Archewallogy is a labor of documentation of the walls of the city between 2005

and 2009, when Lebanon was experiencing a series of transformations on the

socio-political level. This book compiles images most of which do not exist any

longer, indicating the incredible speed of turnover that the urban environment

experiences. The quasi totality of the images were taken in Beirut, a city that has

been destroyed and rebuilt seven times and which offers strata both horizontally

and vertically. Translation and contextualization of the images is not offered on

purpose, because just like caricature, what is written on the wall is understood

today but next much explanation later, something that the quick pace of the city

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as experiencing a series of

transformations on the socio-political level.

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hich do

not exist any longer, indicating the incredible

speed of turnover that the urban environment

experiences. The quasi totality of the images

were taken in B

eirut, a city that has been

destroyed and rebuilt seven times and w

hich

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Archewallogy is a labor of documentation of the walls of the city between 2005 and 2009, when

Lebanon was experiencing a series of transformations on the socio-political level. This book

compiles images most of which do not exist any longer, indicating the incredible speed of turnover

that the urban environment experiences. The quasi totality of the images were taken in Beirut, a

city that has been destroyed and rebuilt seven times and which offers strata both horizontally and

vertically. Translation and contextualization of the images is not offered on purpose, because just

like caricature, what is written on the wall is understood today but needs much explanation later,

something that the quick pace of the city does not allow and therefore explaining them goes against

the raison detre of their existence.

Les murs murs de la ville est une documentation des murs de la ville entre 2005 et 2009, alors que le

Liban connaissait une serie de transformations socio-politques. Ce livre compile des images dont la

grande majorit nexistent plus, ce qui met en evidence la rapidit du mouvement urbain. La quasi

totalit de ces photos ont t prises a Beyrouth, une ville qui a t detruite et reconstruite sept fois et qui

offre des strata sur le plan horizontal, mais sur le vertical aussi. La traduction et la contextualisation des

images est absente volontairement, car, tout comme la caricature qui est comprise aujoudhui mais a

besoin dexplications plus tard, les ecrits sur le murs changent tellement rapidement quessayer de les

xpliquer va a lencontre de leur raison dtre mme. 2009 2005

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Designed by Farah SammanCover artwork by Ashekman

Praise for Getting The News From Poems (2009):I thought it was fascinating, if a bit bewildering and over-caffeinated at times: quick and liquid, a

sort of Kerouac/Joycean spilling forth of energy and thought. It has momentum, certainly. There

is plenty to admire, the mom with her two coffees and 13 mini-cookies, the stuff about passengers

clapping when a plane lands safely in the Middle East. It is bound to go places. Anthony Doerr

Author of The Shell Collector (Commenting on an earlier draft of the manuscript)Praise for The Wit and Wisdom of Arty Stotle (2003): Not only it is well-written and thought-provoking, but what I like best about this book is how human

it is, and here, I am referring to Chemalys self-note of him trying to be a human being in the inner

flap of the book, a task at which he supremely succeeds. Alain de Botton - Author of How Proust

Can Change Your LifePretty well done! Win McCormack Publisher, Tin House MagazinePeople were leaning over me on the subway to get a glimpse of what I was reading. This book is a

social catalyst! Caroline Osullivan Journalist, The GuardianOne of the most important poetic voices in the Eastern Mediterranean Micheal Dennison -

American Poet, Chair of the Poetry Department American University of Beirut

Comical, ironic and filled with symbolism and allegory, [Chemalys] poems are cleverly wrought

glimpses into the human condition. Alexander Besant - The Daily Star

Somehow in his artwork, to which the self-made book is inextricably linked, Chemaly manages to

fuse all his interests together into a lively explosion of pop culture, mass consumerism, and the dual

postmodern malaises of loneliness and alienation. Kaelen Wilson Goldie The Daily StarEXIT

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