Rasha Kahil (born 1980) is a visual artist living and working in London, originally from Beirut, Lebanon. She completed an MA in Communication Art & Design at the Royal College of Art, London, in 2009. Her projects take the form of photography, text, video and installation. She has exhibited solo and in group shows internationally, including in London, Istanbul, Zurich, Beirut and Paris (at the SLICK art fair). Rasha is Read More ...
This summer at Chocol’art I had the the best brownies I have ever tried which come from Cocoa & Co in Beirut. Hala Audi Beydoun, owner of Cocoa and Co. creates all her uniquely designed cakes, cookies and funky treats herself. Her hand-decorated, individually baked cakes with a taste of home remind her customers of their own childhood. Tell us how you started Hala It all started with my daughters’ birthdays in Read More ...
Finally a resource of news I enjoy that is opinionated and smart. I’ve been enjoying the reads on The Periscope Post- an online news site of short articles reviewing key editorial and commentary pieces that is finally interactive. I encourage you all to check it out and share your views. Founder and Publisher. Thomas D. Gommes is a former corporate lawyer and a graduate of the Masters’ program at The Columbia University Read More ...
Tonight I attended the React to Film screening for The Tsunami and the Cherry Blossom , a beautiful visual poem about the ephemeral nature of life. A tale of survivors in the areas hardest hit by Japan’s tsunami who find the courage to revive and rebuild their lives as cherry blossom season begins. The film is directed by fearless video journalist and Academy Award Nominated filmmaker Lucy Walker (Waste Land), featuring Read More ...
Mina Ro Mina‘s Erika Ponce creates inspired jewelry collections that are both ornate and modern.Erika began painting when she was three years old and studied sculpture in high school. She has a degree in Graphic Design and apprenticeships with masters have led Erika from Italy to New York, where she has worked under the creative direction of star jewelry designers. A big highlight was being selected for the “Crystal Loves Read More ...
Tell us about Mukhi Sisters We grew up in a family of jewelers, our father and his family (Mukhi A.Neechamal) have been in this industry since 1875 and our mother ( Effat Kreidie owner of Effy’s) is a fine jewelry designer so it was practically a given for us to end up in this field. When I graduated from university, I wanted to start my my own collection in order to Read More ...
I love the creative people behind the Openhouse Gallery team, and I am excited to introduce the very talented Graphic Designer Emma Holder. She is originally from Wisconsin, but moved to New York this summer to join Openhouse. She studied at Bradley University and this is her first “real” job as a graphic designer- we LOVE all the branding and promotion material she has designed so far and look forward to seeing Read More ...
What is Mashallah News? We are: a journalists’, bloggers’ and graphic designers’ collective. Mashallah is our platform of disOriented news. We were born: in 2010, at the end of a long and hot summer. We are based: in Beirut, the funky and decadent capital of Lebanon. We come from: all over the Mediterranean sea and beyond. We were born and bred OR chose to live in the region. We aim at: spreading a Read More ...
Racial Profiling Portrait by Carlos Alvarez Montero Originally from the Bay Area, Marina studied journalism at San Francisco State University. She was fortunate to pick up meaningful work as a journalist right out of college: as an investigative reporting intern at Mother Jones, business reporter/fact checker for Business 2.0, an online producer for Latino.com, and then as managing editor of Planet Magazine. After a masters in poetry, she came to NYC and Read More ...
I fell in love with Tomas Loewy’s Burning Man photography last year and had a hard time choosing my favorite images from his collection this year. Greatest inspirations or influences? America. the concept of America. Freedom to be whoever you want to be. the ideals of America (not the day to day realities, which would be very shackling and diminishing), but the thought of incorporating the ‘pursuit of happiness’ in Read More ...
