How To Live Love Lebanon Every Day
This is yet another brilliant art work by Ali Rafei. We all love Lebanon but it takes a lot of effort to keep loving it. I once compiled Ali Rafei's best art works into one post, check them out .
To Be Free Or Not To Be: MARCH & ASHEKMAN’s Mural Is Back!
Pic via Ashekman Update: Here's the latest and final picture of the mural ASHEKMAN and MARCH repainted their “To Be Free Or Not” mural in Achrafieh after it was removed by mistake by Beirut's municipality a couple of weeks ago. I passed by yesterday around 6pm and spotted Omar putting the final touches. It's good to hear that Beirut's municipality took a positive stance concerning this mural and I hope they preserve other decent art…
Architecture
Benedicte & Raja Mubarak – Salvaging Lebanon’s Disappearing Architectural Heritage
10 years agoVia 2bdesign Lebanon’s architectural heritage is slowly disappearing and Beirut is quickly losing its traditional character as old houses, beautiful villas and Ottoman-style mansions are increasingly being destroyed and replaced with modern skyscrapers. Activists have ...
Art
Beirut Governor Ziad Chebib Admits Mistake, ASHEKMAN’s Graffiti To Be Repainted
10 years agoA week ago, Beirut’s municipality removed the beautiful Tabaris mural that was set up by MARCH and ASHEKMAN as part of the campaign to remove “all political slogans” from Beirut. Knowing that ASHEKMAN and March ...
Art
ASHEKMAN: Covering And Replacing Ugly Political Slogans With Beautiful Graffiti Murals
10 years agoThe highly talented ASHEKMAN brothers have been covering the ugly political slogans and stencils from Beirut’s walls way before the Ministry of Interior decided to do so, and they’ve been sending out positive messages through ...
Art
So A Beirut Graffiti That Says “To be free, or not to be” Is A Threat To Civil Peace Now?
10 years agoThe beautiful Tabaris mural that was painted by the awesome ASHEKMAN brothers was removed today by the Beirut municipality, as part of the campaign to remove “all political slogans” from Beirut. I don’t understand how ...
Art
A Short Animated Movie That Depicts Living In Beirut
10 years agoCheck out this hand-draw short movie by Marylin Haddad that beautifully sums up everything we go through in our beloved Lebanon. It’s about a girl called Leila trying to dance in order to survive her ...
Art
A Cool Tribute To Faten Hamama By Lebanese-Texan Artist Corinne Martin
10 years agoUpdate: Check out this amazing tribute by Magda Abu-Fadil from The Huffington Post. Faten Hamama, an iconic Egyptian film star and the “Lady of the Arabic screen” has passed away yesterday at the age of ...
Art
Miss World Is Not Lebanese But Her Chair Is
10 years agoThe chair on which Miss World sat when she won was designed and made by a Lebanese called Edmond Boutros. It seems we are only good at making chairs these days, not filling them. It’s ...
Art
The Amazing Guillermo Forchino Collection Now Available At Virgin Megastores In Beirut
11 years agoI love figurines, specially the ones that are meticulously crafted and contain a lot of details, so you can imagine how excited I was while unwrapping my “Mr Barbecue” figurine by Guillermo Forchino that Virgin ...