“Now You Are Part of It. Our German Guilt. Our Memory”
A Lebanese scholar in Berlin on carrying war in your body through a city that cannot hear it, and being...
Diana Abbani is a writer, translator and historian researching the music and entertainment scenes in the Middle East. She is currently the science communication coordinator for the Merian Center for Advanced Studies in the Maghreb (MECAM) at the Forum Transregionale Studien in Berlin. Holding a PhD in Arabic studies from Sorbonne University, she has published on Beirut's popular and material culture, the implication of social, political, and technological transformations, and the evolution of music industries and entertainment in Beirut. Some of her research-based articles and essays can be found in Bidayat, Jeem, al-Jumhuriya, The Markaz Review, Megaphone, and Raseef22.
A Lebanese scholar in Berlin on carrying war in your body through a city that cannot hear it, and being...
As wars erase homes and histories, family memory becomes resistance. From Ottoman Jabal Amel to neoliberal Beirut, this is a...
On empathy in times of genocide, the role of media in reinforcing dehumanization, and "emotional tourism" as a tool for...
A year has passed, and the brutal machine continues to devour our bodies, moving between Palestine, Lebanon, Syria, and beyond.
Syrian writer Rasha Abbas and Palestinian artist Muhammad Jabali, in conversation with Diana Abbani, discuss the evolving dynamics and narratives...
Music can amplify the voices of struggles and has a long history in liberation movements, says the Lebanese rapper.
How popular music and songs are contributing to the normalization of hate and genocidal language in Israel
