Weekly columnist Yeghia Tashjian outside St. Sarkis Church in Pyatigorsk, Russia, November 10, 2022 Between November 7-12, 2022, I was invited by the Primakov Center to participate in the “Russia – Middle East” International Expert Forum at the Southern Russian city of Pyatigorsk.
The role of women in armed guerrilla groups and conflicts has been a focal point of feminist scholarship, especially during the last two decades. However, the case of female combatants provides another example of limitations being placed on women’s agency in both conflict
As I was wandering his atelier, Simon begins to describe with precision and a gleaming passion, the details of the work of his fellow artists. He knows the story of each one vividly. Simon has immense admiration for the unique talent of each.
Mirella Salameh, aka ella is a unique artist whose work was acclaimed for its powerful, yet fragile intimacy, where the nurture concept is very present and palpable, as it gently takes us back to a foetus position, where humans nurture each other as
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
The artist Charbel Samuel Aoun opened his home and his woodland to the “New Eastern Politics” Arts and Culture contributor, Christiane Waked to talk about how nature transformed his art into poetry. As I entered his home, Charbel greeted me with a warm
In September, one of Beirut most visited gallery “392rmeil393″ displayed the work of Georges Yazbek, a Lebanese photographer and documentary producer based in New York and Beirut. Under the title ” Moments Within”, the exhibition showcased raw photos of landscapes of Alaska as
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 association Cultural Resistance started the Cultural Resistance International Film Festival of Lebanon out of a need to act. It is an instinct to survive, to resist through culture, literature, music and highlighting women’s impact in society. After the first edition in Tripoli in 2013, the
“Our nation is Art nation” that is our motto at “The New Eastern Politics” where boundaries have no limits with our Art and Culture contributor, Christiane Waked who spoke with the Iranian sculptor Mojtaba Ramzi about art, life and the meaning of the