Lebanon's resistance through culture: Return of Beirut’s Metropolis Cinema
As Beirut continues to navigate its path toward recovery, Metropolis Cinema stands as a symbol of the enduring power of art and culture to resist, unite and inspire.
![A visitor looks at portraits of late Franco-Lebanese film director Maroun Baghdadi and pictures from his movies at the venue of an exhibition dedicated to his memory in Beirut on December 12, 2023, as Lebanon commemorates the 30th annivesary of his death in an accident at the age of 43. (Photo by ANWAR AMRO / AFP) (Photo by ANWAR AMRO/AFP via Getty Images)](/https/www.al-monitor.com/sites/default/files/styles/article_hero_medium/public/2024-06/GettyImages-1847109311.jpg?h=0d7a3a8a&itok=H4l77yMm)
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