Joze Piranian

JOZE PIRANIANStory of an inspiring Lebanese speaker and stand-up comedian Born and raised in Lebanon, I look back at my days there fondly. However, when I think about my school years, I also recall how much I was afraid of being judged by others because of my stuttering – of someone looking at me weird […]

Dania Bdeir

DANIA BDEIRStory of a filmmaker inspired by Lebanon, its people and their stories My parents are Syrian but I grew up in Lebanon. As a child, I would spend hours in front of the TV, taking in the moving pictures and dreaming of being a part of them one day as an actress. On my […]

Saliah

Jackson Allers I’m an Armenian-American filmmaker, podcast producer, and writer. I’m also a DJ and music journalist. One of the podcasts I’m currently producing started in Beirut in 2021 with host and creator Angela Brussel, called “This Diaspora Life”. Its first season is about the Armenian diaspora, so Beirut was a natural starting point because […]

Jackson Allers

Jackson Allers I’m an Armenian-American filmmaker, podcast producer, and writer. I’m also a DJ and music journalist. One of the podcasts I’m currently producing started in Beirut in 2021 with host and creator Angela Brussel, called “This Diaspora Life”. Its first season is about the Armenian diaspora, so Beirut was a natural starting point because […]

Beatrice Moukhaiber

Beatrice Moukhaiber I’m a multidisciplinary artist who lives in Montreal, I’ve been away from Lebanon for ten years. I work in the cinema industry in production, films and series, and other things, and I also have a big passion for music. The themes I tackle whether in movies or music are usually very human-based, things […]

Aline Deschamps

Aline Deschamps   I’m a French Thai photographer, and I focus mainly on subjects linked to identity issues. They can range from issues like migration and exile to cultural heritage, and the nexus between two cultures, because this is something that has been a huge part of my search for my own identity. I grew […]

Aline & Beatrice

Aline & Beatrice Aline: “I contacted Bea to express my feelings about her writings, and then she told me it was a song, which was even better. And that’s how the story of our collaboration came to be. It was such a coincidence, but then again, I don’t believe in coincidences. This was meant to […]