Zena El Khalil

[2] El Khalil works in a variety of formats ranging from painting, installation, performance, mixed media, writing, video, and collage.

Themes that are central to her work include issues of violence as well as gender using materials found throughout Beirut.

During the July War in Lebanon, El Khalil immediately began maintaining beirutupdate from her apartment in Beirut.

[3] It quickly received international attention and was highly publicized on news portals such as CNN and the BBC.

[5][6][7] The book is a memoir about El Khalil's life from 1994 to the present and specifically focuses on growing up in Beirut during a period of immense turmoil.