Juliet Elmer Saade: Memories of a Woman with Purpose

Juliette Elmer Saade (pictured), a prominent woman who supported her husband, Chief Anton Saade, refused to kneel and surrender, convinced of his idea. Juliet returned to the light of her grandson Mazen Naus with her English-language book “Memories of Juliet Elmira Saade”. Naus took his material from his grandmother’s diaries and diaries, which had been carefully kept all these years, and presented them to readers in all honesty and transparency.

On the occasion of the release of this work by Folios Limited in London, a signing ceremony will take place today, Wednesday, at the Forum Hall in the Burj Building, Martyrs ’Square, Beirut. “Juliet’s Memoirs of Prince Saada”, according to the publisher, is not just a diary written by her grandmother, but rather the story of a family tortured by black hands and immortalized by murder, imprisonment, expulsion and destruction… ”. Al-Dar added that Mazen Naous, a professor at the University of Massachusetts Amhertz, wanted to dedicate these notes to his beloved grandmother “to tell us about a faithful woman who faced imprisonment, deprivation and deprivation. arrested at home with determination and strength, how he met. pain with both wrists. ” The writer has worked on memoirs for a long time, translating and referring to their diaries, navigating family history, which is a large ambiguous story created by relatives and enemy, as well as his destruction of both.
* Signing of “Juliet’s Memories of Prince Saada”: today, Wednesday-Q: 18:00-“Al-Muntada Hall” (Burj building-Martyrs’ Square / Beirut). For inquiries: 01/983008

Rand in the new bathroom

The band Rand (pictured) is preparing to play a concert at Hammam Al Jadid in Old Sidon on July 2 next year. The expected audience meeting will feature Rand’s original songs, including “Haki Ma Naqal” and “Kif Bahbak”, as well as “Raha Ibaka”, which the band recently released as a music video, in addition to Lebanese song of “Khaled”, by According to Al-Akhbar Youssef Abu Hamad, who founded the group in 2013 with his two sisters Laila and Jamal. The trio attended the National Higher Musical Conservatory and now they are putting their knowledge into creating a unique experience that combines voice and piano to perform classical works in the East and West, in addition to their own business.
* Concert “Rand”: Saturday, July 2 – Q: 20:30 – “Hammam Al Jadid” (Old Saida – South Lebanon). For inquiries: 81/282848

Nada Matta: awakening the senses

Tomorrow, Thursday, artist Nada Matta (pictured) will reopen the exhibition of her paintings she held last month titled Free Chicks and Art Scopes Gallery (Kantari, Beirut) until July 14, 2022 and beyond can follow. on the gallery website. The exhibition explores themes related to the awakening of the senses through a group of paintings dedicated to “amazing tenderness and sensuality”, according to its opening text. The artist often paints the pine forests in Lebanon as if the viewer sees them from below, inviting them to look up to see these trees transcend all worries, selfishness and meanness. It also depicts human bodies in close embrace with trees and plants in a rich and rich environment.
* Free exhibition of chicks: from June 30 to July 14 – from Monday to Friday from 11:00 to 17:00 – Art Scopes Gallery (Kantari – Beirut). For inquiries: 01/345011