For the day-long Celebration of the architectural heritage of CICES, EAST Architecture Studio was invited to present their work at the Dakar International Fair designed by Jean-François Lamoureux and Jean-Louis Marin in 1974. EAST's presentation narrates the story behind their renovation of an Oscar Niemeyer designed pavilion at the Rachid Karami International Fair in Tripoli, in the context of the post independence eras across the Global South.