TRIPOLI, Lebanon (AP) - The hissing of a water hose spraying the ground reverberates around the walls of the dimly lit Empire Cinema in Lebanon's northern
Actor and director Kassem Istanbouli is leading the effort to restore abandoned theaters in Lebanon and reimagine the country’s image against sectarian violence. His latest project, Cinema Empire, is the last of five historic cinemas in the once cinema-rich city of Tripoli.
Lebanon’s second city, known for crushing poverty, extremism and outbound migration, seems an unlikely place for a cultural revival. But the northern port city of Tripoli has a long cinematic
Abandoned for decades, historical building gets new life TRIPOLI, Lebanon, March 10, (AP): The hissing of a water hose spraying the ground reverberates around the walls of the dimly lit Empire Cinema in Lebanon’s northern city of Tripoli. From the floor of a paint-chipped room that was once a tic
Abandoned for decades, historical building gets new life TRIPOLI, Lebanon, March 10, (AP): The hissing of a water hose spraying the ground reverberates around the walls of the dimly lit Empire Cinema in Lebanon’s northern city of Tripoli. From the floor of a paint-chipped room that was once a tic