My friends and business partners have been egging me on to update my portfolio and website, and today Samsam reminded me that I owe my copywriter Hala a bio outline.
Beirut is a city of difference: 9 layers of history lie buried under 67 square kilometers on which tiny pockets of art-nouveau architecture squeeze into a modern urban landscape co-inhabited by 18 different religious sects in tacit peace.
I’m transforming my room into an office, and over the past month have been unearthing books, photos, and other bits and pieces of the past. My favorite so far is an essay my then ten-year-old brother Jad presented in English class.
is a writer/director born in Beirut, raised in London, educated in Tokyo, and residing in Los Angeles. His work explores questions of identity in an ever-shifting global landscape, and he’s specifically interested in characters outside predefined social or political groups.
