Abboudi BJ Collection

On this day, 52 years ago, Fairuz’s play, Loulou opens in Beirut, Piccadilly Theatre 🎭
A musical play written by Rahbani Brothers, it stars Fairuz, a woman unjustly imprisoned for murder, and is released after 15 years. She is resolved to seek revenge and justice.

Directed by Antoine Remy and starring an incredibly talented cast of Nasri Shamseddine, Joseph Sakr, Hoda Haddad, the play became an instant success.

From our collection, posters, magazine clippings & cassettes from the play.

Scroll down memory lane from the Lebanon collection. Fairuz, Ziad Rahbani, advertisement to visit Lebanon from the mid-20th century. Baalbeck, Ras Beirut, Hamra, Lebanon maps and ads from MEA.

✨ DIVAS exhibit at Sursok Museum: A tribute to the powerful female artists who shaped the Arab world

Happy to have contributed posters, prints, and magazines to the exhibit which is showcasing in Beirut and has toured Paris, Amsterdam and Amman at the direction of Institute du Monde Arab

From Oum Kolthoum, to Warda, Asmahan, Fairuz, Dalia, Taheya Karioka, Sabah, Soad Hosny, Samia Gamal, Laila Mourad and much more— come immerse yourself in the exhibit of our timeless icons!

Exhibit running till February 1st 2026

Original vintage prints on the wall captured by the talented , highlighting our stars of Fairuz (Safarbarlek, Seller of Rings), Sabah (Paris & Love; Lebanese Nights), spy movies (like Interpol in Beirut) and many more in our vintage & film poster collection from the Levant بلاد الشام

Photo taken at the Vintage Collective Market Station Beirut

Beirut | Film Archive | Lebanon Map | Baalbek | ليالي لبناية

Today marks what would have been Sabah’s birthday— prominent Lebanese performer. Here, we showcase some of her extensive work that lives on in the Arab world and beyond ⭐️

Advertisements, posters and prints featuring Sabah:
1. Temple of Love (1961 - film)
2. Magazine Al Hasnaa (1966) on Sabah and happiness
3-4. Layali Lubnan Al Osbo’ Al Arabi (1971)
5. Enta Omri (1964 - film)
6. Sabah Theatre Advertisement - Helwa Kteer (1975)

#شحرورة #صبوحة

The Right of Return 🍉

Poster prints by the late & renowned Helme El Toune which centered the people’s struggle and liberation 🎨🍓

Posters shown from our collection:

1. Palestine Al Safir Cover (2010)
2. To Jerusalem (1979) Dar Al Fata Al Arabi
3. Jerusalem is in the Heart (1977) Dar Al Fata Al Arabi
4. Right to Return (2001) Palestine Human Rights Organization