Fostering the cult of homosexuality and its ambiguity, Montmartre always fascinated me with its theatres and cabaret, its surroundings, the streets of Pigalle and the showcases of all the sex shops. Coming from a conservative background, this sense of freedom and danger was
Alireza Shojaian invited our Arts and Culture contributor, Christiane Waked to his studio to discuss what it is like to be an Iranian painter in Beirut. C.W: Through your paintings, we feel like you belong to another space, dimension or even century. Do
The one-legged man artist Semaan Khawam invited our Arts and Culture contributor, Christiane Waked to his studio to talk about what freedom sounds like to a “birdman”. As I enter his messy studio, the shabby artist welcomes me, cigarette in his mouth, glass
The Lebanese-French Prince of words, images, and sounds, Nasri Sayegh talks to “The New Eastern Politics” Art and Culture contributor, Christiane Waked about how killing boredom can become a rebellious act of creative art. C.W: Nasri you are one of the most
The New Eastern politics Art and Culture Contributor, Christiane Waked spoke to Serge Helou, a brilliant Lebanese composer who lives in Pennsylvania and uses his music as a therapeutic tool to communicate with immigrants with post-traumatic stress disorder confirming what Friedrich Nietzsche said: