Spring will come, but it's the grieving process that will dictate when. An interview by Naima Morelli given after the August 4th explosion in Lebanon.
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BEIRUT — Zena El Khalil's art exhibit has tapped into wounds that are more than 40 years old in war-scarred Lebanon. By The Associated Press.
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The museum, which sat empty for over a year, is holding its first 40-day exhibition, which the lead architect told The Art Newspaper is a milestone in and of itself. The exhibiting artist, Zena El Khalil, highlights “the missing” of Lebanon’s civil war – inaugurating the bullet-ridden four-storey Art Deco building, which was used as a sniper post during the 1975-1990 war.
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It doesn’t take much to threaten the delicate sectarian balance in a place where the scars of war loom large. By Rodney Jefferson and Donna Abu-Nasr
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The city’s cultural fabric has long drawn on a healthy artistic community living and working in, and invariably reflecting on, Beirut. By Arsalan Mohammad.
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Lebanese artist Zena el Khalil has transformed a historic Beirut building once commandeered for violence into a sanctuary for art, bearing witness, healing and forgiveness. By Karen Frances Eng.
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A multidisciplinary artistic project focused on Beirut’s most iconic war-torn building, Beit Beirut, reflects on the will to transform the memory of violence into a catalyst for peace.
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Healing Beit Beirut through Spiritual Art by Maghie Ghali
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What if her art could help bring recon- ciliation and peace to her violence- plagued country? By Samar Kadi
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Nombre de créateurs exposés sont installés au Liban, pays connu pour son ouverture, notamment politique. Par Roxana Azimi.
Quatorze ans plus tard, le bâtiment est désespérément vide. Mais, depuis le 17 septembre, une belle âme est venue se frotter au (mauvais) génie du lieu. Après un an de négociation avec les autorités municipales, l’artiste Zeina El Khalil a commencé à y mener des rituels de cicatrisation.
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Zena El Khalil on how her exhibition at Lebanon’s first museum will lead to forgiveness, compassion and love by India Stoughton.
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C'est dans la maison jaune de Sodeco que Zena el-Khalil, artiste pluridisciplinaire, présente « Sacred Catastrophe : healing Lebanon »*, un parcours destiné à ébranler l'amnésie collective, catalyser la mémoire et inviter au pardon. Par Danny Mallat
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Interview by Zéna Zalzal on upcoming exhibition Sacred Catastrophe : Healing Lebanon.
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This post, which explores the social media landscape in the Middle East, is part of a series related to the upcoming 2015 Milton Wolf Seminar on Media and Diplomacy: Triumphs and Tragedies: Media and Global Events in 2014, which took place in Vienna, Austria from April 19-21, 2015. The 2015 seminar was jointly organized by the Center for Global Communication Studies at the University of Pennsylvania’s Annenberg School for Communication, the American Austrian Foundation, and the Diplomatic Academy of Vienna.
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The house is a witness: A TED Fellow makes art from the rubble of her homes lost to war
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Lebanese interdisciplinary artist building bridges through glitter, faith and compassion. A blogger and publisher, she is also the author of Beirut, I Love You: A Memoir.
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BEIRUT — Take one of Beirut’s battered 1970s Mercedes taxis through the city center and you’ll chance across plenty of gold-plated names these days.
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Zena el Khalil was born in London of Lebanese parents and grew up in Nigeria. At 18 she decided to move to Beirut and in her first novel she recounts what life was like for her as a 20-something artist, environmental activist and blogger under the constant threat of war. During the July 2006 attacks on Lebanon she began writing a blog describing the daily Israeli bombardments, which received international acclaim. She joins Jane to discuss her continuing love of the city of Beirut.
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She turns the black-and-white photo of a militiaman into a glittery iconic figure combining a pinkish haze of artificial flowers, pearl necklaces and rubber dolls...
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As Israeli bombs rain down on Beirut, the people of the city are once again living with the horror of war. In an intimate diary, 30-year-old Lebanese artist Zena el-Khalil describes helping foreigners escape, the nightly rocket attacks - and how she couldn't leave her sick friend behind
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Today I drove through downtown on my way to visit my parents. I was driving alone and was a bit nervous. First time in a car alone since this whole thing started … But I had to see my parents. I came across a red light and stopped. The streets were empty, and I caught myself wondering why I stopped and didn’t just go through. Streets were totally empty - no other cars, no traffic police...
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“We never had real reconciliation after the war,” says Zena El Khalil. Her art, made in buildings hollowed out by fighting, attempts to heal. By Katharine Schwab
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