People & Stories Worth Knowing
The K ·
Books to remind us of the Beirut and Lebanon that runs in all our veins... On days where it is the place of pundits and rhetoric. Let these novels take you on a journey through the best and worst parts of this magnificent city & country.
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The K ·
Courtesy of the wonderful Beirut Jam Sessions
In one ultimate mash-up We Were Evergreen & Ramly were sitting by the sea at Lazy B when they decided to mash-up one of Ramly's songs 'The Cold' with We Were Evergreen's rendition of Jungle Book's most famous song 'Be Like You'.
More from We Were Evergreen: wewereevergreen.com
More from Elie Ramly: Soundcloud - YouTube - Facebook
The K ·
It's not easy to make a film with talking heads captivating which is why this film is even more impressive than you can imagine. Touching, funny and heartbreaking you are taken on a journey of love and nostalgia and personal reflections.
Be ready to weep at some lovely moments. Happy viewing:
Someone Beiruti- حدن بيروتي from Jude Chehab on Vimeo.
Follow the director on twitter @JudeSChehab
The K ·
“Maps are traces left behind by the operation of power, and they reflect the production of spatial relations and exclusions. The way in which Beirut has been understood as a symbol first for the promise, then the failure, of a secular, liberal multi-ethnic city in the Arab Middle East is revealing both of the geography of Eurocentric historical imaginaries and of the strengths, incoherence, and frailties of modern forms of power”
The K ·
We have been big fans of Beirut Jam Sessions for a while now. They pick beautiful music and showcase it in interesting locations and really, what more could you want?
Tonight's "Evening Listening" segment is from their session with The Wanton Bishops, a Lebanese band that leans towards rock spiced blues.
Here is the video of them playing "Bad Rhyme" in an abandoned space in Sioufi, Achrafieh Beirut.
Trivia: The Sioufi Quarter got its name because of the Sioufi furniture factories built there in 1910.