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Arie Amaya-Akkermans is a writer, art critic and independent researcher based in Italy. His work focuses on the history of archaeology, contemporary art and the politics of memory in the Middle East.
50 Years of Déjà-Vu: Archiving the Gaps of Lebanon's Unresolved Conflict
The events of April 13, 1975—commonly referred to as the Beirut Bus Massacre—marked the start of brief but deadly armed clashes between Christian Phalangist and Palestinian militants. The
Nabil Kanso's "Echoes of War:" Remember Past Middle East Injustice
At the Michigan State University Broad Art Museum in East Lansing, the exhibition “Echoes of War” presents the lifework of an artist who received only fragmented attention in life. Despite
In Lebanon, Art and Culture Respond to Another Moment of Intense Upheaval
Under Israeli bombardment, cultural life in Beirut abruptly shut down, a pattern the city's artists and institutions have been familiar with since the civil war. Yet as always in Beirut,
