Caroline Hatem was born in Beirut when the Lebanese civil war erupted. Her father taught philosophy, and her mother, dance. She found out quite early how to face turmoil with art and books. She learned philosophy, theatre, and dance. She truly found her calling, though when she started directing: *Al Beyt*, by Lebanese author Arzé Khodr, which toured all over Lebanon and in Tunisia, then *Al Zifaf* (an adaptation from Brecht’s “A Respectable Wedding”) which represented Germany at the European Theatre Festival in Beirut. She then adapted *The Just Assassins* by Albert Camus to the local political context and performed it in Baalbek’s Roman Bacchus Temple. Her latest work is *Transit Tripoli*, freely adapted from Anna Seghers’ Transit, which opened at the Akademie der Künste in Berlin, in partnership with the Schaubühne Theatre. She co-founded in 2018 the cultural association and theatre company YAZAN, which brings together artists around training, creating, and touring in the field of performing arts, film, and music. In times of greatest catastrophe, Caroline knows that it is crucial to keep on finding meaning in both creativity and community. Rejecting neo-colonial depictions of Arab bodies and narratives, she aims at producing works that can tour worldwide for their intrinsic qualities, their original take on universal texts, and their insight and impact in regard to their region of origin. She’s currently working on a children’s play combining text with chants from the Levant and contemporary dance. The work is dedicated to displaced populations within Lebanon, or, in truth, to every child and parent in need of solace and enchantment today.