Nélida Nassar   5.20.2016 If there was any doubt that the festival programming and awards season was in full swing in Beirut – earlier today International Baalbeck Festival launched its 60th annual…

Source: Can the President Bechara el-Khoury Prize for Democratic Awareness Modify Lebanon’s Educational Landscape and Foster National Unity?

Nélida Nassar   05.31.2016 Art is one of the few things in the world that transcends different cultures, age gaps, genders, and class levels. Appreciation for the skill it takes to create a piece t…

Source: The Doors of Perceptions: An All-Women Drawings Show Defying Gender Stereotypes Etel Adnan, Huguette Caland and Laure Ghorayeb

Nélida Nassar   05.31.2016 Art is one of the few things in the world that transcends different cultures, age gaps, genders, and class levels. Appreciation for the skill it takes to create a piece t…

Source: The Doors of Perceptions: An All-Women Drawings Show Defying Gender Stereotypes Etel Adnaan, Huguette Caland and Laure Ghorayeb

Nélida Nassar   05.26.2016 This astonishing play has been assembled, principally by Lebanese-Palestinian playwright and director Aliya Khalidi from the autobiography, speeches, photographs and arch…

Source: Anbara is Superb in Wrestling with Social Conventions, Religion and Bitterness of Colonial Legacy

Nélida Nassar   05.17.2016 L’exposition “Young Talents Visionary Artists,” organisée par Fransabank vient d’ouvrir avec beaucoup de fanfare et de couverture médiatique au Ya…

Source: Entre Nostalgie et Modernité: La Trame Narrative, Visuelle et Emotive du 9ème Art Libanais Emerge Timidement

Can the President Bechara el-Khoury Prize for Democratic Awareness Modify Lebanon’s Educational Landscape and Foster National Unity?

Source: Can the President Bechara el-Khoury Prize for Democratic Awareness Modify Lebanon’s Educational Landscape and Foster National Unity?

Nélida Nassar   05.17.2016 Each return of pianist Simon Ghraichy to his native Lebanon is an awaited event; but hearing him perform the exotic and sparkling Concerto No. 5 dubbed “Egyptian” by Sain…

Source: Simon Ghraichy Reveals Saint-Saëns Piano Concerto No. 5 Dubbed “Egyptian”

Nélida Nassar   03.13.2016 With 9 artists on show at the Yacht Club Gallery – Zaitounay Bay there’s much to see, within a vast, raw, unfinished space. The work can be enthralling, stodgy and some o…

Source: Marie Traboulsi Marinier Figurative Portraits of Hidden Meaning

Nélida Nassar   03.14.2016 The Beirut Exhibition Center (BEC) in collaboration with curator Razan Chatti of Afaak gallery is presenting from April 8 to April 15 an exhaustive retrospective devoted …

Source: Raoul Rifaï Strikes Poetic Notes at Beirut Exhibition Center

Nélida Nassar   04.28.2016 Maqamat Dance Theatre have bold instincts when selecting work for their festival Bipod, and when their choice pay off, as they do in this triple bill, they can feel inspi…

Source: Sideways Rains Existentialist and Hypnotic Performance