To turn the page is to progress. It is often difficult, though, to turn a page. Each page — as is each new day — is a fresh start that holds uncertainties. Eventually, the page must turn, no matter how long we take to reflect on it. And in Beirut, a city plagued by tragedy, poverty, economic crisis and corruption, we’ve learned how to turn the page and move forward.
The work pictured here, Turning the Page – قلبة الصفحة – is how three artists — Spaz, Kabrit and Exist — are moving forward in collaboration with the nonprofit organization Beitelbaraka to renovate Geitewe, a neighborhood that had been devastated by Beirut’s 2020 massive explosion.
Beirut-based Spaz
Lebanese artist Kabrit
Beirut-based graffiti artist and graphic designer Exist
Exist, detail
Special thanks to Spaz for this post
Photos by Lebanese photographer Ihab Fayad
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