| Abstract | This article explores the ways Lebanese disaporic artists contribute to the construction of collective memory in their homelands and among the diaspora community. Portraying the homeland is an important theme in the works of these artists. However, these portrayals are influenced by the context of their reception and racial structures in their host societies. The civil war is a focal point in the works of these artists. In addressing the civil war and recounting their personal experience of it, these artists challenge Lebanese national narratives of coherent identity and history. Finally, Lebanese diasporic artists challenge traditional understandings of belonging by focusing on global issues in order to participate in global social change.
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