Since it opened in 1965, the Theatre of Beirut, in Ein el-Mreisseh, has been a cultural monument where its stage bore witness to decades of implemented artistic visions, its auditorium harbored riveting applauses and its seats were occupied by critical thinkers. This haven, like all theatres, provided its residing city with knowledge instead of education, art instead of trends,...
Exhibition (Art) Daily, until Dec 8, 11:00am -> 7:00pm At Art Circle’s New Sub-Space Hamra street, Horse Shoe bldg (Above Costa Café), First fl. “The Great Depression” by Laudi Abillama is the continuation of an ongoing project intended to reflect the thoughts and in some cases, frustrations of people from the Middle East and beyond. In particular, ‘The Great...
By Brooke Anderson The Daily Star BEIRUT: Two years ago Nasri Atallah left his banking job in London for his native Lebanon, and decided to try his hand at blogging, writing a satirical post about Lebanese tourism clichés – such as skiing and swimming in the same day. After that first post received a positive response and gained him...
By Wassim Mroueh The Daily Star BEIRUT: With this year’s Arab Spring on the minds of so many people in this region, the 55th edition of the Beirut International Arab Book Fair, which opens Friday, is of special significance. The region’s political ferment is the subject of many of the event’s featured works, and a major topic of seminars...
By Mirella Hodeib The Daily Star BEIRUT: Hanan al-Shaykh detests epithets and prejudice. Labels like “Muslim,” “Arab,” “Lebanese-born” and “feminist” are a source of annoyance to the acclaimed novelist, who perceives them to be a form of concealed discrimination. “In the West they need to label you to understand what you do,” Shaykh told The Daily Star. “I tell...
On October 15, 2011 H&M the international design-driven clothing retailer opened its 7th store in Lebanon. The store is located in Kaslik. Over 1900 square meters guarantee that all H&M lovers will get a chance to fully enjoy Kaslik’s fashion paradise .The new H&M store will carry a wide range of fashion for ladies, men and kids. With its...
From : The Daily Star By: Emma Gatten BEIRUT: A submarine cable which will give Internet service providers the capacity they need to supply high-speed Internet services, including 3G, was put into action Monday, after months of waiting. “The tap was closed, and now it’s open,” Antoine Boustany, an adviser to Telecoms Minister Nicolas Sehnawi said Tuesday. In a...
Every year, many movies are subject to censorship by Lebanese authorities. Because of this practice of the Lebanese authorities, The Beirut International Film Festival is organizing a festival of banned films, where 5 films will be showing. The festival will start on June 22nd and end on June 26th. During this festival, movies that were banned by the Lebanese...
I have always been living the diet dilemma. I go on a diet for a period of time, get to my ideal weight and then loose track, gain weight and go back to point zero. It’s a vicious circle! It is not realistic to always avoid food that make you gain weight and the reason is hat they taste...
Margherita (Ghita) Abi-Hanna was born in Kuwait in 1979 where she spent the first ten years of her life. In 1990, her family moved back to Lebanon. She continued her high school education at the Lycée Franco-Libanais and then completed her studies at the American University of Beirut, obtaining a Bachelor in Graphic Design with distinction in 2002. ...
