This is Beirut 2024-11-11 10:30 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Visitors, authors, and publishers expressed disappointment at the absence of Houris, a novel by the Prix Goncourt-winning Franco-Algerian writer Kamel Daoud, following the ban imposed on his publisher, Gallimard, from presenting their works at the fair. For its 27th edition, running since Wednesday until November 16, the fair welcomes over a ...
This is Beirut 2024-11-10 16:00 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
A historic ruling by the Delhi High Court has officially lifted India’s longstanding ban on The Satanic Verses, the novel by British-American author Salman Rushdie. The decision, rooted in a legal technicality, effectively nullifies the import restriction imposed in 1988 due to the lack of any tangible record of the original ban order. The ban ...
This is Beirut 2024-11-10 11:00 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
More than five years after the devastating fire that ravaged Notre-Dame de Paris, the iconic cathedral will reopen its doors on December 8, 2024. This massive restoration project, which involved nearly 2,000 people, has breathed new life into the historic building, which was damaged at various levels by the flames. Destruction and Damage The ...
Bélinda Ibrahim 2024-11-09 18:00 - Reading : 5 minute(s)
Museum Beirut Heritage Lebanon Culture
In these dark times, when Lebanon’s heritage is brought to its knees, when the ancient jewels of our culture teeter under bombardment, our hearts ache for Baalbeck, Tyre, and many other mythical places already wounded, whose future hangs by a thread. When the iconic Palmyra Hotel in Baalbeck, witness to so many eras, lies injured by bombs, a ...
This is Beirut 2024-11-09 14:00 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Singer Beyoncé emerges as the frontrunner for the 2025 Grammy Awards, scheduled for February, with nominations in eleven categories for her latest album, Cowboy Carter. This tribute to the African American roots of country music could finally allow her to win the ultimate prize of Album of the Year. With this selection, announced Friday by the ...
This is Beirut 2024-11-09 10:30 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
At the age of 10, Itaru Sekiguchi experienced a shock that would change the course of his life. "A deafening sound," he recalls. He first heard it while standing in front of the great organ of Notre-Dame Cathedral in Paris. This pivotal moment sparked an uncontrollable passion for music and the "king of instruments," a love that, forty years ...
Marie-Christine Tayah 2024-11-08 18:45 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Le Monnot theater responds to the call to revive the performing arts despite the challenges. In these uncertain times, the play Abl Ma Fell embodies an act of theatrical resilience. By reopening its doors, Through this production, the play’s team demonstrates that theater remains a vital space for expression and connection, even in times of ...
Elie Valluy - Paris Correspondent 2024-11-08 16:25 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
Notre-Dame de Paris Cathedral Heritage Paris
In a month, on December 7 and 8, 2024, Notre-Dame Cathedral in Paris is set to reopen for visitors and worshipers, five years after it was devastated by fire. Beyond being an emblematic (religious and historical) monument of Paris, and more broadly of France, Notre-Dame de Paris has, for decades and even centuries, inspired numerous writers, ...
This is Beirut 2024-11-08 14:00 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
The organizers of a film festival in Istanbul announced its cancellation on Thursday in protest, following local authorities' ban on the screening of the film Queer, starring former "James Bond" actor Daniel Craig. "A few hours before the opening, authorities in the Kadikoy district informed us that the screening of Queer, scheduled for the ...
This is Beirut 2024-11-08 10:30 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
One of Asterix's classic comic adventures has been translated into a rare Swedish dialect spoken by just a few thousand people in Western Finland, marking a unique effort to preserve the language. Asterix and the Great Crossing, originally published in 1975, is now available in grondspraatsi—a local Swedish dialect spoken primarily in the ...
Béatrice Moreau 2024-11-07 18:00 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Nearly four years after the devastating fire that ravaged Notre-Dame de Paris on April 15, 2019, the restoration project is in full swing. Two significant events mark this pivotal week: the hearing of the finalist artists for the design of the new contemporary stained glass and the presentation of the new reliquary intended to hold the Holy Crown ...
This is Beirut 2024-11-07 14:00 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Dubbed "the most mysterious song on the internet," this German pop song was at the center of a virtual treasure hunt for nearly two decades. Through the dedication and passion of an online community, the song was ultimately identified as Subways of Your Mind, performed by the little-known 1980s German band FEX. The story began in 2007, when a ...