broke out in 1975.
Yet he has built a career on evoking nostalgia for a bygone era of glitz and glamour that preceded the conflict.
The soft
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The National, during which he spoke to high-profile personalities such as Prince Turki bin Faisal of Saudi Arabia and Zaki Nusseibeh, cultural adviser to the UAE President.
Karam rose to fame in 1990s Beirut. It was a period of reconstruction, economic progress and renewed hope in the city, with which his name has become indelibly linked.
His first show,
Maraya (
Mirrors), became an instant hit in 1996 for hosting stars who embodied Lebanon’s pre-war halcyon years, transporting viewers to a time when Brigitte Bardot dined in the coastal city of Jbeil and Miles Davis and Ella Fitzgerald played against the backdrop Baalbek’s ancient ruins.