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Rachid Taha, Innovative Rai Musician with a Message of Justice for Immigrants, Dies Unexpectedly
Rachid Taha, who passed away unexpectedly, proved quite unique among Rai artists, despite Cheb Khalid receiving the title of “The King of Rai Music.” Perhaps no [...]
Rest in Peace Mai Skaf: Death of Exiled Artist Mirrors Syria’s Dying Revolution
by Elie Chalala. As an editor of an arts and cultural magazine, I could not help but closely follow the views and activities of two Syrian activist artists, actress Mai Skaf [...]
The Western Connection: How the Romanticism of Gibran & Rihani Hooked Up With Naimy’s Critical Realism to Engender a New Arab Literature
by Michael Najjar. Aida Imangulieva’s book “Gibran, Rihani & Naimy: East-West Interactions in Early Twentieth-Century Arab Literature” is a translation of [...]
The Syrian War Has Taken Us Prematurely to Hell!
by Father George Massouh The crimes committed in Syria have surpassed what the human mind can imagine in terms of horrors and atrocities. Undoubtedly, in our cruel [...]
Lebanese Christian Cleric Debunks Myth of Rejectionist Moral Outrage over Jerusalem
If you follow news from Arabic sources, both the traditional and new media, while simultaneously relying on news from Western sources, you will feel as if you were [...]
Le ciel de leyenda: storie classiche francesi
Au coin d’une avenue privée située entre Pigalle et Saint-Georges, se cache une maison à la légende inquiétante. Tout le quartier entretient sa prétendue [...]
The Arab-Christian Predicament Before and After the Rise of the Islamic State
by Elie Chalala. Many Mideast scholars and political groups have grown increasingly concerned with the dwindling numbers and persecutions of Mideast Christians. One Lebanese [...]
On the Lebanese Famine: an Essay
by Angele Ellis. Despite his almost uniformly dry and scholarly tone, Louis Farshee’s painstaking reconstruction of the famine that may have claimed as many as 375,000 [...]