The Beiruter

From hiding bottles under a staircase to breaking six Guinness World Records, Lebanese eco-artist Caroline Chaptini has turned discarded plastic into monuments of hope, unity, and strength.

From the coast to the mountains, Lebanon’s last Tarboush maker, Sherwel tailor, pottery artisans, and Labadeh hat maker are quietly working their final years. Their craft carries centuries of memory, yet support is scarce, and younger generations rarely follow in their footsteps.

At cafés across Lebanon, strangers are meeting not for coffee alone, but to swap words, accents, and worlds. From French to Spanish to German, language exchanges are stitching friendships, opportunities, and futures together, one conversation at a time.

From south to north Lebanon, one abandoned cinema at a time, Kassem Istanbouli has been reviving Lebanon’s cultural memory. His latest triumph, the reopening of Hamra’s Colisée on September 13, 2025, brings Beirut back into the circle of a dream that began with a brush, a stage, and a belief: art is for everyone.