Tuesday, August 18, 2009
Wednesday, May 27, 2009
Tuesday, May 26, 2009
Wednesday, May 13, 2009
TALK 20 / MAZAJ
talk20 beirut |3rd edition
Karim Najjar (ARD faculty/ Najjar & Najjar Architects)
Katrine Holmfeld + Mirene Arsanios (Ashkal Alwan association)
Lamia Joreige (video artist / Beirut Art Center founder)
Joey Abu Jawdeh + Anthony Khoury (4th year architecture students)
Bernard Mallat (ARD faculty/architect)
Jade Souaid (musician/ DJ / the Basement)
Maha Issa + Gamar Markarian (landscape architects / atelier Hamra)
Milia Maroun (fashion designer)
India x20 (photo journal / ARD group)
Salma Mousfi (musician / vocalist)
Lina Ghaibeh (ARD faculty / animation artist) + May Ghaibeh (graphic designer)
Raed Abillama (architect / RAA)
with live music by Mashrou3 Leila featuring Salma Mousfi
Presented by Carla Aramouny, Haig Papazian, Bassem Chehwan
#1 Flying Kebab - Pilot
#1 Flying Kebab - Pilot from Matheus Siqueira on Vimeo.
When a letter in Arabic from a distant aunt gets in Nando's hands, he thrusts himself in the search of an unknown inheritance.
Tuesday, May 12, 2009
"يمضون لياليهم في "مشروع ليلى
article by Hanadi Dairi on MASHROU3 LEILA in annahar / nahar alshabab - thursday april 30, 2009
Thursday, April 30, 2009
HELMI EL-TOUNI LECTURE
The Department of Architecture and Design
at the American University of Beirut
cordially invites you to a public lecture by
Helmi el-Touni
Egyptian artist, illustrator and graphic designer
on Monday May 4, 2009 @ 6:30pm
ALH [Architecture Lecture Hall], Dar Al-Handassah Building, Department of Architecture and Design, AUB
[Please note that entry to campus is only accessible from the Main Gate, Bliss Street]
The lecture will be followed by the opening of an exhibition of his work
Helmi el-Touni: The Beirut Years (1973–83)
The exhibit will run until Friday May 8, 2009
from 10.00am to 7.00pm
Helmi el-Touni is an established Egyptian artist, illustrator and graphic designer who began his practice in the late 1950s in Cairo. He collaborated with a number of renowned periodicals and publishing houses in Egypt, Lebanon and Kuwait. Touni’s outstanding work over the last forty years has brought distinguished contributions to the fields of Arabic book design and illustrated books for children, and earned him many awards at local and international book fairs: the Beirut Arabic Book Fair (1977–79); the Leipzig Book Fair (Bronze Medal, 1982); Cairo International Book Fair Prize (1998); First Prize, Suzanne Mubarak Competition for Children's Literature (1999 and 2001); and the New Horizons Award, Bologna International Children’s Book Fair (2002).
Helmi el-Touni is currently the art director of the Arabic cultural periodical Weghat Nazar. He continues, beyond publication design, to be a painter participating with his artwork in several exhibitions in Egypt and other Arab countries.
Helmi el-Touni: The Beirut Years (1973–83)
Exhibition from May 4 to 8, 2009
The exhibition brings together a selection of Helmi el-Touni’s work during his residency in Beirut between 1973 and 83. It sheds light on his early achievements in book design and illustration of children’s books. The exhibit equally presents a collection of posters designed by Touni, for a number of local organizations, mostly centered on the promotion of cultural activities, national political concerns and issues of public awareness.
at the American University of Beirut
cordially invites you to a public lecture by
Helmi el-Touni
Egyptian artist, illustrator and graphic designer
on Monday May 4, 2009 @ 6:30pm
ALH [Architecture Lecture Hall], Dar Al-Handassah Building, Department of Architecture and Design, AUB
[Please note that entry to campus is only accessible from the Main Gate, Bliss Street]
The lecture will be followed by the opening of an exhibition of his work
Helmi el-Touni: The Beirut Years (1973–83)
The exhibit will run until Friday May 8, 2009
from 10.00am to 7.00pm
Helmi el-Touni is an established Egyptian artist, illustrator and graphic designer who began his practice in the late 1950s in Cairo. He collaborated with a number of renowned periodicals and publishing houses in Egypt, Lebanon and Kuwait. Touni’s outstanding work over the last forty years has brought distinguished contributions to the fields of Arabic book design and illustrated books for children, and earned him many awards at local and international book fairs: the Beirut Arabic Book Fair (1977–79); the Leipzig Book Fair (Bronze Medal, 1982); Cairo International Book Fair Prize (1998); First Prize, Suzanne Mubarak Competition for Children's Literature (1999 and 2001); and the New Horizons Award, Bologna International Children’s Book Fair (2002).
Helmi el-Touni is currently the art director of the Arabic cultural periodical Weghat Nazar. He continues, beyond publication design, to be a painter participating with his artwork in several exhibitions in Egypt and other Arab countries.
Helmi el-Touni: The Beirut Years (1973–83)
Exhibition from May 4 to 8, 2009
The exhibition brings together a selection of Helmi el-Touni’s work during his residency in Beirut between 1973 and 83. It sheds light on his early achievements in book design and illustration of children’s books. The exhibit equally presents a collection of posters designed by Touni, for a number of local organizations, mostly centered on the promotion of cultural activities, national political concerns and issues of public awareness.
Tuesday, April 7, 2009
Thursday, April 2, 2009
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i walk down the corridor to the mental screams of souad - she knows i am here for her - but for some reason, her eyes...
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Friday, February 13, 2009
COUP[S] DE COEUR... by Nasri N. Sayegh
article about mashrou3 leila published in L'orient Le Jour / l'orient des campus supplement on 12-2-2009
Monday, January 26, 2009
الطريقة الجديدة
"The New Way"
"A direct sound-method for learning to read the Arabic language for beginners."
An Arabic language reader for elementary scholl second grade. Printed in Sidon in 1938. This book was donated by Christian Awaraji in Beirut, the summer of 1997. It belonged to his aunt who used it as a school textbook in 1944.
Saturday, January 24, 2009
Beirut's largest synagogue in danger of being demolished
Beirut's largest synagogue in danger of being demolished
By Yoav Stern, Haaretz Correspondent
The largest synagogue in Beirut is in danger of being demolished as part of a city center renovation project.
Lebanese sources involved in preserving Jewish tradition in the
country published pictures last month of the desolate synagogue, Magen
Avraham, and surrounding buildings.
The photos, which were taken covertly because of the proximity to
government offices, show that buildings in the area are in the process
of being demolished. The roof of a building next to the synagogue has
been dismantled, which some fear is the first stage of that building's
destruction. At this point, the synagogue itself does not appear to
have been damaged.
However,
the Lebanese sources said that widespread demolition is taking place
even though the structures in the area had previously been declared
designated for preservation.
The renovation of central Beirut is being carried out by the
Lebanese construction company Solidere, in which the Hariri family own
shares.
Magen Avraham has been left desolate for about 20 years. The Jewish
community, which constitutes one of the 19 official religious
communities in Lebanon and at various points included tens of thousands
of people, pretty much disappeared from the country in the 1980s.
Sources have told Haaretz that there are still Jews living in
Lebanon, but only a few admit their religious identity, fearing they
would be harmed if their neighbors discovered they were Jewish.
The community's silence is a problem when it comes to Jewish
communal property. The head of the Jewish community apparently lives
abroad, and it is not clear who is in fact running communal affairs.
Solidere has said that it is working to preserve many buildings in
the heart of Beirut, including the three buildings surrounding the
synagogue. The company said it submitted an opinion to the high council
for urbanization saying that the buildings should be preserved, but the
council has allowed the landowners to demolish the buildings as long as
the original front is reconstructed.
It is not clear whether the synagogue belongs to the Jewish community or has been sold to private owners.
By Yoav Stern, Haaretz Correspondent
The largest synagogue in Beirut is in danger of being demolished as part of a city center renovation project.
Lebanese sources involved in preserving Jewish tradition in the
country published pictures last month of the desolate synagogue, Magen
Avraham, and surrounding buildings.
The photos, which were taken covertly because of the proximity to
government offices, show that buildings in the area are in the process
of being demolished. The roof of a building next to the synagogue has
been dismantled, which some fear is the first stage of that building's
destruction. At this point, the synagogue itself does not appear to
have been damaged.
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the Lebanese sources said that widespread demolition is taking place
even though the structures in the area had previously been declared
designated for preservation.
The renovation of central Beirut is being carried out by the
Lebanese construction company Solidere, in which the Hariri family own
shares.
Magen Avraham has been left desolate for about 20 years. The Jewish
community, which constitutes one of the 19 official religious
communities in Lebanon and at various points included tens of thousands
of people, pretty much disappeared from the country in the 1980s.
Sources have told Haaretz that there are still Jews living in
Lebanon, but only a few admit their religious identity, fearing they
would be harmed if their neighbors discovered they were Jewish.
The community's silence is a problem when it comes to Jewish
communal property. The head of the Jewish community apparently lives
abroad, and it is not clear who is in fact running communal affairs.
Solidere has said that it is working to preserve many buildings in
the heart of Beirut, including the three buildings surrounding the
synagogue. The company said it submitted an opinion to the high council
for urbanization saying that the buildings should be preserved, but the
council has allowed the landowners to demolish the buildings as long as
the original front is reconstructed.
It is not clear whether the synagogue belongs to the Jewish community or has been sold to private owners.
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