Listen to Lebanon: An Alternative Guide to Lebanese Music and Podcasts “We need the sweet pain of anticipation to tell us we are really alive,” wrote Albert Camus. And nothing makes us feel more alive than to reinvent ourselves while traveling.
Read Lebanon: Book Recommendations for a Literary Trip Wildly ambiguous and almost compulsively literary, Lebanon is a country that is impossible to describe in a way that captures all of its uniquely fascinating facets, although many have attempted to do so.
From Strength to Strength: Summer Festivals in Lebanon Over the decades, Lebanon’s summer festivals have served as symbols of cultural resistance and resilience in the face of conflict and instability, managing to survive, thrive and continue to grow against the odds
Exploring Cycles of Progress and Collapse in Tripoli The first ever contemporary art exhibition to be staged at Oscar Niemeyer’s trade fair in Tripoli will explore human, natural and political cycles through the work of Lebanese and Mexican artists.
How Beirut Became the Dance Capital of the Arab World In less than 20 years, Beirut has become a regional hub for contemporary dance, in part thanks to the work of Maqamat, a local dance company that organises annual festivals and runs a dance house in the Lebanese mountains.
Museums of the Past, Present and Future in Beirut With a burgeoning cultural scene, several recently opened venues and a raft of projects still to come, Beirut is fast transforming into the museum hub of the Middle East.
Seeing Lebanon through Orientalist eyes To understand Lebanon’s present, you must first be familiar with its past and the way others saw it. Allow us to take you on a journey through Orientalist eyes—one that travelers, writers, and poets undertook centuries ago—to discover the beauty of everyday life in Lebanon.
Writers Pay Tribute to Beirut The Lebanese capital is a complex city that exists in multiple guises in novels by dozens of talented authors.