Oslo Kunstforening
Beirut, Beyrut, Beyrouth, Beyrout
Mounira Al Solh, Monira Al Qadiri, Ziad Antar, Ali Cherri, Ahmad Ghossein, Khalil Joreige, Lamia Joreige, Mazen Kerbaj, Stéphanie Saadé, Lucien Samaha, Helle Siljeholm, Suha Traboulsi, Raed Yassin, Akram Zaatari, Joana HadjithomasIn the exhibition «Beirut, Beyrut, Beyrouth, Beyrout», the North meets the Middle East. The exhibition highlights and queries a socio-politically complex society and its history, with sharpness, gravity, heartache and humour. The title points to the cultural diversity that Lebanon, and the Middle East as a whole, represent – marked by long traditions of being a multicultural and multilingual region. Photo: Akram Zaatari, «The Reconstruction of the Arab Highway», 2007