Created by visual artist Kawthar Ballouk, the animated visuals bring the rocks of Raouche to the heart of the narrative in the show "Libanaise de mère en fille." (Photo provided by Joanna Khalaf)
"At our place, it smelled like Lebanon. It was Lebanon in a Haussmannian cube." The opening words of Joanna Khalaf’s solo performance in "Lebanese from Mother to Daughter" set the unusual scene of what she calls an "unprecedented cocktail: zaatar and salted butter." She will present it from June 12 to 16 at the Funambule Theater in Montmartre.Her character, Chloé, was born in France to a French father and a Lebanese mother. "I have everything of a Lebanese woman except the passport. To maintain political balance, equality is sacrificed," she explains to the audience, while clarifying the subtext directed at her mother. "Sorry madam, you’re Lebanese... but at the same time, nobody forced you to marry a man who isn’t one of us." Read more What if our grandmothers’ embroideries came from...
"At our place, it smelled like Lebanon. It was Lebanon in a Haussmannian cube." The opening words of Joanna Khalaf’s solo performance in "Lebanese from Mother to Daughter" set the unusual scene of what she calls an "unprecedented cocktail: zaatar and salted butter." She will present it from June 12 to 16 at the Funambule Theater in Montmartre.Her character, Chloé, was born in France to a French father and a Lebanese mother. "I have everything of a Lebanese woman except the passport. To maintain political balance, equality is sacrificed," she explains to the audience, while clarifying the subtext directed at her mother. "Sorry madam, you’re Lebanese... but at the same time, nobody forced you to marry a man who isn’t one of us." Read more What if our grandmothers’ embroideries...
