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Koolaids
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Rabih Alameddine |
Detailing the impact of the AIDS epidemic and the Lebanese civil war in Beirut on a circle of friends and family during the eighties and nineties, Koolaids mines the chaos of contemporary experience,… |
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The penguin's song
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Ḥasan Dāwūd |
A family in exile from their home in old Beirut contends with claustrophobic conditions, recriminations, and unrealizable dreams of return. |
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Lifted by the great nothing
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Karim Dimechkie |
"At the center of this offbeat, big-hearted, and often dark world are a [Lebanese-American] son and his father trying to live normal lives by desperately keeping buried anything that identifies them … |
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De Niro's game
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Rawi Hage |
In the Christian part of Beirut, torn by civil war, two befriended young men make a different choice about whether to flee or join the fight. |
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