The National Library in Sanayeh, which today houses the culture minister's office. (Credit: Aly Baalbacki/L’Orient-Le Jour)
How can Lebanon still sustain a cultural life amid ongoing war, financial collapse, systemic corruption, and geopolitical instability, marked by the absence of governance and a public space conducive to creation? The question is less about the survival of culture than about its dissemination and social role. Does the state still have a function to fulfill in the cultural field, or does its de facto withdrawal require a complete rethinking of existing frameworks? Ministry efforts Saida archaeology museum section to open by year's end: Ghassan Salameh The economic crisis, which began in 2019, has been both destabilizing and transformative, profoundly affecting conditions of production and funding, without drying up creativity. The Lebanese cultural crisis is rooted less in a lack of production than in that of dissemination. Culture...
How can Lebanon still sustain a cultural life amid ongoing war, financial collapse, systemic corruption, and geopolitical instability, marked by the absence of governance and a public space conducive to creation? The question is less about the survival of culture than about its dissemination and social role. Does the state still have a function to fulfill in the cultural field, or does its de facto withdrawal require a complete rethinking of existing frameworks? Ministry efforts Saida archaeology museum section to open by year's end: Ghassan Salameh The economic crisis, which began in 2019, has been both destabilizing and transformative, profoundly affecting conditions of production and funding, without drying up creativity. The Lebanese cultural crisis is rooted less in a lack of production than in that of dissemination. Culture...
