Zena el Khalil

Zena is an artist, author, sacred activist and yoga instructor based in Beirut, Lebanon. She uses visual art, site-specific installation, performance and ritual to explore and heal war torn sites of trauma. Zena also curates events, workshops and concerts dedicated to elevating human consciousness through the mediums of ceremony, sound and art. Merging art and healing modalities, she has been conducting healing ceremonies across Lebanon in spaces that have historically endured trauma and violence, such as environmental disasters, massacres and even the torturing of human beings. She creates her art with the intention of transforming these war torn places and objects in them into generators of peace and reconciliation in nature and with communities.

During the 2006 invasion of Lebanon, Zena's war blog beirutupdate.blogspot.com received international attention. She is the author of “Beirut, I Love You: A Memoir."

You can follow her journey on Instagram here: @zenaelkhalil