Personalities

Beirut holds a long list of gifted and talented individuals, highly skilled and culturally rich, from actors, to musicians, politicians, writers, painters, and businessmen, among others. Browse through Beirut.com's growing directory of these local figures and learn all about the people that make Beirut what it is.

 
 
  • Abdul Rahman Katanani

    Abdul Rahman Katanani

    Artist

    Beirut-born Palestinian artist Abdul Rahman Katanani’s work intensely depicts the tragedy of his fellow Palestinian refugees, yet never delivers evidently sad or depressing messages. Katanani uses...
  • Addict

    Addict

    Artist

    Beirut's music scene has been swarming with fresh talents and emerging bands. Among the most promising of them on the classic rock and blues scene are Addict. The local band, comprised of 3 members,...
  • Adonis

    Adonis

    Performer

    Adonis is a musical project that came to life on the rooftop of an anonymous building in an anonymous Northern suburb, as a response to the glutinous swamp of silicone and mediocrity that is flooding ...
  • Aline Khalaf

    Aline Khalaf

    Performer

    Aline Khalaf, born in 1974, first rose to fame when she took part in the program for amateur singers, "Layali Lebnan", and won the Global Medal. This prize gave her a steady push into the world of...
  • Amal Hijazi

    Amal Hijazi

    Performer

    Amal Hijazi is a Lebanese singer, model and pop icon. She is currently one of the most active Lebanese singers and has given a number of concerts throughout the world and has made countless TV...
  • Anita Toutikian

    Anita Toutikian

    Artist

    Anita Toutikian was born in 1961 in Beirut, Lebanon. She began her education at the Academie Michel-Ange des Beaux Arts to study Art and Design in 1987. She then attented Haigazian University to...
  • Arthur Satyan

    Arthur Satyan

    Artist

    Arthur Satyan is one of the most important and influential jazz musicians in the region. Coming into the scene in 1996 to open at the Casino du Liban with Three Wheel Drive band, he sets the beginning...
  • ASHEKMAN

    ASHEKMAN

    Artist

    Started in the year 2001 in Beirut (Lebanon), a city that witnessed over the past 2 decades: war, destruction, corruption, terrorist attacks, bombing, assassinations, social injustice & other kind of ...
  • Ayman Baalbaki

    Ayman Baalbaki

    Artist

    Ayman Baalbaki was born in 1975 in Odeissé, Lebanon. He studied Fine Arts in Beirut and at the École Nationale Supérieure des Arts Decoratifs in Paris. He has exhibited extensively in Beirut...
  • Bassem Feghali

    Bassem Feghali

    Performer

    Bassem Feghali is a Lebanese comedian and drag queen. Bassem graduated from "Studio el Fan" in 1996 winning a gold medal. He performed at many shows, festivals and television programs. Many of...
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