People & Stories

Founded in the 1990s, Hayakel Baalbeck is dedicated to preserving one of Lebanon’s most cherished cultural traditions.

As executive chairman of Gray Mackenzie Retail Lebanon (GMRL), Hassan Ezzeldine is equal parts strategist and optimist, navigating one of the world’s most unpredictable markets.

Nour Arida, model, mother and founder of the skincare brand Sorbé, has spent over a decade in front of the camera.

Best known as the founder of Mayrig, Aline Kamakian has spent more than two decades preserving and sharing her rich heritage with the world.

Hady Beydoun, Lebanon’s most iconic tattoo artist, is also a sculptor, painter, poet, musician and self-taught everything.

As the co-founder and lead singer of Lebanese indie band Adonis, Anthony Adonis has spent over a decade turning Beirut’s charged energy into sound.

Renowned for his uncompromising vision and brazen designs, Bernard Khoury is the architect who builds where others dare not.

Born and raised in Beirut, Milia Maroun went on to become one of the most distinctive voices in Lebanese fashion.

From a toy melodica in Ras Baalbek to producing chart-topping records in a Beirut apartment, Jean-Marie Riachi’s path into music was anything but conventional.