Posted By
Najib
Feb 26, 2017 11:02
Pierre Sadek was Lebanon's leading political caricaturist and a genius. During my AUB years, I spent countless hours looking through old archives and checking his brilliant newspapers caricatures from the 70s and 80s. Following his death in 2013, the Pierre Sadek Foundation was established and "La Plume de Pierre", The Pierre Sadek Award for Editorial Cartoons, was kicked off. The annual award for new editorial drawings/caricatures was created to safeguard this caricaturist’s legacy and promote…
Posted By
Najib
Feb 24, 2017 04:00
Said Akl's graffiti in Gemmayze was recently vandalized. Few months ago, someone added some lipstick on the poet's lips but now it got totally ruined. Said Akl is considered one of the most important modern Lebanese poets and philosophers; he passed away in 2014 aged 102. I wouldn't be surprised if this was done on purpose as there are many who hate Akl for his political stances back in the 1980s. Nevertheless, he's still a…
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