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By Ayman on May 1, 2013
Baalbeck Festival poster for 2013 is up and plastered on different streets in Beirut. it doesn’t mention performers on it. check their website periodically: baalabeck.org.lb
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By Ayman on April 7, 2013
what are your plans for Sunday in Beirut ? Mar Mikhael is car free today. I’ll be live blogging pics for u to have an idea (as much as Lea and Jad will let me). update: wrapped it up for today. Parent Guiltometer has gone way down (for now). the car free day is something [...]
Posted in festival, outdoor, performance art, urban living |
By Ayman on April 5, 2013
if Grendizer loved to dance, this is what it would like apparently via Instagram http://instagram.com/p/XtmfXYRDY6/ (Beirut International Platform of Dance – BIPOD – poster of 2013)
Posted in festival, performance art, street vibe | Tagged instablog, instagram, mobile |
By Ayman on February 22, 2013
Have you participated in a Harlem Shake yet ? Lea and I participated in two this week. It was an excuse to act silly with Lea and spend some time with her. (she had a great time now, but not sure how she will look back at it when older Most likely the Harlem Shake [...]
Posted in fatherhood, performance art, street vibe | Tagged Dances, Harlem shake, Shake |
By Ayman on March 25, 2012
I don’t think my parents ever thought that at some point in their life they would be going with their son (and his wife) to a Fairouz concert. They had listened to Fairouz regularly long before they were even courting (we rarely think of our parents courting The four of us going to the concert [...]
Posted in fatherhood, music, performance art | Tagged american university of beirut, aub, beirut, fairouz, Fairuz, Lea, lebanon, parenting, parents, west hall, westhall |
By Ayman on February 2, 2011
i had my first yoga session tonight (the last time I did yoga was ages ago and i was probably 8). below are my misconceptions and lessons learned: my misconceptions: misconception 1: it is as straight-forward as visiting a spa. it is easy to do. doesn’t hurt a bit. isn’t actually classified as exercise. misconception [...]
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By Ayman on November 30, 2010
was great to see Mashrou3 Leila while visiting Doha. i was there moderating a panel on Going Viral: Guerilla Marketing in a Digital World and on opening night Mashrou3 Leila were there playing their sweet tunes. below is a video (shim el yasmeen) that i took and uploaded when i was there. enjoy…
Posted in festival, performance art | Tagged 2010, dfi, doha film institute, doha tribeca film festival, dtff, festival, mashrou3 leila, performance arts, shim el yasmeen |
By Ayman on November 23, 2010
the arab film industry has never been documented as thoroughly and as graphically as was done in the doha tribeca film festival 2010. Brigitte Lacombe is known for photographing celebrities and having her pictures becoming icons. she was commissioned to document picture-by-picture the landscape of the arab film industry including but not limited to: directors, actors,…(there [...]
Posted in performance art | Tagged 2010, Brigitte Lacombe, doha, doha film institute, doha tribeca film festival, dtff, Film, i am film, qatar |
By Ayman on October 29, 2009
keep your eyes on Maya Zankoul as she is an artist on the path to success. maya is a Lebanese artist who is doing almost everything right to put her work out there, create a name for herself, and make you laugh in the process. she started by putting her work online and it grew [...]
Posted in lebanon online, performance art, social media, street vibe |
By Ayman on October 9, 2009
despite having a small part of it open, beirutsouks is highly active in making sure that every active section is being used to its fullest. beirutsouks hosts the beirut jazz festival of 2009 in a lovely outdoor venue, with a backdrop of: the port of beirut, the city lights, and an (almost) full moon. the [...]
Posted in festival, outdoor, performance art, street vibe | Tagged beirut, beirutsouks, downtownbeirut, jazz, music, outdoor, streets |