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• The heart of the stage: Nidal al Achkar is playing a leading role in the Beiruti theatrical movement. Manager and founder of the Al Madina theater, she offers a center for cu...
• Start something: Zicco House is much more than just the poetry readings and concerts at the Samra Bar: it's a launching pad for the country's most prominent movement, ...
• Lock 'em up: Somewhere in the 19th century, a New Zealander drove the final nail into the patriarchal hierarchy coffin and gave women the right to vote. This was w...
• Splash some color: Cartoons are rarely serious and that's exactly what Mazen Kerbaj counts on. While the officials ignore his work, Kerbaj is busy making a splash.
• How do you like your Eggs?: Lebanese punk band Scrambled Eggs talk about music and the industry, over whiskey and local beer at the iconic Torino, on Beirut's Gemmayzeh Street.
• Stairing contest: Have you ever soaked up the bohemian vibe around Gemmayzeh Stairs? Thank Joseph Raidy, the man behind its renaissance.
• The sum of all teddy bears: Wee Willie Winkie was an evil (evil!) character that entered my life via a series of Scottish bedtime nursery rhymes my mother read to me throughout m...
• 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...
• Spin out: Local favorite and internationally acclaimed Clint Maximus gives me a peak into the life of a DJ.
• Love me online: I get the need for social networking; we live in a world larger than our egos and understandably want to shrink it into pocket-sized packets.
• Don't call me baby: Zena el Khalil doesn’t create; she reacts to Beirut. Take the mind of a war child, and picture the angst she mistook for happiness while growing up, m...
• Brushing aside: Tony el Mendelek is a hairdresser, one of the best hairdressers in the country. But ask him if his work can change society and he'll laugh in your fac...
• Against all odds: Who would have thought that a Lebanese would bring back an Olympic medal? Well, Edward Maalouf knew it all along; he only wishes his home government a...
• 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...
• Master of puppets: Charbel Khalil made his name by finding Bin Laden, straightening out politicians and generally dismissing the country's leaders; something he still do...