Studio Kawakeb

Art Direction & Exhibition Design for Shaping Common Spaces, The Artists in Residency Program, exhibited within BeMA’s booth at the Beirut Art Fair 2019.

BeMA in partnership with the Lebanese Ministry of Education and Higher Education
Program Conceived by Lyne Sneige
Program Curated and Coordinated by

Exhibition Material printed between Printworks & .lb 📸 @ Beirut, Lebanon

Art Direction & Exhibition Design for Shaping Common Spaces, The Artists in Residency Program, exhibited within BeMA’s booth at the Beirut Art Fair 2019

Launched in 2017 by BeMA and held in partnership with the Lebanese Ministry of Education and Higher Education, this program collaborates with artists to roll out residencies during the academic year targeting Lebanese public schools, and aiming at providing children from different social and geographical backgrounds with the unique opportunity to acquire new skills by working with artists directly.

The residencies consist of a series of immersive classroom sessions directed by an artist for a period of six to eight weeks, one to two times a week, with the activities scheduled during the art period of the national curriculum. The 10-year program is ongoing and will cover 34 public schools across Lebanon.

BeMA in partnership with the Lebanese Ministry of Education and Higher Education
Program Conceived by Lyne Sneige
Program Curated and Coordinated by

Exhibition Material printed between Printworks & .lb @ Beirut, Lebanon

Art Direction & Exhibition Design for BeMA’s booth at the Beirut Art Fair

Sticker set designed to be used as part of the tagging system for Shaping Common Spaces, The Artists in Residency Program in Lebanese Public Schools.

Program Conceived by Lyne Sneige
Program Curated and Coordinated by Maya Hage.

Sticker Set Printed at The Print Shop

Art Direction & Booklet Design for the The Artists in Residency Program in Lebanese Public Schools, held under the theme: Shaping Common Spaces.

Bilingual booklet printed in two pantone colors, with duotone photographic treatment.

This booklet features the residencies carried out by Studio Kawakeb, Chantale Fahmi, Ghaleb Hawila, Lena Merhej & Samandal and Soraya Ghezelbash. These artists were selected by BeMA to develop and implement tailor-made interventions for the Lebanese public schools.

Program Conceived by Lyne Sneige
Program Curated and Coordinated by Maya Hage.

Booklet Printed @ Beirut, Lebanon

Art Direction & Booklet Design for the The Artists in Residency Program in Lebanese Public Schools, held under the theme: Shaping Common Spaces. ��Launched in 2017 by BeMA and held in partnership with the Lebanese Ministry of Education and Higher Education, this program collaborates with artists to roll out residencies during the academic year targeting Lebanese public schools, and aiming at providing children from different social and geographical backgrounds with the unique opportunity to acquire new skills by working with artists directly.

Program Conceived by Lyne Sneige
Program Curated and Coordinated by Maya Hage.

Booklet Printed at Haroun Printing Press @ Beirut, Lebanon

We're looking for a graphic designer with a proficiency in bilingual publication design.
Please email [email protected] with your resume and portfolio before the 17th of November.

Film stills from "Sorry I Drowned"
A Film by Médecins Sans Frontières/ أطباء بلا حدود في لبنان and Studio Kawakeb

Directed by Hussein Nakhal and David Habchy

Visuals and Animation Hussein Nakhal, David Habchy and

Christina Skaf (Studio Kawakeb)

Assistant Animator Roy El Khawand

Music Samer Saem El Daher Hello Psychaleppo هالو سايكلپو

Sound Design Lama Sawaya DB Studios Beirut

Voice Recording Jawad Chaaban (One Hertz Studios)

Voice Over Jehan Bseiso

Poster and Brochure Design for "Sorry I Drowned", a short film by Médecins Sans Frontières/ أطباء بلا حدود في لبنان and Studio Kawakeb

"Sorry I Drowned", our short animated film with Médecins Sans Frontières/ أطباء بلا حدود في لبنان (MSF) has been screened in a number of international film festivals since its release in May 2017.
The upcoming screening will be in Beirut, launching "Almost There" festival in its 2nd edition from November 1 until the 5th. 👁 you there.

The world has catastrophically failed millions of people fleeing war, persecution and despair. Calculating politics won out over moral and legal obligations to offer protection and assistance to those in need. Like a contagious disease, walls, fences and restrictive border measures rampantly spread causing countless thousands of people to die on land or at sea.

This 6-minute animated film "Sorry I Drowned", created by our studio and Médecins Sans Frontières/ أطباء بلا حدود في لبنان, is inspired by a letter allegedly found on the body of someone who drowned in the Mediterranean Sea due to the prevailing cynical politics of our day. While we may not know the truth behind who wrote the letter, we do know that what it depicts is real. This reality cannot continue.

In 2016, more than 20,000 people were rescued by MSF.

لقد خذل العالم بشكل كارثي ملايين الناس الهاربين من الحرب والاضطهاد واليأس. فالاعتبارات السياسية باتت تطغى على الالتزامات الأخلاقية والقــــــانونية الـــــقاضــــــيـــــة بمنح الحماية والمساعدة إلى كل من يحتاجها. كمرض معدٍ، تنتشر الجدران والأسوار والإجراءات الحدودية التقييدية التي تتسبب بموت آلاف الناس براً وبحراً.

إن فيلم «آسف لأني غرقت» الذي تبلغ مدته 6 دقائق، والذي تم إعداده من قبل استوديو كواكب في بيروت ومنظمة أطباء بلا حدود، مستوحى من رسالة وُجدت على جثة شخص غرق في البحر الأبيض المتوسط نتيجة للسياسات المريبة السائدة في يومنا.
وفيما لا يمكننا أن نعرف الحقيقة الكامنة خلف الشخص الذي كتب الرسالة، ندرك أن ما تصفه هذه الأخيرة حقيقي. ولا يمكن لهذا الواقع أن يستمر.

في الـــعام 2016، قـــامت مـــنـــظـــمـــة أطـــبــاء بـــلا حـــدود بـــإنـــقـــاذ أكـــثر مـــن 20,000 شـــخـــص.

A Film by Médecins Sans Frontières/ أطباء بلا حدود في لبنان and Studio Kawakeb | Directed by Hussein Nakhal and David Habchy | Visuals and Animation by Studio Kawakeb (Hussein Nakhal, David Habchy and Christina Skaf) | Assistant Animator Roy El Khawand | Music by Samer Saem Eldahr | Sound Design by Lama Sawaya (DB Studios Beirut) | Voice Recording Jawad Chaaban | Voice Over Jehan Bseiso

"آسف لأني غرقت" لقد خذل العالم بشكل كارثي ملايين الناس الهاربين من الحرب والاضطهاد واليأس. فالاعتبارات السياسية باتت تطغى على الالتزامات الأخلاقية والقانونية القاضية بمنح ال...