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Social-economic issues are behind Occupy Wall Street, French, Greek and Spanish riots, the Arab protests wave and many other protests in the last few years around the globe. In the wake of what is...
في الخامس والعشرين من كانون الثاني العام 2011 ، تغيّرت قصة مصر. لكن الصحف الصادرة في الخامس والعشرين المذكور، كانت تروي قصة الأمس. فكيف كانت حياة مصر تجري في ذاك الأمس، عندما كانت القصة...
The variety of musical imaginaries in Palestinian camps of Lebanon echoes the distinctive ways in which Palestinian worlds are connected to international cultural flows. Isolated and stigmatized by part of the local population, discriminated...
“Dégage” – Out – « ارحل » was one of the most widespread slogans by the youth of the Arab Spring (2011-2012) revolting against their Tunisian, Egyptian, Libyan or Syrian tyrannies. This clause-equivalent or...
The lyrics of songs composed during or immediately after the Egyptian Revolution in the spring of 2011 are a topic that is worth to be shed a light on. About 25 songs covering different...
Media during the Qaddafi era was a family means of controlling and directing the masses. There were four TV stations and a similar number of newspapers which were owned and controlled by the “great”...
Graffiti is an art of rejection that reaches its audience through the street. It is an expression of social and political conditions, addressing issues concerning society. There have been some attempts to express the...
People’s Palace – Animated Cartoons from revolutionary Syria from Orient Institut Beirut on Vimeo. Charlotte JahnzMore Posts
The Inverted Worlds – Congress on Cultural Motion in the Arab Region was held in October 2012 by the Orient Institut Beirut and focussed on exploring arenas and manifestations of cultural change effective in the...
At the Max Weber Conference, which was held by the Max Weber Foundation, Stefan Leder, the director of the Orient-Institut Beirut, lectured on Max Weber and the Arab World. The conference focussed on the...
OIB Congress Trailer from maxweberstiftung on Vimeo. The Inverted Worlds – Congress on Cultural Motion in the Arab Region was held in October 2012 by the Orient-Institut Beirut and focussed on exploring arenas and manifestations...
