“THE BEIRUT CALL. Harnessing Creativity for Change!”⁠ is a new anthology in collaboration with Dar al-Kalima University College of Arts and Culture, its program Nabad @nabad.art, and Elyssar Press @elyssarpress, a publishing press in Redlands, California-USA.

The Beirut Call is a book on resilience & resistance arts in Lebanon, featuring Lebanese artists, activists, NGOs, and creative enterprises’ testimonials, artworks, and initiatives for social, political, and environmental change.

The Beirut Call seeks to bring together those who know, those who do, and those who create to inspire new ways of thinking of and facing wars, crises, instability, and despair.|

Editors: Pamela Chrabieh and Roula Salibi.

Contributors: Mitri Raheb, Pamela Chrabieh, Roula Salibi, Joelle Sfeir, Nada Raphael, Roula-Maria Dib, Roula Azar Douglas, Loulou Malaeb, Wadih Al-Asmar, Rabih Rached, Carmen Yahchouchi, Anthony Semaan, Omar Sabbagh, Nadia Wardeh, Katia Aoun Hage, Linda Tamim, Faten Yaacoub, Reine Abbas, Frank Darwiche, Dorine Potel, Cliff Makhoul.

Publisher: Dar al Kalima University College of Arts and Culture.

Design, Printing & Distribution: Elyssar Press, Redlands-USA. 

Cover photo: Nada Raphael.

 

 

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