Get transported into the emotive world of Fouad Farah’s ‘Sit al Dounia’ exhibition at Saifi Village from the 26th of December until the 18th of January. Watercolor pieces depicting Beirut through the eyes of an architect who not only recreates the streets, historical houses, and souks with precision and accuracy but adds a new layer of realism by infusing a strong coat of emotion in each brushstroke. He omits the sky and the sun which are staples of the capital to let the light and the power of the people of Beirut speak for itself.
I visited Laila Muraywid’s studio in Paris, it is the kind of place that rearranges your inner geography. A Syrian artist working between painting and sculpture, she creates objects that feel at once intimate yet cosmic, like relics from ancient times that pulse with contemporary pain and splendour.