While her latest series of painted and embroidered canvases draws a steady stream of visitors to the Janine Rubeiz Gallery, Leila Jabre Jureidini prefers to savor the success of her baobab-themed exhibition in the quiet of her studio.Seated by a large bay window with a direct view of the Beirut port, the short-haired, blond artist confesses, “I’m not very sociable — or rather, I’m only sociable with people I love.” Her blue eyes, traced with turquoise pencil, hold a steady, clear gaze. The look of an observer — neither cold nor sweet, but analytical. It’s a gaze that could belong to a scientist, a career she nearly pursued before the deeper pull of art took over. That passion began in childhood, influenced by her mother, painter and sculptor Nada Raad. Read more ‘Crossroads’ at Station Beirut: Photo-concert committed to a world in...