Recent

Integration

One month ago the world was held captive as a Hollywood-like chase scene unfolded before our eyes. The possibilities of soon discovering the identities of the Boston Marathon bombers and the reasoning behind why they did such a horrible thing kept us all on the edge of our seats. The moment the authorities announced the [...]

Leave a comment Read More
Recent

Skinny Jeans & Hand Grenades

When one thinks of the Middle East, seldom do images of T-shirts, skinny jeans and the tortured, daring, contemporary sounds of post-punk rock music come to mind. But Lebanon’s varied and cosmopolitan city of Beirut has a reputation for smashing traditional perceptions of the Middle East against the walls of its rich cultural, religious and [...]

Leave a comment Read More
Recent

‘Room 237′ & Perspective

A helpful approach to reading culture is to analyze its art and its stories. Analysis of a culture’s films is one of the best ways to understand what and how its people think. The films a culture produces and those it responds to reveal a lot about how its people see the world and understand [...]

Leave a comment Read More

Testimonials

Twitter

Follow @theupstreamc on Twitter