Tribute to Gisèle Khoury

As part of the 16th edition of the Beirut Spring Festival, an exceptional tribute to Gisèle Khoury, Founder of the Samir Kassir Foundation and the Beirut Spring Festival.

Gisèle Khoury was a Lebanese journalist whose career began in 1986 on LBCI, hosting cultural talk shows. From 1992 to 2001 she hosted LBCI's most prestigious political talk show (Hiwar al-Omr) and interviewed the Arab world’s most prominent political and cultural figures. She joined the pan-Arab media group MBC in 2002 and contributed to the launching of the 24-hour news channel Al-Arabiya. She hosted a weekly political talk show on Al-Arabiya from 2003 to 2013. In October 2013, she moved to BBC Arabic where she conducted weekly interviews with world leaders about major decision points they encountered during their tenures. Since 2021, she has been the host of a prime-time political talk show on Sky News Arabic. She is the wife of late journalist Samir Kassir, assassinated on June 2, 2005. In February 2006, Gisèle Khoury founded and became the president of the Samir Kassir Foundation, one of the leading freedom of expression and media development non-governmental organizations in the MENA region.

Rules & Regulations

Timing

• Doors close at 8:50 pm.
• The performance starts at 9:00 pm sharp.
• Latecomers will lose their seats to non-ticket holders, and will not be allowed in the performance hall.

Access & Ticketing

• The Beirut Sprint Festival has been using a general admission scheme (also called open seating or free seating) on the basis of first-come, first-served. This means, the first certain number of people in line is admitted in the performance hall, depending on the capacity of each performance venue. As the Festival’s audience grew, the line-ups became uncomfortable.
• To better serve our festival goers, streamline the festival's attendance, and reduce line-ups, we introduce free ticketing via EventBrite exclusively. EventBrite is a website/application that allows you to book tickets for events.
• Each performance will have a dedicated EventBrite page with a limited number of tickets depending on the seating capacity of the performance venue. The EventBrite page will close the moment capacity is reached.
• Upon your reservation, the free tickets will be directly emailed to you. You won't need to print them, as the hostesses can check them directly on your phone. Your data will be processed according to our privacy policy.
• This general admission is ticketed with no assigned seat number. This means seats are not-preassigned on the tickets. Ticket holders are free to chose their seats at their pleasure. To this end, we invite festival goers to be there around 8 pm to secure their preferred seats. All ticket holders are requested to be seated by 8:45 pm. After this time, latecomers will lose their tickets to non-ticket holders.
• Access to the performance hall will be reserved to ticket holders. Non-ticket holders will be asked to wait until 8:45 pm, and will be then let in within the limits of available seats. All ticket holders are requested to be seated by 8:45 pm. After this time, latecomers will lose their tickets to non-ticket holders.
• The performance venue does not accept reservations. It is not possible to reserve a seat or to get a ticket from the performance venue. Please book your free ticket(s) via EventBrite exclusively.
• Please account for transportation delays, whether potential traffic (in the city and around the venue), or parking traffic.