This is Beirut 2024-10-14 14:00 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Raina Kabaivanska, one of the greatest sopranos of her generation and arguably the finest Tosca after Maria Callas, remains a formidable force in opera at 89. Although it has been a decade since her last stage performance, her influence endures through the young stars she mentors at her annual masterclass in Sofia. "When my career ended, I felt a ...
2024-10-14 10:30 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
During the opening night at the IMA, Jack Lang, the president of the institute, emotionally declared: "Faced with an unacceptable situation, regardless of the reasons, I will not make a political speech. But how can one harm this country that is so dear to me? I was fortunate to know Lebanon early in my life. It has marked my youth and my ...
This is Beirut 2024-10-13 18:00 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Lying in bathtubs filled with dried flowers, finding yourself with long hair above your head… The exhibition in Shanghai by Serbian artist Marina Abramovic, her first in Asia, offers a “completely immersive” experience. Marina Abramovic, 77, is globally renowned for her performances, such as her 90-day-long walk on the Great Wall of China ...
This is Beirut 2024-10-13 14:00 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
As a young girl growing up in the Atlas Mountains, Hannou Mouloud's family took her to have her chin tattooed with the cherished lines that generations of Moroccan Amazigh tribeswomen wore. "When I was six, they told me tattoos were pretty adornments," recalled the 67-year-old from Imilchil village, referring to the once-common practice among ...
This is Beirut 2024-10-13 10:30 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
American director Charlie McDowell got the idea to adapt The Summer Book, the novel by Finnish author Tove Jansson, for the screen during the height of the COVID pandemic. He wanted to highlight what truly matters in life: love, grief, aging, and nature. This book, a classic of international literature, was published in 1972 and tells the story ...
This is Beirut 2024-10-12 14:00 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Immortal, or almost: Queen, Dire Straits, Pink Floyd, Abba, and other legendary artists are brought back to life through “tributes,” these acts that let audiences relive “something impossible” by taking them back in time and through hit songs. “Freddie, I love you!” shouts a Mercury fan, as “We Are the Champions” echoes through ...
This is Beirut 2024-10-12 13:00 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
In a striking revival of Baghdad’s cultural landscape, an Iraqi professor led a group of students on a walking tour of the city's historic center, highlighting centuries-old landmarks once deemed unsafe to visit. The tour paused at a formidable stone wall built to protect the city from Mongol invaders, a testament to Baghdad's rich ...
This is Beirut 2024-10-12 10:20 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
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A Dutch museum recently unveiled a rare collection of prints by Andy Warhol, depicting female royalty, crafted shortly before the pop art icon's untimely death 36 years ago. Titled Royal Edition, the exhibition at the stately Het Loo Palace in Apeldoorn showcases 16 prints of reigning queens. The portraits include that of the former Dutch queen, ...
Bélinda Ibrahim 2024-10-11 16:14 - Reading : 5 minute(s)
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Born on November 27, 1970, in Gwangju, Han Kang is the daughter of writer Han Seung-won. Her childhood and writing have been forever marked by the bloody suppression of the Gwangju Uprising in her hometown in 1980, when she was just 9 years old. Although her family had moved to Seoul just before the tragedy, her accidental discovery of photos of ...
This is Beirut 2024-10-11 11:45 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
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Pharrell Williams and F1 driver Lewis Hamilton will co-chair the next Met Gala at the Metropolitan Museum of New York, which will focus on the history of fashion through black diasporas, the museum announced on Wednesday. Five years after the massive anti-racist protests of the "Black Lives Matter" movement, which led many American cultural ...
This is Beirut 2024-10-11 10:25 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
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The explosive Donald Trump biopic The Apprentice will debut in US theaters this Friday. Filmmakers are betting it will attract audiences in a nation deeply divided, just weeks before Trump faces Kamala Harris in a crucial electoral showdown. The film, spotlighting the Republican candidate’s early years, has elicited legal threats from Trump’s ...
Béatrice Moreau 2024-10-10 18:00 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
On October 10, 2024, the Swedish Academy announced Han Kang as the laureate of the Nobel Prize in Literature. This distinction marks a pivotal moment for the international recognition of contemporary South Korean literature. Born on November 27, 1970, in Gwangju, Han Kang has established herself as a prominent figure in South Korean letters. Her ...