Niamh Fleming-Farrell

Where begins the fiction? The fact? 

BEIRUT: “There is no difference between reality and dreams,” Egyptian writer Nawal el Saadawi remarked in a recent interview in Arabnews.com....

In a locale defined by conflict, a peaceful escape 

NAHR al-KALB, Lebanon: Crossing the Nahr al-Kalb gorge north of Beirut today is so easy it’s forgettable. A modern highway, a tunnel and a bridge mean...

Fashion design instruction on tap at The Creative Space 

BEIRUT: Hand-painted fabrics, Italian satin, one-of-a-kind couture dresses: Eman Aswad, 19, finds herself a long way from using her mother’s scarfs to...

AltCity to assist in the innovation of startup Lebanese enterprises 

BEIRUT: It’s been a busy weekend for more than 25 volunteers who donned overalls and cracked open paint buckets to ready a space on Hamra Street –...