25/09/2020

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Beirut • September 2020



Our first editorial announces our debut issue devoted to Beirut.




  Wajdi Mouawad

It’s Time for a Public Forum on Lebanon

Overcome by the staggering violence of the explosion that ravaged Beirut in August, Paris-based playwright and director Wajdi Mouawad suggests that a world public forum must condemn Lebanon’s ruling class.

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  Melissa Chemam

Wajdi Mouawad, Just the Playwright for Our Dystopian World

Wajdi Mouawad has shaken Western theatre out of its rigid rules, bringing a dream-infused approach, odes to childhood’s energy and a sense of adventure, rooted in his Lebanese culture and fascination for great Greek tragedies.

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  Jenine Abboushi

Beirut In Pieces

In this wide-ranging essay, the writer revisits life before and after the civil war, participates in Lebanon’s revolution, imagines the country’s monetary implosion, and contemplates the Port of Beirut explosion—all while weighing the social terms of Lebanon's political renewal.

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