Culture

Spotlight'Quiet Luxury' Takes over Beauty: When Discretion Becomes the New Sophistication

Bélinda Ibrahim 31/08 18:00 - Reading : 3 minute(s)

Quiet Luxury Beauty Minimalism Brands Confidence

After transforming runways and wardrobes, “quiet luxury” is now making its subtle entrance into our bathrooms and beauty routines. Just as fashion has, over the past two seasons, embraced noble fabrics, impeccable tailoring and neutral palettes over loud logos and flashy colors, beauty is following suit. Glitter and showy effects are giving ...

Word of the weekAlgorithm: From Ancient Math to AI

Sana Richa Choucair 31/08 15:00 - Reading : 3 minute(s)

TikTok AI Algorithm Math

From Babylonian clay tablets to TikTok feeds and ChatGPT, algorithms have shaped human thought for millennia. Born from a Persian mathematician’s name, the word traveled through languages, sciences and machines, becoming one of the most powerful concepts of our digital age. Rooted in Ancient Persia The English word algorithm has a surprisingly ...

Guillermo del Toro Unleashes Epic Frankenstein at Venice

This is Beirut 31/08 10:30 - Reading : 3 minute(s)

Cinema Film Culture Venice Film Festival Festival Venice

Mexican director Guillermo del Toro gave birth to another monster Saturday, his big-budget Frankenstein movie, joking that the effort had left him worn out as his creation got its world premiere in Venice. The last creature he delivered here, the aquatic being in The Shape of Water, swam off with the festival's top prize in 2017 before going on ...

Window'Fables Immersives': La Fontaine Like You’ve Never Seen Him Before

Bélinda Ibrahim 30/08 19:00 - Reading : 3 minute(s)

La Fontaine Exhibition Immersive Paris Culture

As immersive exhibitions continue to captivate ever-growing audiences, Cités Immersives is set to make a major splash this cultural season. Following its success in Rouen with Viking, the company presents a new experience in a 1,000-square-meter venue just steps from the Champs-Élysées, dedicated to the world of Jean de La Fontaine. Living ...

The Nanjing Massacre Through Film: 'Dead to Rights' and China’s Lingering Trauma

This is Beirut 30/08 10:30 - Reading : 3 minute(s)

Film China Japan Massacre History Culture

The film Dead to Rights, which recounts the Nanjing Massacre of 1937-38, takes viewers through the atrocities committed by the Japanese army in China. Released just before the 80th anniversary of China's victory over Japan, the film has become a powerful focal point of national remembrance, attracting large crowds to its filming set, now a tourist ...

Park Chan-Wook’s ‘No Other Choice’ Unveiled at Venice: A Dark Look at Capitalism”

This is Beirut 29/08 20:55 - Reading : 3 minute(s)

Film Venice Festival Park Chan-wook South Korea Italy Culture

It took 20 years for South Korean director Park Chan-wook to return to the Venice Film Festival and the same length of time for the veteran cineaste to make his latest film. The director of Old Boy, which thrust him into the international spotlight in 2004 after winning the Grand Prix at Cannes, will premiere his latest feature, No Other Choice ...

InterviewsChris Nader: A Trailblazer in Nature Tourism

Bélinda Ibrahim 29/08 18:00 - Reading : 6 minute(s)

Nature Tourism Travels Sustainable Tourism Lodges Chris Nader

Telling Chris Nader’s story is like stepping behind the scenes of a quiet revolution, where high-end tourism reconnects with nature and luxury is redefined, not by ostentation but by authenticity and meaning. Chris, a young father and Lebanese entrepreneur based in Dubai, constantly rethinks what vacations, well-being, and hospitality truly mean ...

Julia Roberts Shakes Up Venice with Campus Drama After the Hunt

This is Beirut 29/08 17:10 - Reading : 5 minute(s)

Film Festival Venice Julia Roberts US Italy Culture

Julia Roberts hopes to "stir it all up" for viewers of her new film about a university professor grappling with fraught US campus politics, as the Hollywood star made her debut at the Venice Film Festival on Friday. The Pretty Woman star was attending the city's festival for the first time in her career for After the Hunt, a cancel-culture ...

French Dictionary Sparks Controversy in Congo

This is Beirut 29/08 11:30 - Reading : 3 minute(s)

Congo food dish French dictionary

Diners flock to the terrace of Mother Antho Aembe's restaurant in downtown Kinshasa to enjoy liboke, blissfully unaware of the linguistic brouhaha surrounding the Democratic Republic of Congo's national dish. Made by grilling fish from the mighty River Congo wrapped in a banana-leaf parcel with spices, tomatoes, peppers, onions, garlic and ...

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Jon Batiste’s "Big Money": A Musical Call to Climate Action

This is Beirut 28/08 16:10 - Reading : 4 minute(s)

Music Jon Batiste Climat Environment US Culture

Celebrated US musician Jon Batiste wants to use his music to fire up listeners to act against climate change, naming his new album after what he sees as the root of the problem, Big Money. The track Petrichor in particular is a call to arms for a younger generation who may have turned their backs on mainstream news and analysis about global ...

Spotlight'Euphoria, Art Is in the Air': Inflatable Artworks Fill the Grand Palais with Emotion

Marie-Christine Tayah 28/08 14:00 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

Exhibition Paris Grand Palais Art Culture France

The Grand Palais is no stranger to reinvention, but this summer it’s lighter, brighter, and more buoyant than ever. The Balloon Museum, led by curator Valentino Catricalà, returns to Paris after the 2022 hit “Pop Air” with a new immersive exhibition: Euphoria, Art Is in the Air. Spanning more than 40,000 square feet, the space is ...

Van Gogh Museum Faces Closure Without Urgent State Funding to Preserve Cultural Legacy

This is Beirut 28/08 11:50 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

Van Gogh Museum Netherlands Heritage Art Culture

The Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam warned Wednesday that it faced closure without more state funding, saying a 104-million-euro ($120 million) renovation was vital to protect its masterpieces. The museum, which holds the world's biggest collection of the artist's work, said the project could not go ahead unless the Dutch state honored a 1962 ...