per se? I see it—as I walk on an earth irrigated with jasmine, nectar, folk...
Apr 6, 2024 | Arts & Culture, Featured, Film & Music
By Elena Hijazi | Junior Editor of Books & Literature It’s not about the journey, it’s about the destination, they say. Well, they have surely never gotten in the car with Taxi Driver’s Travis Bickle. Taxi Driver is an unrivalled mural for cinema and despite its...
Apr 6, 2024 | Arts & Culture, Film & Music
By Katia Khodr | Staff Writer Brent Faiyaz’s latest surprise album has done it again! Larger than Life marks the third studio album from American R&B artist Brent Faiyaz, independently released on October 27, 2023, via Faiyaz’s label ISO Supremacy and...
Apr 6, 2024 | Arts & Culture, Local Arts & Culture
محمد قري – محرر الزجل اللبناني هو أحد الفنون الشعبية العريقة في لبنان، يقوم على الشعر المغنى بإيقاعات موسيقية مميزة، ويشكل جزءًا حيويًا من التراث الثقافي اللبناني، مساهمًا في تعزيز الهوية الثقافية والحفاظ على التراث الغني للبلاد. ينتقل هذا الفن شفهيًا بين...