Biography
Zena el Khalil, born year of the Dragon, is a visual artist, writer and cultural agitator based in Beirut. Zena exhibits internationally, exploring issues of violence as well as gender. During the 2006 invasion of Lebanon, she was one of the first largely followed Middle Eastern bloggers; her writings published in the international press. In 2008, she was invited by the Nobel Peace Centre to present a lecture and soon after completed her memoir, Beirut, I Love You. She is a TED2012 Fellow.
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