FIRST-PERSON
'I was impressed': In 2008, Lebanese director Aractingi met Robert Redford
FILM
Nine shards of Beirut in Ecrans du Reel’s short film program
CINEMA
'It's a Sad and Beautiful World' in Venice receives a standing ovation
L'ORIENT LE-JOUR FESTIVAL
Day 2: Trumpet for freedom, voices against silence
Nawaf Salam, Kim Ghattas and an AI takeover: Where to be this weekend in Beirut
LITERATURE
Charif Majdalani in Goncourt selection for 'most intimate' of his books
Taking a course on parks, film festivals and opera houses: Where to be this weekend in the Middle East
There's art in our faces and architecture: Where to be this weekend in the Middle East
What we can learn from farmers, water and Malaysia: Where to be this weekend in the Middle East
Reimagining leather, maps and the streets: Where to be this weekend in the Middle East
EXHIBITION
From the ground up: Stéphanie Saadé's fragments of home at Sursock Museum
ART COLLECTIVE
From Ghent, 3 Lebanese artists reinvent diasporic art scene
ZIAD RAHBANI
'Ziad changed the way I see things': Singer Salma al-Musfi
FESTIVAL
At 'Ehdeniyat,' Abeer Nehme reaches 'saltana'
CARTOON