This Film Festival is Taking SWANA Cinema from Beirut to Rome for Its Second Edition

Half film festival, half fundraiser, Here & Elsewhere returns for its second year in Beirut and Rome with a programme built around memory

Tripoli’s Rumman Music Festival Returns for a Fifth Edition

Running 4 and 5 September, the festival brings SANAM, EMSALLAM, Ma-Beyn, and Tripoli's own BILEL to the city's revived Art Deco cinema

Anatomy of a Manouche: When Akkawi Cheese is Hard to Come By

As people move, recipes travel with them – stretching, adapting and carrying the weight of memory, longing and belonging

Khaled Mouzanar Chose ZEGNA for His Cannes 2026 Jury Debut

The Lebanese composer turned Un Certain Regard jury member dressed in ZEGNA for every appearance

Lebanese Director Fadi Syriani Asks: After “All This Death”, What Comes Next?

The 16-minute stop motion animated short film follows Vladimir, an elderly Beirut resident through his ritual of obsessively reading obituaries and attending strangers’ funerals daily

The Self and the Corporate Agenda Hiding Behind the Mirror

Self-acceptance, self-help, self-actualisation, self-care, self-esteem, self-love, self-made, self-motivation, self-preservation, self-reliance, self-respect, self-sufficient, self-stimulation, self-worth… The self is anti-human.

“This issue speaks the language of the land”: Al-Rawiya’s latest issue, Flavors We Carry

In its ninth issue and first print edition, the Beirut-based publication explores the stories and flavours of Levantine cuisine

Beirut Cutting Through The Noise

A city constantly folding in on itself is giving way to another new generation of independent musicians