This summer, before concluding my journey in grad school and starting an even more exciting one in the real world of Journalism (wishful thinking), I have registered in a multimedia class, to film, edit and produce videos for the web. As taxing as it is, it has been so enriching and thrilling thus far.
For my story, I chose to film the Lebanese community based in Brooklyn focusing on the Lebanese Food Festival that took place this last weekend in May. The festival showcased dancing, live Lebanese and Arabic music, fresh Lebanese and Levantine delicacies that attracted and fed over 5,000 passersby.
Food stalls at the Lebanese Food Festival (Carla Haibi)
Here’s the article published in Now Lebanon.
A slide show will follow.
Out of Lebanon 