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• Got money, and you know it: I've never been much of a rapper, and this is something I now deeply regret. At first glance rap may seem to be something of a grammatical blen...
• Garage band: One of the most active organizers in the music industry, Jyad el Murr busies himself with his Instruments Garage, two music stations (Nostalgie and NR...
• Behind the blush: The makeup artist behind all the pretty faces from your neighbor's wedding to Elie Saab's fashion shows, the beautiful Hala Ajam gives me a look behin...
• Call me Jack: Remember that part in The Shining, when Jack Nicholson breaks an axe through the bathroom door to better communicate with his screaming, cowering ...
• Baz's buzz: Nagi Baz's Buzz Productions has been bringing in the biggest names in music for years, but the man would give up all the recognition in the world to c...
• Plucking women: With peacocks, size may very well matter. Peahens – like our own females – are fantastically confused creatures, and as a result have driven th...
• This town ain't what it used to be: Painter and teacher Ghada Saghiyeh has a bone to pick with Beirut. Karl Baz looks behind the muted, angry art and into woman.
• Old hogs: Summertime, and the living is, well, strange. Beirut goes through a cotton shortage in the summer, and our poor, underprivileged women have to ...
• First class beef: The pleasure of first class flights, and first class cows. Yes, cows can fly too.
• All mixed up: One of the only women in the local DJ industry, Shadia Bseiso's and her mixes have caught on like a regional wildfire.
• Hit the brakes: Frem's F1 prototype, his first step towards a life-long dream, is set to open the doors for the Lebanese car-making industry and prove that we too can...
• Desert toes: In Cairo, there’s an overcrowded area called Khan el Khalil. There I was, wet, smelly and limping on what may have been a broken toe; just like me to ...
• Run for Lebanon: Founder of the Beirut Marathon, May el Khalil is an advocate of the simple life and of sporting spirit. We'd be lucky to have half her spirit.
• Function's form: Rabih Kayrouz lets Beirut speak through his designs. He believes that good clothes, like good homes, should be as comfortable to live in as they are b...
• Whither thou goest: They stared at each other for a long time, him through the mask and her through a wispy cloud of existential angst. She picked up her bloody Mary and ...