"Voyage Enchanteur" of Abdel Rahman el Bacha at the Institut du Monde Arabe
Carol Ziadé Ajami 20/09 20:50 - Reading : 7 minute(s)
Voyage Enchanteur, a concert by Abdel Rahman el Bacha will be held at the Institut du Monde Arabe. This event will enable the Tripoli Lebanon Heritage Association, which organizes it, to fund the Tripoli Focus Days on November 23 and 24 at the IMA, in celebration of Tripoli being named the "Arab Cultural Capital." An exclusive interview ...
The Grand Return of Carole Samaha in “Killo Masmouh”
Carol Ziadé Ajami 12/09 19:30 - Reading : 6 minute(s)
On Thursday, September 11, 2024, Carole Samaha announced her much-anticipated return to the stage at Casino du Liban, as part of the adaptation of the Broadway musical Anything Goes, titled Killo Masmouh. A press conference was held yesterday at La Martingale, gathering various media outlets alongside the diva, producer Nayla el-Khoury, singer, ...
'W Biit': A Commitment to the Missing Persons
Carol Ziadé Ajami 31/08 19:00 - Reading : 6 minute(s)
On the occasion of the International Day of the Disappeared, on August 30th, the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), in collaboration with artist Jamale Abou Hamad, organized an artistic event, W Biit, at the Beirut Art Center. This event was dedicated to continuing the fight for kidnapped and forcibly disappeared individuals. Before ...
'Khiyal Sahra:' Neither With You Nor Without You
Carol Ziadé Ajami 27/08 13:49 - Reading : 5 minute(s)
For the first time, a play featuring only two actors—Georges Khabbaz and Adel Karam—has captivated a wide audience and sold out before performances even began. Khiyal Sahra is playing at the Casino du Liban until the end of August and returning during the festive period from December 18, 2024, to January 19, 2025. What does it offer ...
Samir Chamas: One of Cinema's Last Golden Age Icons
Carol Ziadé Ajami 13/08 14:00 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
A few days after being transferred to the Hôtel-Dieu hospital, the great actor, journalist, and author Samir Chamas passed away due to health complications. Hailing from Baalbek (Hermel) and belonging to the Chamas family, this versatile artist, born in 1942 and who passed away on August 11, 2024, was one of the last icons of the golden age of ...
August 4, 2020: The Beirut Explosion in Literature
Carol Ziadé Ajami 04/08 13:08 - Reading : 6 minute(s)
The disaster of August 4, 2020 has caused much blood and ink to flow. Here is a non-exhaustive list of novels, diaries, short stories, essays and collective works on the explosion of the century, which devastated Beirut, the thousand-year-old city, "dead a thousand times and relived a thousand times." In the series of books published ...
When Adel Karam Meets Georges Khabbaz in 'Khiyal Sahra'
Carol Ziadé Ajami 25/07 18:21 - Reading : 6 minute(s)
From August 1 to 31, Adel Karam and Georges Khabbaz will bring the stage of Casino du Liban to life in the play written by Georges Khabbaz and produced by Tarek Karam, Khiyal Sahra (“Puppet”). On this occasion, a press conference was held at La Martingale, attended by a multitude of journalists representing various Lebanese media ...
‘Rahbaniyat’: A Tribute to Elias Rahbani at Ehdeniyat
Carol Ziadé Ajami 10/07 18:00 - Reading : 6 minute(s)
The International Festival Ehdeniyat, celebrating its 20th anniversary this year, presents Rahbaniyat, a tribute show to Elias Rahbani, during its opening night on July 18. Music, dance, theater, visual arts, and poetry will come together in a grand spectacle conceived by Ghassan Rahbani, who will be at the piano and will lead his symphony ...
A 'Lebanese Night' by Lubnan Baalbaki in Batroun
Carol Ziadé Ajami 03/07 18:00 - Reading : 5 minute(s)
Lubnan Baalbaki, the permanent conductor of the Lebanese Philharmonic Orchestra, often associated with Western classical music, will ignite the Batroun Festival on July 26 at 8 PM during a “Lebanese Night.” This concert will revive the great hits of Lebanese songs from the 1950s to the 1980s and resurrect the masterpieces of great deceased ...
Myriam Shuman: 'Let’s Enjoy Culture During Beirut Art Days'
Carol Ziadé Ajami 28/06 17:53 - Reading : 6 minute(s)
L’Agenda Culturel and the Beirut Art Days committee are partnering to launch the very first edition of Beirut Art Days, a national cultural and artistic festival to be held from July 3 to 6, 2024, in Lebanon. This free event, open to everyone, will bring together a plethora of Lebanese artists and intellectuals for around 130 events covering all ...
Umam’s Exhibition on the Treasures of Studio Baalbeck
Carol Ziadé Ajami 10/06 14:03 - Reading : 5 minute(s)
In the presence of the German ambassador and on the occasion of International Archives Day on June 9, Umam Documentation and Research relaunched its online archive catalog, Umam Biblio, accompanied by an exhibition on the visual material of the Baalbeck studios. It will take place in the exhibition and roundtable space of the Slim residence, named ...
The Breathtaking Concert of Bassam Challita
Carol Ziadé Ajami 04/06 14:00 - Reading : 6 minute(s)
Despite the absence of some major festivals this summer, the Lebanese cultural scene remains vibrant and offers exceptional events. The concert "Fantasy of a Pianist" by Bassam Challita and his orchestra of 40 international and national musicians promises to be breathtaking. It will take place on June 15 at 8:30 PM at the Casino du Liban theater. ...
The Documentary 'Zyara' Opens the Beirut Spring Festival
Carol Ziadé Ajami 31/05 21:20 - Reading : 6 minute(s)
On May 30, 2024, the Beirut Spring Festival, organized by the Samir Kassir Foundation, was inaugurated. During this opening, the premiere of the eighth season of the documentary series Zyara was screened. The event took place before an audience of journalists, artists, and an audience passionate about the golden era. The 16th edition of ...
In Tribute to Legendary Lyricist Charles Aznavour
Carol Ziadé Ajami 22/05 14:00 - Reading : 6 minute(s)
Charles Aznavour was born on May 22, 1924. Deceased in 2018, he would have been a hundred years old today. In a survey conducted by CNN and Time magazine in 1998, Aznavour was designated the most popular variety singer of the 20th century, ahead of Bob Dylan (Nobel Prize in Literature in 2016), Frank Sinatra and Elvis Presley. This is ...
Dar Sader Celebrates Its One Hundred and Sixty-Year Anniversary
Carol Ziadé Ajami 06/05 18:03 - Reading : 5 minute(s)
This is the story of four generations of the Sader family, their hard work, and their honored commitment to preserving and developing this precious heritage, which they have enhanced with great success; the story of more than a century and a half of dedication to Belles-Lettres and legal publications. In the 1970s, Dar Sader, the oldest Lebanese ...
'Confessions from a War,' a Step Toward Reconciliation
Carol Ziadé Ajami 14/04 19:40 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
For the 49th and somber anniversary of the onset of the Lebanese War on April 13, 1975, a documentary produced by Denise Jabbour and Jérôme Gary, Confessions from a War, premiered on April 13, 2024, at the Royal Cinema in Bourj Hammoud. Former combatants from various political parties confessed their remorse for participating in the destruction ...
Elissa's 'It's Ok' or the Fruition of Rage
Carol Ziadé Ajami 01/02 21:22 - Reading : 9 minute(s)
On January 25, Elissa launched on Netflix a documentary about her professional and personal journey titled It’s OK, consisting of three episodes and produced by ‘Different Production.’ The series could have been called ‘The Confessions of Elissa,’ but the title It’s OK immediately immerses us in the life of the singer with a ...