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'Rise from the rubble': Lebanese artist turns blast debris into symbol of hope
Art & Culture 5 years ago

'Rise from the rubble': Lebanese artist turns blast debris into symbol of hope

She stands nearly three meters tall with her arm raised, the wind whipping the hair away from her scarred face, and a broken clock at her feet with the hands showing 6.08, the time that a blast ripped through Beirut port on the evening of Aug. 4.
Channeling 'anger into art', artists in Beirut process blast
Art & Culture 5 years ago

Channeling 'anger into art', artists in Beirut process blast

With the debris cleared, the halls of a heritage building are now open to visitors to view more than 100 works of art by mostly Lebanese and Arab artists, reflecting on the explosion itself and also the turmoil and wars of past decade.
Lebanese artists in overdrive to restore Beirut's beauty
Art & Culture 5 years ago

Lebanese artists in overdrive to restore Beirut's beauty

Lebanese stained glass artist Maya Husseini had hoped to retire after decades spent designing colorful windows, but she has been flooded with work since the blast that ripped through Beirut.
Lebanon hosts concert for Beirut blast victims at ravaged palace
Entertainment 5 years ago

Lebanon hosts concert for Beirut blast victims at ravaged palace

Lebanon on Sunday held a concert for the victims of last month's deadly Beirut blast in the grounds of a 19th-century palace wrecked by the massive explosion.
Beirut-born singer Mika to livestream concert for blast victims
Entertainment 5 years ago

Beirut-born singer Mika to livestream concert for blast victims

Beirut-born pop star Mika will livestream a concert this weekend to raise funds for victims of the Aug. 4 port blast in the Lebanese capital, with Salma Hayek and Kylie Minogue among those joining in.
From window to jug: Lebanese recycle glass from Beirut blast
Art & Culture 5 years ago

From window to jug: Lebanese recycle glass from Beirut blast

Standing in a pile of broken glass in northern Lebanon, a man heaved shovel-loads of shards -- retrieved from Beirut after the massive explosion at its port -- into a red-hot furnace.
Lebanon loses defender of heritage architecture Lady Cochrane
Art & Culture 5 years ago

Lebanon loses defender of heritage architecture Lady Cochrane

A veteran advocate of the arts and Lebanon's cultural heritage, Yvonne Sursock Cochrane died Monday aged 98, four weeks after the devastating Beirut blast in which she was injured.
UNESCO in massive fundraising drive for blast-hit Beirut
Art & Culture 5 years ago

UNESCO in massive fundraising drive for blast-hit Beirut

The UN's culture and education body will organize two conferences to seek "considerable" funding for blast-hit Beirut, its director said Thursday in the Lebanese capital.
Lebanon orders two-week shutdown after COVID-19 surge
World 5 years ago

Lebanon orders two-week shutdown after COVID-19 surge

Lebanon's interior ministry ordered businesses across the country to shut down for two weeks and enforced an overnight curfew from Friday after a rise in coronavirus infections.
Post-blast Lebanon says hospitals nearly at COVID-19 capacity
World 5 years ago

Post-blast Lebanon says hospitals nearly at COVID-19 capacity

Lebanon's health minister warned Monday that hospitals are reaching maximum capacity to treat novel coronavirus patients after the deadly Beirut blast overwhelmed clinics and triggered a spike in COVID-19 cases.
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