TransFocus: Lebanon’s First Transgender Festival

Picture from NowLebanon According to the Lebanese Law now, you are either male or female. TransFocus is the first festival in Lebanon that explores the sub-culture, the challenges, and the hopes of the transgender community of the country. Yesterday at Minus 1, a new art space perched right in the middle of Ashrafieh, two movies – TransAmerica and Tomboy – were screened and a series of heated debates and workshops were organized with AUB’s Faysal…

Origins of the Lebanese Dabké

Picture from Kadmous Here's a nice post by Kadmous.org on the similarities between the traditional Lebanese Dabké and old Phoenician Dance rituals based on Sir Gardener Wilkison's studies on The Historic Illustrations of Dancing from 3300 B.C. to 1911 A.D. Read the full article . Of the Phoenicians, we have some illustrations of their dance, which was apparently of a serious nature , judging by the examples which we possess, such as that from Cyprus…
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Open Letter From Lebanese Tourism Minister Fadi Abboud To British Ambassador Tom Fletcher

12 years ago
Drawing By Sareen It seems Karl wasn’t the only one who replied back to British Ambassador Tom Fletcher’s Open Letter to Lebanon as Tourism Minister Fadi Abboud posted a letter on his Facebook Page after ...
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FAIL: Schalke Beat Schalke on MTV Sports

12 years ago
Schalke 04 beat VfB Stuttgart 3-0. ...
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Time Out Beirut’s Best Of 2013: Vote For BlogBaladi

12 years ago
BlogBaladi.com was proudly nominated in the Time Out Beirut Best Of Reader’s Choice Awards 2013 under the category “Best Online Resource About Everything Beirut”. If you wish to vote for BlogBaladi: 1- Go to: www.timeoutbeirut.com/bestofbeirut2013 ...
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In Pictures: Discover Gemmayze by Achrafieh2020

12 years ago
Discover Gemmayze was amazing today! Thousands of people in the streets, plenty of artists, lots of fun and activities and more importantly no cars polluting the air. I am still holding high hopes for the ...
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