The Three Stooges – Escapism, Hedonism, and the Lebanese Nightlife

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 Stephani Moukhaiber.   Feytroun, Lebanon, Summer 2022. Somewhere in between the region’s most amazing rock formations with mere hours separating us from sunrise, an arm extended itself over the crowd […]

Escapism in Lebanon: Placing a Band-aid on a Bullet Wound

“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 is to surround ourselves with a much louder noise, an external noise. A noise so loud and capable of silencing the bitter reality of what it means to be Lebanese […]