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Beirut is a city that has many faces: An antique city, a medieval

city, the city of the 19th and 20th century and a contemporarycity.

The Lebanese civil war but also the reconstruction period

destroyed everything related to the old Beirut. Today, it remains

only a little number of buildings dating from the Ottoman period.

As a part of this work, I wanted to show the actual and the old

city in its ugliness and in its beauty.I wanted to pay a tribute to this city, and present a series of

work between acrylics painting, marker, soft and hard pastels,

pencils, collages and photography to show the diversity of the

city.

Some of my works are related to the actual city that looks more

like Dubai, but others gives a view of the old houses with theirspecifcities, their triples arcades and their colors.

In another work, I made a video named The History of

Someone I used slides found in an old house, I imagined the

interests, the passions, the life of the person who lived in this

house.

With old music partitions, found in the same house, I made acollage.

Finally I inspired myself from old slides, where the subject has

been totally erased and left only traces, adversely affected

by the ravages of time and neglect, giving upon arrival a total

abstract work. The using of those slides, permitted me to create

an intimate work.


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Welcome To Beirut CityMarker on cardboard

42x30 cm


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This drawing represent a more smilingand cheerful image of the city anddemonstrate that despite all the de-structions, there is still some coloredbuildings,roads ,and real urbanity asa hope message supported by the

use of brightly colored felt.


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CityAcrylic on cardboard

40x30 cm


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A acrylic representation of BeirutCity.


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ChaosCollage on cardboard

40x30 cm


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This collage made from photographsshows one of the darkest aspects ofBeirut. A city that grows haphazard-ly and in the chaos in the absence ofany development plan.


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WindowsCollage on cardboard

40x29 cm


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In this work, I dressed with images,a photograph of a house thatno longer exists, taken by aphotographer 30 years ago. These

collages have allowed me to showthe diversity and the richness of Beirutfrom before, the archways, woodenwindows, stained glass and colored

walls.


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Old houses and buildings of 2 or 3foors that werethere not long ago the identity of the city are

now replaced by tall buildings and skyscrapersfrom 10 to 40foors. The city, like men, are nowcrushed by this verticality which has an importantimpact on the whole social life. Beirut nowresembles those cities born from the desert and

the emptiness. To adopt this new face she hadto delete large sections of its architectural andhuman history. To better show the verticality Iused black and white charcoal and dark colorsof pastels.


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Verticality 1Pencil on cardboard

42x30 cm


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Verticality 2ard and Soft pastels on cardboard

2x18 cm


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Airplaine ViewChina Ink on cardboard

42x30 cm


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JbeilAquarelle on cardboard

42x30 cm


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Some vestiges of the medievalperiod remain in the city. Thisis especially places of worship,the only elements of theancient city, protected fromdestruction. In this aquarelle

I wanted to show thecoexistence of the old andthe new.


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Fast & Devastation

Photograph


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Lotus

Photograph


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THE HISTORY OF SOMEONE
https://vimeo.com/86916042https://vimeo.com/86916042


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A little movie made about a oldhouse.Click on the poster or the followinglink to see the Video:https://vimeo.com/86916042


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MusicCollage on cardboard

50x36 cm


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MergingCollage and Aquarelle on cardboard

42x30 cm


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I used slides found in an oldhouse to build in this drawingan imaginary city.


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Work Made on

Photoshop:


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Rimbaud

Photoshop Work


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Les Fleurs du Mal

Photoshop Work


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Dounia Habache

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Ucas ID: 111-842-5332

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