CULTURE & HERITAGE
Getting to the root of it.
Credits: Light shining on rock formations during Resonate by The Ballroom Blitz, The first 2 day solo outdoor festival. Feytroun, Lebanon, 2022. Photo Courtesy of …
“It’s only in the loudest moments that we hear the silenced screams of our soul.” Perhaps the best way to silence an intense psychological pain …
“Since August 4th, 2020, 6:07 pm, no survivor of the Beirut blastperceives life the same way they did before. I find it therapeutic to create …
Foreword from the Al Rawiya Culture and Heritage Team: “Our culture and heritage are so important because amid our division, they have the power to …
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