Megaphone News portray Maison Fraykeh🖤 Five years after the death of playwright Munir Abu Dabas, the Beit Al Farika Arts and Culture Association is returning to his studio, his home and Beit Al Harir to establish an artistic space away from the ‘centre’ that contributes to the development of its environment.
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The Village
The Village Between the 18th century and 1928, Lebanon’s main source of income was its magnaneries, or silk mills. Today, they represent a precious heritage. They bear witness to a very important period in Lebanese history and to a specific architectural style. They were places of economic dynamism, popular gatherings and collective, and therefore social,…
Permaculture garden
Permaculture garden An environmental dimension is inherent in the place, where the first encounter when the gates open and the pine, olive, fig and pomegranate trees, and the small garden, unfold under the tranquility of our walk along the path. The question of the environment stretches to include the stone house, an ancestral building that…
Our commitment
Why a social and cultural centre in Fraykeh? Gilles A.D. Lebanon is one of those countries on the fringes of global decision-making, overwhelmed by its formidable ambivalence. It is a small country, a mosaic of values, beliefs, diverse ideas and oppositions; in short, it is an accumulation of these differences and their contrasts. Maison Fraykeh,…
Organization chart
Organization chart Our team is currently made up of four founding members, some from the family, some from the theatrical history linked to M.A.D, and other artists and organisers from the Metn region. Gilles Debs Founding member. Born on 27 July 1961 in Fraykeh, he graduated in 1987 in Paris, where he founded POINT JAUNE…