Keep your Tea Leaves

Photo Editor’s note: Assem Bazzi’s poem Keep Your Tea Leaves is a nuanced commentary on human history, celebrating modern advancements while questioning the persistence of outdated beliefs. Through vivid language, the poem invites readers to consider the forces shaping our world.   The accompanying photographs were curated to enrich the reader’s understanding, anchoring Bazzi’s words […]

Fann w Fenjen: Yal Solan

For this issue’s edition of Fann w Fenjen, we sat down with Lebanese artist Yal Solan, who has built a career that fuses both tradition and modernity in the best of ways.  Yal Solan, singer, songwriter, and poet, reflects on her early years as a quiet student who discovered her passion for music during her […]