About

Claude El Khal

“In a world of noise, we seek signal. In an age of division, we build bridges.
From Beirut, with perspective.”

I write from Beirut — a city where East meets West, and where the past and future often collide. This blog started as a way to document life during Lebanon’s most turbulent years. Over time, it grew into a space for anyone curious about the Middle East and how its stories connect to the rest of the world.

More than 6 million readers have visited these pages. Some come for the news between the headlines; others for the mix of humour, cultural insight, and clear-eyed analysis. My background — filmmaker, writer, adman, communication strategist, former aspiring comedian, occasional cartoonist — shapes how I see and tell stories.

Born in Beirut, educated in Paris, and having lived in London, Cyprus, Bahrain, and Dubai, I write from the crossroads of different worlds. Here you’ll find pieces on everything from Middle Eastern politics to the social impact of AI, from cultural shifts to small human moments that carry bigger truths.

My Beirut Chronicles continues.  

Quoted by CNN, Le Figaro, L'Orient-Le Jour, and others. Short film "Ecce Hommos" screened at Cannes Film Festival. Book published across disciplines. But the real reward is the conversations the words trigger and the thoughts they inspire.