zena el-khalil

is an installation artist & painter.

16needlove.jpg - detail from my installation "all you need is love" location: beirut, lebanon year:2006

Zena el Khalil, born 1976 in London, has lived in Nigeria, London, New York and Beirut. She is an installation artist, painter, curator and environmental activist.

During the July 2006 attacks on Lebanon, her blog beirutupdate.blogspot.com received international acclaim. It was publicized on news portals such as CNN and the BBC and excerpted in The Guardian and Der Spiegel online. el Khalil has just published her first book, "Beirut, I Love You."

She lives and works in Beirut, Lebanon

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