Culture & Society

Rameh Hamieh
An influx of Syrian refugees is a boon for Lebanese schools that, once short of students, can now remain open.
Tuesday, February 12, 2013
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Joanne Bajjaly
Maad is a small village in the Lebanese district of Jbeil, home to the historic church of St. Charbel. Built in the 10th Century AD, the church is...
Sunday, February 10, 2013
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Amal Khalil
The story of Hassan, a 12-year-old street vendor who peddles bundles of herbs and fanciful tales on the streets of Tyre in South Lebanon. Fashioning...
Wednesday, February 6, 2013
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Rebecca Whiting
In a gaping white gallery, black and white prints of patterns are evenly spaced along the walls: studies of the wrought-ironwork that typify the...
Monday, February 4, 2013
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Wissam Kanaan
The official Syrian Television and Radio General Production Company has tried before to address the turmoil engulfing the country, even in the early...
Thursday, January 31, 2013
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Rebecca Whiting
“Blowback” is a work of performance art in which a full-scale replica of Dubai’s Burj Khalifa, the tallest building in the world, has a passenger jet...
Monday, January 28, 2013
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Milena Murr
In a sixth-grade class at a Lebanon elementary school, a student told a mischievous joke, garnering some laughs from his classmates. The teacher,...
Saturday, January 26, 2013
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Rebecca Whiting
When governments wield their power to violate the basic tenets of human rights, communities are at times left bereft of the capacity to challenge...
Tuesday, January 22, 2013
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Rebecca Whiting
The Lebanese civil war is a topic that has been addressed ad nauseam in the domestic cultural world. More recent years have seen artists move away...
Saturday, January 19, 2013
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