The Culture Trip: The 10 Best Lebanese Product Designers You Should Know

The Culture Trip wrote a nice article highlighting the 10 best Lebanese product designers. The designers mentioned are Atelier S/Z, Bokja, Karen Chekerdjian, Carlo Massoud, David/Nicolas, Kashida, Marc Baroud, Nada Debs, Niloufar Afnan and Najla el Zein. Check out the full article . Lebanese product designers are making a name for themselves on the elite design scene throughout the world for their high-quality, unique pieces that promote a union between traditional Middle Eastern culture and…

Beirut’s Rose House (La Maison Rose) Is Opening To The Public

British Artist Tom Young will be showcasing his work and hosting a series of events at ‘La Maison Rose’ or ‘The Pink House’ from November 19 till the end of December. Young had already transformed the abandoned ‘Villa Paradiso’ in Gemmayzeh into an exhibition venue last year and decided to do the same with the Rose House after his two month artist residency there. The exhibition will showcase 40 paintings that evoke the dreamlike nature…
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El Hamra Cinema Brought Back To Life As Tyre Hosts Its First Ever International Film Festival

11 years ago
El Hamra Cinema was built in 1952 and used to be the cultural hub of the city of Tyre before the war started. After being closed for 30 years, Kassem Istanbouli and his team decided ...
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Lebanese Bushra El-Turk, Hind Hobeika And Bahia Shehab Among BBC’s Top 100 Women Of 2014

11 years ago
Bushra el Turk: British-Lebanese composer for London Symphony Orchestra Three Lebanese women made it to BBC’s 100 Women Of 2014 list. The list is aimed at highlighting inspiring figures from around the world and part ...
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Gandour’s New Logo

11 years ago
Gandour is changing its old logo and switching to the new one above. The bell-boy was also present in the 1940s’ logo along with the flag but he is becoming the primary focus now. I’ve ...
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Lebanese Artist Akram Zaatari Among ArtReview’s Top 100 Most Powerful Contemporary Artists in The World

11 years ago
Akram Zaatari is a Lebanese video artist and curator. He’s also the co-founder of The Arab Image Foundation who contains more than “600,000 historic images of daily life in the Middle East, North Africa and ...
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Ekhirta Ata3it: MARCH And Lucien Bou Rjeily’s Play On Censorship Was Approved!

11 years ago
I’ve posted about this matter less than a year ago and asked the head of the censorship bureau to look at the bigger image and let the Lucien Bourjeily play pass and be the first ...
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Tripoli Remembers Robin Williams

11 years ago
He looks more like Georges Clooney than Robin Williams. ...
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Ziad Rahbani Is Leaving Lebanon For Good and Moving To Russia

11 years ago
Picture via musicnation I was never a big fan of Ziad Rahbani. I never liked his plays, his jokes or his views. Some of his songs are ok, specially the ones with Joseph Sakr but ...
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Pictures From The Beirut Art Fair 2014

11 years ago
Plastik VIP stand If you haven’t been to the Beirut Art Fair yet, I strongly recommend you do. I was there yesterday for the opening and I loved the exhibitions and stands. Here are some ...
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