Dancer and choreographer Ali Chahrour. Courtesy of the artist.
Between mental exhaustion, a survival instinct and an irrepressible need to create, Lebanon’s cultural scene once again finds itself under pressure.With each Israeli war, artists summon all their strength to avoid collapse. After every episode of violence, painters, sculptors, photographers, actors, writers, directors, designers and dancers have renewed their creative drive to challenge fate and show the world another face of Lebanon.But after an uninterrupted succession of clashes, crises and political, economic and security upheavals, the notion of “resilience,” a word many Lebanese now reject, is fading. Fatigue is setting in. Among artists, as among the wider population, the question sometimes arises: what is the point of continuing? Reflections On being in times of war and some resources Some answers emerge from several...
Between mental exhaustion, a survival instinct and an irrepressible need to create, Lebanon’s cultural scene once again finds itself under pressure.With each Israeli war, artists summon all their strength to avoid collapse. After every episode of violence, painters, sculptors, photographers, actors, writers, directors, designers and dancers have renewed their creative drive to challenge fate and show the world another face of Lebanon.But after an uninterrupted succession of clashes, crises and political, economic and security upheavals, the notion of “resilience,” a word many Lebanese now reject, is fading. Fatigue is setting in. Among artists, as among the wider population, the question sometimes arises: what is the point of continuing? Reflections On being in times of war and some resources Some answers emerge from several...
