The Beiruter

Amid war and hardship, Diana Abadi transforms a tiny Dahiyeh storefront into a resilient sanctuary where abandoned cats and thriving plants find hope.

Lebanese women are claiming Beirut’s streets, driving and creating safe transport networks while challenging social norms.

With the first Beirut edition of the Lebanon International Short Film Festival, Tiro Arts Association brings regional filmmakers, restored heritage cinemas, and independent voices back to the heart of Hamra.

Beirut Art Film Festival returns, celebrating humanity, beauty, and resistance through art, dialogue, and creative solidarity.

Halabi Bookshop in Beirut preserves a family legacy and the city’s enduring love for books.

ACTC’s new app modernizes Lebanon’s public transport with real-time tracking, safety features, and digital tickets.

As Beirut reclaims its place as a regional hub for creativity, We Design Beirut transforms the city’s forgotten spaces into living exhibitions, where design, memory, and resilience intertwine.

With their miniature models of Lebanese heritage houses, siblings George and Jennifer Ghafary are rebuilding what time and neglect have taken away, exporting the spirit of Beirut, stone by stone, to the world.

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.