East tunes

Beirut’s Badboy Street Art

Oct 30, 2010

Text by Vijai

Despite the ravages of its decades-long civil war, and intermittent conflicts with Isreal, Lebanon’s capital city hasn’t lost the freewheeling cosmopolitanism that has drawn comparisons with Paris & Switzerland. It’s surprisingly hip bars, Converse-loving hipsters, booming art & music scene have spawned a gritty, urban aesthetic that’s reflected in the city’s vibrant street grafitti. It’s clever, political yet ironic, street art makes witty comments on the city’s fractured history, and its dangerous exposure to the shifting allegiances in the Middle East.

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