A Dialogue with Scars: The Art of Jad El Khoury Jad El Khoury, born in Baabda, Lebanon in 1988, is an artist whose work isn’t merely *made* in a post-war landscape—it's fundamentally *of* it. He didn’t inherit a blank canvas; instead, he received a city etched with the memories of fifteen years of civil conflict, a palimpsest of trauma and resilience. This inheritance shaped not only his artistic vision but also his very approach to creation. Growing up amidst the physical and psychological wounds of Beirut instilled in him a profound awareness of the power of space—how it can be both a rep…