The first time I saw Nadim Asfar’s photographs, they stopped me in my tracks. There’s something striking about them, in a bare way — incredibly pared down in essence, it…
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Roger Moukarzel was 12 years old when he took his first photograph, on a camera borrowed from his older brother. By 15, he was photographing the violence and devastation wrought…
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I’m sitting in Cherine Magrabi Tayeb’s airy office in the Starco Building and her soft voice competes with the noise from outside the 11th floor windows, where workers are striving…
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Daft Punk is our inspiration.” It’s one of the first things Nicolas Moussallem says to me, as we settle ourselves in the weak March sunshine at a table in The…
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Ayman Baalbaki’s studio is located in one of Beirut’s busiest neighborhoods, above one of its busiest cafes, on one of the most congested streets. Inside the hangar like space, however,…
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In April 2013, Lebanese opera and theater fans were given the rare opportunity to interact with American opera and theater director Peter Sellars, he of the gravity defying hair and…
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I think Nadim Karam is as surprised as I am when our conversation about art, architecture and the links between them morphs seamlessly into the story of how he once…
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In 2002, Omar Rajeh returned to Beirut from Surrey, England, where he had just finished a Masters in dance studies. Trained in contemporary dance and choreography, he found himself in…
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Walking across the Sursock Museum’s courtyard, my attention was diverted from its beautiful façade by a series of glass panels, set at regular intervals amid the neat stone paving. Looking…
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The heart of the matter lies in the answer to a simple question, which is quite common when conducting an interview, of course. But in this case, it’s Youssef Tohme…
