Poetic License: Open Mic Edition at The Back Door

Poetic License is back with a new weekly series at The Back Door/

At this session, performers will be joined via video link up by artists/poets from several countries around the globe, some of whom have shared our stage at some point and others who have never set foot in Lebanon. The line-up of our local performers includes, as usual, both familiar and new faces.

Now check out the line-up, spread the word and make sure to be there:
On Stage:
– Alaa Rachidi (Storytelling/Poetry)
– Al Asli (Rap)
– Assem Bazzi and Jawad El Mawla (Poetry/Blues)
– Bashar Farhat (Spoken Word Poetry)
– Carmina Khairallah (Spoken Word Poetry)
– Elepheel (Instrumental Hip Hop/Electronic Music)
– El Rass (Rap/Spoken Word)
– Fathi Rahmeh (Rap)
– Elie Mouhanna (Performance Art)
– Farah Chamma (Spoken Word Poetry)
– Ghifar Hariri (Contemporary Dance)
– Iskander El Khatib (Spoken Word Poetry)
– Michelle Keserwany (Satire)
– Nader Tabri (Poetry/Satire)
– Nasser Dein El Touffar (Rap-Spoken Word)
– Omar AG (Blues/Folk)
– Raed Ghneim (Rap-Spoken Word)
– Sabri Natour (Spoken Word Poetry)
– Semaan Khawam (Spoken Word Poetry)
– Watar (Rap)

Video Projection:
– Abdullah Minyawi /Spoken Word-Rap (Egypt)
– Antonia Vai /Storytelling Soul/Folk/Pop (Hungry/Sweden)
– Al Samiri /Rap (Iraq)
– Bu Kolthoum /Rap (Jordan/Syria)
– Dellair Youssef /Poetry (Germany/Syria)
– Eye-N-I from PH3 /Rap (Sweden)
– Far3i /Rap-Spoken Word (Jordan/Palestine)
– Hanouneh / Conscious Vibes (Sweden/Palestine)
– Je Founde / Spoken Word Poetry (Canada/Zimbabwe)
– Jonathan B. Tucker & the DC Youth Slam Team /Spoken Word Poetry (USA)
– Kazz AlOmam /Rap (Jordan/Palestine)
– Margareta Hammar / Satire (Sweden)
– Sahar Al Khatib /West African Rhythms (Peru/Lebanon)
– The Amazin’ Sardine /Poetry (Canada/Lebanon)

DJ Set:
– El Rass
– Madnomad

Open Mic
You are welcome to share a poem or a song or whatever your heart wishes. Please remember that it needs to be kept short. If you have a performance that requires more than 4 or 5 minutes, or need anything other than a mic, you have to contact us in good time. If a mic is all you need, make sure to be there/sign up early.

Cost
March 14: 5,000 LL
March 21, 28, April 4: 10,000 LL with one beer