Beirut’s Khandaq al Ghamiq bears witness to an architectural heritage relatively spared by the bulldozers of reconstruction, but is decaying due to neglect.

Lebanon’s Kurdish community – many of whom are refugees from the Syrian parts of Kurdistan – celebrate Newroz at Dalieh, a rare piece of public space near the sea in Beirut.

“I haven’t been taught by anyone, I did it by myself. I started first by doing tattoos on my own body.” George Mikalides is a self-taught tattoo artist.

Salim Salamah about befriending exile, which he started to do on a snowy car journey far from his native, beloved, Damascus.

Rencontre avec Béchara Hanna Assi, un ancien cheminot, il est la mémoire vivante des chemins de fer du Liban qui reliaient Haïfa, Damas et Alep à Beyrouth.

The Beirut exhibit “Nine Shades of Black” featured sculptures, photos and paintings by nine exhibiting artists from Syria, Lebanon, the US and Switzerland.

Le photographe français Florent Meng s’est interrogé sur la laïcité à travers l’idée du mariage civil au Liban, où seul le mariage religieux est reconnu.

Can we imagine an Egyptian revolt without Tahrir Square? Or Bahraini resistance without the camps in Pearl Square? Beirut has Martyrs’ square.