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CULTURE IN A TIME OF CRISIS

With a little help from their friends: Syrian rockers Tanjaret Daghet’s 13 years in Lebanon

With a summary deportation breaking up the band, the trio reflects on growth, collaboration and suffocation during their Beirut sojourn.

With a little help from their friends: Syrian rockers Tanjaret Daghet’s 13 years in Lebanon

Dany Shukri, right, Tarek Khuluki and Khaled Omran as they looked in their most recent photo session, March 2023. (Credit: Moussa Shabandar)

“Dany put it well last time we spoke. Living in Beirut as a Syrian, it’s like building sand castles.” Guitarist Tarek Khuluki slaps his palms together as if to brush off the sand. “Everything can just fall over, anytime.”“So you start another one,”...
“Dany put it well last time we spoke. Living in Beirut as a Syrian, it’s like building sand castles.” Guitarist Tarek Khuluki slaps his palms together as if to brush off the sand. “Everything can just fall over, anytime.”“So you start another one,”...