In the eighteenth season of Christie’s art auctions in Dubai, held in 2015, the painting “The Tower of Babel” (2005) by the Lebanese artist Ayman Baalbaki achieved a record price, after it was sold for $485,000. At that time, the deal attracted some attention as the selling price reached three Double its rating by the … Read more
US National Security Council spokesman John Kirby confirmed that Washington is considering “the idea of a temporary halt to the conflict between Israel and Hamas with the aim of helping civilians in Gaza and extracting hostages, including American nationals.” Kirby added in a press conference, “What we are trying to do is explore the idea … Read more
In the wake of the fierce battles in the Gaza Strip, in which the Israeli army began to suffer heavy losses, the American and Israeli press – while anticipating the speech of the next Secretary General of Hezbollah – continue to focus on the party’s activity across the Lebanese border, and the possibility of mistakes … Read more
The reader can infer from the book “Muhammad Shamil, Pioneer of Popular Art in Lebanon” (Dar Nelson) by director Muhammad Karim, an aspect of the path of Lebanese Beiruti folk comedy art. Shamil, the actor, artist, and playwright, and most often the director, was distinguished by his “comic sense,” and “With quick wit,” he began … Read more
The Hebrew Walla website quoted an Israeli official on Wednesday as saying that negotiations to release more Israeli hostages held by resistance factions in the Gaza Strip have reached a “decisive stage.” The official indicated that a ground operation would be postponed for “days” during which the occupation would invade the besieged Gaza Strip. The … Read more
The world wants to refine us. The world wants to refine our emotions and polish our feelings. He wants us to be duplicates of each other, and he wants us to smile and meditate around the clock as a defense technique against the brutality of this world. The world designed its algorithms to eliminate any … Read more
The monodramatic theatrical work “2077”, starring the Palestinian artist Emil Saba and directed by the German Simon Effeler, deserved a certificate of excellence from the “Cairo Days International Monodrama Festival” in its sixth session (October 2023), where it was shown at the Hanager Theater in the Opera House. Egyptian, and received the applause of the … Read more
In the wake of the major military operation carried out by the Palestinian resistance from the Gaza Strip against the Israeli occupation entity, Lebanese positions in support of the Palestinian resistance continued. Anticipation and alert prevail among Hezbollah in southern Lebanon, as well as in the Palestinian refugee camps in Lebanon, amid joy in some … Read more
About four years after the October 17 uprising and the subsequent union and student uprising, which successively manifested itself in the spectacle of internal elections in universities, such as the American University, the Jesuit University, and others, in favor of secular clubs and political independents, this uprising subsided and the scene began to shift successively … Read more
I’ve known about this gap for many years. At the age of twenty-one, she wrote: “The hole that anxiety had created in my chest expanded. It became larger than my room. I moved my belongings and lived in it.” Apparently I thought anxiety was the reason for my breakup. Anxious people start worrying at an … Read more