Seminars & Lectures

‘Culture amid War’ at The Beirut Spring Festival 2015

Friday, May 8, 2015
6:30pm -> 8:00pm
The Beirut Spring Festival 2015

Dawawine

Since the eruption of the conflict in Syria, many Syrians have chosen arts as a channel to express their feelings, after forty years of oppression and four years of war. The works of Syrian artists are a reflection of history, of suffering, of doubts but they also carry a glimpse of hope and an opportunity to live, for a moment, in a different, more peaceful environment. The panel will highlight remarkable Syrian artistic experiences and discuss the importance of arts and culture at times of war.

Speakers: Ali Al-Atassi (Bidayat, Syria); Ziad Majed (American University of Paris, Lebanon); Raghad Mardini (Art Residence Aley, Syria)
Moderator: Hanan Kassab Hassan (University St-Joseph, Syria)

The Beirut Spring Festival, created and launched in 2009 by the Samir Kassir Foundation, is inspired by the title of one of the last articles written by Samir Kassir, shortly before his assassination in 2005.

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