“Beirut chants,” O gentlemen, for the coming Christmas, for the hope we have left, for humanity absent from the consciences of the rulers of this bad time. “Beirut Sings” is loyal to its people and to its fixed date from November 30 to December 23, despite some emergency changes that may be imposed by the fait accompli imposed on us by the repercussions of the war that besieges us. Why is Beirut singing? The answer is simple, to be strengthened through what is presented by the will to live and the role of music, singing and hymns in a program in its sixteenth edition that continues and is rooted in our belief in hope, that daily sustenance mixed with the taste of salvation coming to us through the birth of our Savior Jesus Christ. We will make a pilgrimage to the churches and public squares in the center of the capital to follow together a program worthy of Beirut, a city that is difficult to break. A program born out of the threatened cultural diversity in Lebanon, it actually resembles the culture of life that opposes the monopoly of the culture of death among some, and there are many of them. Free admission. The program, according to the words of the festival’s president, Micheline Abi Samra, is “a space for meeting, music and love, and a space to express our pain…
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