Story first published by AJE Facing gentrification and financial struggles, al-Madina Theatre is one of Lebanon’s last non-commercial art spaces. Beirut, Lebanon – In 1994, as Beirut was brushing off the dust and rubble of the country’s devastating civil war, Masrah al-Madina (al-Madina Theatre) was born. The iconic theatre was established to resuscitate the artistic and cultural life that Beirut was famous for before the … Continue reading Beirut theatre retains alternative roots