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ExplainerThe Path Is Made by Walking: How Each Step Creates the Way

David Sahyoun 10/12 18:00 - Reading : 5 minute(s)

Psychoanalysis Path Desire Culture Way Culture

Within this framework, the statement can be read as an ethic of movement, desire, and fruitful incompleteness. It suggests that truth is not a fixed object, but a direction; not a trophy, but a process. Likewise, failing is not a mistake, but the condition of one who is on the journey. As Franck Pavloff, French writer and psychologist, puts it in ...

Real-Life Horror to TV Drama: Feared Syria Sites Become Sets for series

This is Beirut 10/12 12:20 - Reading : 4 minute(s)

Saydnaya Syria Mazzé TV

At a Damascus airbase once off-limits under Bashar al-Assad, a crew now films a TV series about the final months of the ousted leader's rule as seen through the eyes of a Syrian family. "It's hard to believe we're filming here," director Mohamad Abdul Aziz said from the Mazzeh base, which was once also a detention center run by Assad's air force ...

SpotlightThe Damask Rose, Defiant Memory of a Wounded Syria

Bélinda Ibrahim 09/12 18:30 - Reading : 6 minute(s)

Damascus Syria Damask Rose Flower

South of Damascus, each spring returns with a scent that war could not wipe away. In the fields of Al Marah, the same quiet wonder unfolds again. The Damask rose blooms with stubborn grace. As every year, the steady ritual of renewal stirs a sense of hope, and Roula Ali Adeeb walks the rose-a tad tweaked but close lined paths, gathering each ...

'One Battle After Another' Leads Golden Globes Noms With Nine

This is Beirut 09/12 09:50 - Reading : 4 minute(s)

Golden Globes Movie Nominations

Paul Thomas Anderson's politically charged "One Battle After Another" leads with nine nominations for the Golden Globes, organizers announced Monday, as the race to the Oscars kicked into high gear. Norwegian family dramedy "Sentimental Value" was second with eight, followed by period horror movie "Sinners" with seven and Shakespeare family drama ...

Paramount Counters Netflix with Hostile Bid for Warner Bros

This is Beirut 08/12 18:00 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

Paramount Netflix Warner Bros.

Paramount launched an all-cash tender offer Monday to acquire Warner Bros. Discovery for $30 per share, challenging a previously announced deal between WBD and Netflix. The hostile offer sets up a furious battle between Paramount, whose owner Larry Ellison is an ally of Donald Trump, and streaming behemoth Netflix to buy one of Hollywood's most ...

Farewell to Martin Parr, Britain’s Relentless Chronicler in Colour

This is Beirut 08/12 15:40 - Reading : 5 minute(s)

Martin Parr Photographer Death Culture Britain

Celebrated British documentary photographer Martin Parr has died at his home in the western English city Bristol, his foundation announced on Sunday. He was 73. Famous for his kitschy colour-saturated images capturing all aspects of life in Britain and beyond, Parr had a sharp eye for mundane oddities, whether it was the rich at play or ...

Mona Zaki Takes on Iconic Role of Umm Kulthum in ‘El Sett’ at Marrakech Film Festival

This is Beirut 08/12 12:40 - Reading : 3 minute(s)

Marrakech Film Festival Umm Kulthum Legend Morocco Egypt Culture

It took Egyptian actor Mona Zaki more than a year's preparation to take on the hardest role of her career, the iconic singer Umm Kulthum, a legend in the Arab world. Marwan Hamed's El Sett (The Lady) premiered this week at the Marrakech International Film Festival, where Zaki told AFP about the daunting task she faced. "I was very scared at the ...

Hollywood Awards Race Heats up With Golden Globes Nominations

This is Beirut 08/12 09:50 - Reading : 3 minute(s)

Wicked Hamnet Sinners Golden Globes

Hollywood's awards season shifts into high gear Monday when nominations for the Golden Globes are unveiled, with hit musical "Wicked: For Good," Shakespeare family tragedy "Hamnet" and period horror movie "Sinners" leading the charge. Paul Thomas Anderson's politically charged "One Battle After Another," starring Leonardo DiCaprio, and ...

The Hermes Kelly: Elegance Inspired by Grace Kelly

Bélinda Ibrahim 07/12 18:30 - Reading : 4 minute(s)

Bags Culture Grace Kelly Hermès Kelly Fashion

In the exacting world of luxury leather goods, few pieces have left as profound a mark on collective memory as the Hermes Kelly. No other bag so effortlessly unites French equestrian heritage with international glamour. Originally created in the late 19th century as a “Haut à Courroies” for carrying saddles, it evolved in 1935 into the ...

Word of the week“Hope:” The Last Lifeline

Sana Richa Choucair 07/12 15:00 - Reading : 4 minute(s)

Lebanon Pope Francis USA

“Young people of Lebanon, grow strong like the cedars and let the world blossom with hope!” With these words, Pope Leon XIV concluded his address to the 15,000 Lebanese youths gathered around him on December 1 at the patriarchal siege in Bkerke. “Hope”, a word charged with meaning and symbolism, invites us to revisit both its spiritual ...

Hollywood Awards Season Kicks Off: 'Sinners' Tops Critics’ Choice Nominations

This is Beirut 06/12 11:30 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

Film Critics Choice Nominations US Culture

Sinners topped the slate of nominees for the Critics’ Choice Awards in Los Angeles on Friday, as the movie industry's awards season starts to take shape. The acclaimed period horror drama, written and directed by Ryan Coogler, received a whopping 17 nods, including one for best picture, giving it early momentum as Hollywood gears up for the ...

Iran Filmmaker Panahi to Return Home Despite Prison Sentence

This is Beirut 05/12 19:15 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

Cinema Jafar Panahi Justice Iran Culture

Dissident Iranian filmmaker Jafar Panahi has said he plans to return to Iran despite being sentenced to a year in prison and a travel ban earlier this week, a report said Thursday. The 65-year-old is currently touring to promote his latest Oscar-nominated film, It Was Just an Accident, which won top prize at the Cannes Film Festival this ...