Joanna Shalala. (Credit: Person photographed)
"We do not want war. We want Sunday tabbouleh, morning eggs, coffee breaks, warm hugs, theater and culture, and homes where traditions live. We want peaceful days in Lebanon": A few weeks ago, Joanne Shalala posted this heartfelt message on her Instagram account. For several years now, she has been striving to show the beauty of Lebanon — not only to her loved ones scattered across the world but also to all those uprooted people who make up the Lebanese diaspora. Read more Zeid Hamdan: The return of an artist who never truly left Since then, she posted much less, but has resumed sharing, even though, for her, it seems difficult to show happy days while the noise of war seeps into every corner of the country and the minds of its people. So she tries to remember, also through the many photos and videos stored on her hard...
"We do not want war. We want Sunday tabbouleh, morning eggs, coffee breaks, warm hugs, theater and culture, and homes where traditions live. We want peaceful days in Lebanon": A few weeks ago, Joanne Shalala posted this heartfelt message on her Instagram account. For several years now, she has been striving to show the beauty of Lebanon — not only to her loved ones scattered across the world but also to all those uprooted people who make up the Lebanese diaspora. Read more Zeid Hamdan: The return of an artist who never truly left Since then, she posted much less, but has resumed sharing, even though, for her, it seems difficult to show happy days while the noise of war seeps into every corner of the country and the minds of its people. So she tries to remember, also through the many photos and videos stored on her hard...
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