Beirut was a non-profit art institution that was founded in Giza, Egypt in 2012. It was registered as Goldin + Senneby LLC in Cairo, Egypt. The art space closed in 2015. Overview Beirut was an art initiative and exhibition space founded by Sarah Rifky and Jens Maier Rothe as a space that considers institution building as a curatorial act. The institution’s activities were centered around hosting artists, artworks, research projects and other institutions engaging with similar questions of politics, economy, education, ecology and the arts. The art space was established in a late 1940s three-story villa surrounded by a little garden in the neighborhood of Agouza, Giza. Beirut was initiated in the aftermath of the Egyptian uprising, examining the space of art during this insurgent time. It closed in 2015 following tightening security and decreased support. The Imaginary School Program tISP was an eight-month cross-disciplinary practice and theory based program initiated by Beirut in 2014. The program directed by Antonia Alampi, comprised a series of workshops, lectures, field trips and reading groups focused on the notion of instituting and organizing. Participants looked at collectives, non-movements, informal groups and non-governmental civic and cultural organizations in Cairo. tISP was designed in response too surge of new initiatives, collectives and institutions founded in Cairo following the 2011 uprising, taking a critical and investigative look at alternative civic infrastructures. Exhibitions 2014, Adelita Husni-Bey, "White Paper: The Land" 2014, Kadist Art Foundation, "A Guest Without A Host is a Ghost: The Exhibition" 2014, Danh Vo, "Photographs of Dr. Joseph M. Carrier 1962-1973" 2014, Lawrence Abu Hamdan, "Tape Echo" 2014, Malak Helmy, "Lost Referents of Some Attraction" 2013, "Unexpected Encounters" with Malak Helmy, Hassan Khan, Jasmina Metwaly and Mada Masr 2013, "Writing with the other hand is imaging" 2013, "You Only Fall Twice" with CCA Derry-Londonderry 2013 "The Falling of the Books…" with FormContent 2013 "The Magic of the State" with Lisson Gallery 2013 Azin Faizabadi, "A Collective Memory" 2013 Joe Namy, "(a(version)s)" 2012 "What Does a Drawing Want?" 2012 "Global Slum" by Maryam Jafri

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“Hizbollah (sic) is not and has never been a terrorist organisation. It is the legitimate national resistance movement of Lebanon. [...] I glorify the Hizbollah national resistance movement, and I glorify the leader of Hizbollah, Sheikh Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah.”
— George Galloway, (29 July 2006). "Hizbollah is right to fight Zionist terror". Socialist Worker.
“Lebanon is our country, and in it we are staying [as a minority of Christians].”
— Samir Geagea, March 1989, addressing crowds in ain el remeneh.
“You have your Lebanon and its dilemma. I have my Lebanon and its beauty. Your Lebanon is an arena for men from the West and men from the East. My Lebanon is a flock of birds fluttering in the early morning as shepherds lead their sheep into the meadow and rising in the evening as farmers return from their fields and vineyards. You have your Lebanon and its people. I have my Lebanon and its people.”
— Khalil Gibran, "You Have Your Lebanon and I Have My Lebanon", Mirrors of the Soul, trans. Joseph Sheban, p. 30–31 (1965).
“Hezbollah enjoys utmost prestige in Lebanon, because it freed our country. All over the Arab world you hear: Hezbollah maintains Arab honor, and even though it (Hezbollah) is very small, it stands up to Israel. And of course Nasrallah has my respect.”
— Emile Lahoud, Spiegel Interview with Lebanese President Emile Lahoud: 'Hezbollah Freed Our Country'. Der Spiegel. 25 July 2006.
“You must realize that many Lebanese are not at ease either with Syrian policy in Lebanon or with the presence of Syrian troops in our country.”
— Gebran Tueni open letter to Syrian leader Bashar Assad, published March 23, 2000,
“leave now, while commercial flights remain available”
— The U.S. Embassy addressing Americans in Lebanon according to [Israel targets underground tunnels in night bombings as blackout causes chaos in Gaza] (Posted: Oct 28, 2023 2:36 AM PDT | Last Updated: 1 minute ago)

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Overview

Beirut was a non-profit art institution that was founded in Giza, Egypt in 2012. It was registered as Goldin + Senneby LLC in Cairo, Egypt. The art space closed in 2015. Overview Beirut was an art initiative and exhibition space founded by Sarah Rifky and Jens Maier Rothe as a space that considers institution building as a curatorial act. The institution’s activities were centered around hosting artists, artworks, research projects and other institutions engaging with similar questions of politics, economy, education, ecology and the arts. The art space was established in a late 1940s three-story villa surrounded by a little garden in the neighborhood of Agouza, Giza. Beirut was initiated in the aftermath of the Egyptian uprising, examining the space of art during this insurgent time. It closed in 2015 following tightening security and decreased support. The Imaginary School Program tISP was an eight-month cross-disciplinary practice and theory based program initiated by Beirut in 2014. The program directed by Antonia Alampi, comprised a series of workshops, lectures, field trips and reading groups focused on the notion of instituting and organizing. Participants looked at collectives, non-movements, informal groups and non-governmental civic and cultural organizations in Cairo. tISP was designed in response too surge of new initiatives, collectives and institutions founded in Cairo following the 2011 uprising, taking a critical and investigative look at alternative civic infrastructures. Exhibitions 2014, Adelita Husni-Bey, "White Paper: The Land" 2014, Kadist Art Foundation, "A Guest Without A Host is a Ghost: The Exhibition" 2014, Danh Vo, "Photographs of Dr. Joseph M. Carrier 1962-1973" 2014, Lawrence Abu Hamdan, "Tape Echo" 2014, Malak Helmy, "Lost Referents of Some Attraction" 2013, "Unexpected Encounters" with Malak Helmy, Hassan Khan, Jasmina Metwaly and Mada Masr 2013, "Writing with the other hand is imaging" 2013, "You Only Fall Twice" with CCA Derry-Londonderry 2013 "The Falling of the Books…" with FormContent 2013 "The Magic of the State" with Lisson Gallery 2013 Azin Faizabadi, "A Collective Memory" 2013 Joe Namy, "(a(version)s)" 2012 "What Does a Drawing Want?" 2012 "Global Slum" by Maryam Jafri

From Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).

Beirut was a non-profit art institution that was founded in Giza, Egypt in 2012. It was registered as Goldin + Senneby LLC in Cairo, Egypt. The art space closed in 2015.

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Notable quotes

“Hizbollah (sic) is not and has never been a terrorist organisation. It is the legitimate national resistance movement of Lebanon. [...] I glorify the Hizbollah national resistance movement, and I glorify the leader of Hizbollah, Sheikh Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah.”
— George Galloway, (29 July 2006). "Hizbollah is right to fight Zionist terror". Socialist Worker.
“Lebanon is our country, and in it we are staying [as a minority of Christians].”
— Samir Geagea, March 1989, addressing crowds in ain el remeneh.
“You have your Lebanon and its dilemma. I have my Lebanon and its beauty. Your Lebanon is an arena for men from the West and men from the East. My Lebanon is a flock of birds fluttering in the early morning as shepherds lead their sheep into the meadow and rising in the evening as farmers return from their fields and vineyards. You have your Lebanon and its people. I have my Lebanon and its people.”
— Khalil Gibran, "You Have Your Lebanon and I Have My Lebanon", Mirrors of the Soul, trans. Joseph Sheban, p. 30–31 (1965).
“Hezbollah enjoys utmost prestige in Lebanon, because it freed our country. All over the Arab world you hear: Hezbollah maintains Arab honor, and even though it (Hezbollah) is very small, it stands up to Israel. And of course Nasrallah has my respect.”
— Emile Lahoud, Spiegel Interview with Lebanese President Emile Lahoud: 'Hezbollah Freed Our Country'. Der Spiegel. 25 July 2006.
“You must realize that many Lebanese are not at ease either with Syrian policy in Lebanon or with the presence of Syrian troops in our country.”
— Gebran Tueni open letter to Syrian leader Bashar Assad, published March 23, 2000,
“leave now, while commercial flights remain available”
— The U.S. Embassy addressing Americans in Lebanon according to [Israel targets underground tunnels in night bombings as blackout causes chaos in Gaza] (Posted: Oct 28, 2023 2:36 AM PDT | Last Updated: 1 minute ago)

Quotes via Wikiquote (CC BY-SA), each with its original source.

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