Iain Akerman catches up with wonder woman Yasmine Hamdan before a gig in Dubai to get the skinny on her latest album, Al Jamilat (The Beautiful Ones)
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The Sea is Mine
Curator and writer Rachel Dedman looks at issues of migration, displacement, and memory in her reflection on Palestine’s recent Qalandiya International biennial
At the Seams
Alexandra Talty visits the inaugural exhibition of the newly founded Palestinian Museum to investigate the sociopolitical history and richness of the traditional Palestinian art of embroidery
Here Comes the Night
Paola Messina and Mashrou’ Leila multi-instrumentalist Firas Abou Fakher spend some quiet time together, discussing space, silence, and the band’s latest album
Beirut Blues
Edwin Nasr examines the career of the controversial Lebanese filmmaker Danielle Arbid, and catches up with her in Paris to talk about her many trials and triumphs
Ashes to Ashes, Funk to Funky
Weaving stories with silver and stardust: Laurence Cornet looks back on Armenian-Lebanese artist Vartan Avakian’s Collapsing Clouds of Gas and Dust exhibition in Beirut
Studio Daze
Aimee Dawson explores the concept of studio photography and its significance, with a particular focus on Lebanon’s Studio Shehrazade and a new exhibition in London
Pictures of You
Little did Ania Dabrowska know that when she stepped into a Camden Town hostel, she would chance upon boxfuls of treasures from Lebanon’s past
Spy Games
María Gómez López on I Spy with My Little Eye …, an exhibition featuring works by a new generation of Beirut artists currently on view in Madrid
A Year in the Life
‘Time passes, and every year resembles another’ - Elisa Pierandrei talks to Lebanese artist and musician Mazen Kerbaj about his practice and a new collection of comics