Dima Matta

Fulbright Fellow, writer, Theatre maker, founder of Cliffhangers, a Beirut-based storytelling platform

[Fatima @fatimalmahmoud]

- Supermarkets/grocery stores/gas stations closing down due to sporadic increase in exchange rate.

- People panic-buying essentials for fear of further price hikes.

- Government to scale back on subsidies to protect remaining reserves.

- Minimum wage < $45

#لبنان_ليس_بخير

[Media Majlis Museum @themediamajlis]

Our program A Call to Action, part of #visionaries2vloggers focused on the power of the spoken word and storytelling. Here @DimaMatta shares her poem about revolution, written two years before the Lebanese revolution in 2019.

[Arab Women Artists Now - AWAN FESTIVAL 29Feb-30Mar @AWANFESTIVAL]

Thursday 29 Oct - 6pm - #SabahElMeeM

A rare chance to catch up with some very special guests from the ever-expanding #queer #Arab arts scene, joining your host Alice Guthrie for chats, rants, laments & laughs, dreams & schemes

Guest @DimaMatta

FREE ► https://t.co/kpq7OqmgLH

[Arab Women Artists Now - AWAN FESTIVAL 29Feb-30Mar @AWANFESTIVAL]

Thursday 29 Oct - 6pm - Sabah El MeeM

A rare chance to catch up with some very special guests from the ever-expanding #queer #Arab arts scene, joining your host Alice Guthrie for chats and rants, laments & laughs, dreams & schemes

Guest @DimaMatta

Info & links tomorrow 💥

[Dima Matta @DimaMatta]

So grateful for the opportunity to create this work about the #lebaneserevolution and the #august4explosion. Writing to grieve and heal- our love is revolutionary. #beirut #beirutblast #lebanon #revolution https://t.co/Of7EI9lhMh @Xynteo

[Xynteo @Xynteo]

Beirut based writer & performer Dima Mikhayel Matta (@DimaMatta) created this piece for #ThePerformanceTheatre. Inspired by #TPT2020 theme Re/Assemble and her personal experiences, the piece is a call to action for the new leadership our societies need.
https://t.co/ks8GrfHaYK

[LBCI Lebanon English @LBCI_News_EN]

#Suicide Attempts On The Rise In #Lebanon |http://t.co/UXC4Roe9f2|

[Dima Matta @DimaMatta]

@RKaedB yay!! I'm so glad you liked it! See you next week! Xoxox

[Dima Matta @DimaMatta]

Underground teaching in the open #teachingphilosophy

[Dima Matta @DimaMatta]

@lissiemusic I'm in Lebanon, in the middle of it, listening to "Sleepwalking" Thanks for your music

[Dima Matta @DimaMatta]

I am Gatsby

[Dima Matta @DimaMatta]

Layko, shi nhar will they also ban smoking at outdoor events (like the Outbox short film festival) or am I hoping for too much? #Beirut

[Eric Barker @bakadesuyo]

RT @BiIIMurray: Airplanes have now banned tweezers. I think anyone who can hijack a plane with tweezers deserves the plane.

[Dima Matta @DimaMatta]

The bartender at Hamilton's called me Zima and said it's a sexy name. I didn't correct him. #pourquoipas

[Dima Matta @DimaMatta]

Will be back in #Beirut in 6 days, can't wait! Please don't have a civil/regional war, at least not until I get over my jetlag.

[Dima Matta @DimaMatta]

Was at #caffetrieste where poets used to hang out. Now it's old men talking about hernias and how the railroads are doing well. #thatspoetry

[Dima Matta @DimaMatta]

Amazing concert in SF @lissiemusic!! I went there straight from the station. via LA, NY and originally from Beirut! :)

[Dima Matta @DimaMatta]

Ya far7et 2albeh ‏"@MTVLebanonNews: روسيا تشرع في تشكيل قوة عسكرية بحرية دائمة في البحر المتوسط http://t.co/eIK22v6yrz"

[Dima Matta @DimaMatta]

When you get 3 text messages in a row on a blackberry, it kind of sounds like Edith Piaf's "Padam" #LifeisAwesome

[Dima Matta @DimaMatta]

In a bit of a carpe diem mode.