Dia al-Azzawi with his drawing, which is being woven into a tapestry by TIM CORNWELL The Art Newspaper A giant tapestry depicting the massacres at Sabra and Shatila in Lebanon in 1982 may go on display alongside Picasso’s Guernica in the Reina Sofía museum in Madrid. Ramzi Dalloul, a Palestinian businessman and collector of Arab art, … Continued
By Jason Lemon Stepfeed It’s beginning to look A LOT like Christmas all throughout the Middle East. Although the overwhelming majority of the Arab world is Muslim, that definitely doesn’t mean that one of Christianity’s biggest holidays isn’t celebrated. 1. Amman’s The Boulevard development went all out with these incredible decorations 2. The shopping malls … Continued
Aleppo to Euphrates, July 19. Rusafa. The pearly gates of alabaster. (American Colony Photo Department /Library of Congress) By Chloe Coleman The Washington Post John D. Whiting (1882-1951), worked as a tour guide, businessman, writer and photographer throughout the Middle East. Whiting was a member of the American Colony in Jerusalem, which had been established by Christian religious … Continued
By James J. Zogby Arab American Institute The tumult that has rocked the Arab World, has contributed to dramatic changes in the Arab public’s attitudes toward important global and regional powers. This is one of the findings of a recent Zogby Research Services (ZRS) poll of over 7,000 adults in six Arab countries (Egypt, Lebanon, … Continued
Blanched almonds and pistachios are layered over a dusting of finely chopped coconut in this meghli. (Amy E. Robertson) By Amy E. Robertson NPR Located at a crossroads between East and West, Lebanon’s culinary traditions have been influenced by Syria, Turkey and even France. The country’s international character helps explain why bûche de Noël (yule log cake) … Continued
BY: Huda Dawood from We Are Not Numbers/Contributing Writer Imagine living in a town where checkpoints monitor who goes in and out. Every time you leave or return home, you must show your ID. Same with friends and family members. And if you happen to have an acquaintance from overseas who wants to visit, she will … Continued
BY: Huda Dawood/Contributing Writer We Are Not Numbers “اخشى ما اخشاه ان تصبح الخيانة وجهة نظر.” This quote is from Palestinian cartoonist Naji El Ali, creator of the little refugee boy Handala. It translates roughly as, “I fear the day that deception and betrayal are regarded as the norm.” We are living that day now, when … Continued
BY:Eugene Smith/Contributing Writer Psychedelic Funk Music of Lebanon in the 60’s and 70’s: Cultural Conversation through Sound Once a tourism advertisement for westerners, this footage offers a grainy window into the joie de vivre of pre-civil war Lebanon. Scantily clad women frequent snow-white beaches and azure Mediterranean waters. Alcohol flows as if pouring from a … Continued
By Sarah Kaddoura, Lebanon We Are Not Numbers/ Contributing writer A group of friends recently organized a small gathering, which ended up including more than 40 people—both acquaintances and strangers—within the confines of a newly established café and meeting place in Beirut called Jafra (named after a well-known Palestinian folk tale). This small meeting place, … Continued
BY: Linda Dalal Sawaya/Contributing Writer A year ago I began writing my weekly food and garden column inspired by what is growing in my garden at the moment, and what to do with it in the kitchen. Although my garden is in Portland, Oregon, the slant is Mediterranean, and primarily Arabic, Levantine, and more specifically … Continued
By Pam Bailey, founder of We Are Not Numbers I spent my Thanksgiving in Bire, a small town in northern Lebanon about an hour from Tripoli and within sight of the Syrian border, across from the ancient city of Homs. It is a village of maybe 5,000 Lebanese residents but now is more than … Continued
By Aya Ibrahim, for the We Are Not Numbers project “Everybody has a country to live in, except us; we have a country that lives in us.” This is how our honored guest started his speech at the recent graduation ceremony for ULYP (Unite Lebanon Youth Project). Frankly, I am not a very good listener during speeches, but … Continued
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