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Lebanese Director Mounia Akl on Expressing Her Truth with ‘Costa Brava, Lebanon’

Lebanese Director Mounia Akl on Expressing Her Truth with ‘Costa Brava, Lebanon’

Lebanese director Mounia Akl talks with PopMatters about the act of resistance in making and participating in art and her feature debut, Costa Brava, Lebanon.

‘Beirut 2020’ Portends What Awaits America

‘Beirut 2020’ Portends What Awaits America

Majdalani’s Beirut 2020 warns that unwillingness to enforce rules and due process lies at the heart of the problems plaguing both Lebanon and America.

‘Spring Rain’ Is a Superb Graphic Memoir of the Vagaries of Mind and Memory

‘Spring Rain’ Is a Superb Graphic Memoir of the Vagaries of Mind and Memory

Andy Warner's style of narrative in Spring Rain is evocative of those visual puzzles that require the viewer to look beyond the image in front of them, letting their eyes relax into an indirect gaze, in order for the hidden picture to reveal itself.

Arab-American Songwriter Naima Shalhoub Sings of “Two (Rivers in the Desert)” (premiere)

Arab-American Songwriter Naima Shalhoub Sings of “Two (Rivers in the Desert)” (premiere)

Naima Shalhoub finds healing waters in her new video for the single "Two (Rivers in the Desert)".

Ziad Rahbani’s Disco Masterpiece, “Abu Ali”, Finally Gets a Vinyl Re-Issue

Ziad Rahbani’s Disco Masterpiece, “Abu Ali”, Finally Gets a Vinyl Re-Issue

Lebanese composer Ziad Rahbani's disco masterpiece "Abu Ali" is well deserving of its Record Store Day reissue.

Yasmine Hamdan: Ya Nass

Yasmine Hamdan: Ya Nass

Her narrators miss their lovers, they're sad about them, they're filled with longing.

Various Artists: The Rough Guide to Bellydance

‘Lebanon’ Succeeds Through Its Restrictions

Various: The Rough Guide to Arabic Café

Wild Mulberries by Iman Humaydan Younes

Lebanon: Planet Rubble