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CHRISTINA ASSI - Behind the Camera (Ep.400)
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A conversation with Christina Assi - photojournalist and photo editor at AFP. Taped live at Aaliya's Books.Made special with the audience that joined.Covering Christina's lifelong passion for photojournalism, an initial false comfort of wartime coverage along the Lebanese-Israeli border, surviving the October 13 Israeli attack that took Issam Abdal…
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MICHAEL YOUNG - Over these Walls (Ep.399)
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A conversation with Michael Young - senior editor at the Malcolm H. Kerr Carnegie Middle East Center in Beirut and editor of Diwan, Carnegie's Middle East blog.Covering latest Iranian and Israeli attacks, symbolism & psychological notions of victory, US policy vis-a-vis Israel and inherent obstacles towards Israeli-Palestinian peace, the lack of go…
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DAVID SCHENKER - Absent from Diplomacy (Ep.398)
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A conversation with David Schenker - Senior Fellow at The Washington Institute for Near East Policy and former United States Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern Affairs.Covering ongoing Hezbollah-Israel attacks, diplomacy and deescalation efforts, difficulties surrounding UNSCR 1701's implementation, opposition capabilities and the likeli…
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RALPH BAYDOUN - The Media Monitor (Ep.397)
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A conversation with Ralph Baydoun - media monitor and analyst, and founder of Influeanswers. Taped live at Aaliya's Books.A discussion on the wider role of media monitoring and online data analysis, an explanation of social listening and research on state-sponsored weaponization of social media, different tools to measure online content's 'viral' i…
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MAYA GEBEILY - The Clear Picture (Ep.396)
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A conversation with Maya Gebeily- Reuters Bureau Chief of Lebanon, Syria and Jordan. An episode co-hosted by Wael Taleb - journalist at L'Orient Today.Covering Issam Abdallah's killing, the investigation process into the October 13 Israeli attack on Lebanese reporters, Reuters' response and special report, along with the wider difficulties matched …
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LORENZO TROMBETTA - Discontinuity on a Carpet of Continuity (Ep.395)
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A conversation with Lorenzo Trombetta - senior Middle East correspondent and analyst. Taped live at Aaliya's Books.A look back on Lorenzo's two decades long career as a correspondent for ANSA and LiMes covering Syria and Lebanon, and as a researcher looking at power relations within the Assad regime, the intermediary dynamics that shape modern Syri…
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My interview with LBC (UK) Radio on continued escalation along the Lebanese-Israeli border and attacks against UNIFIL observers.By Ronnie Chatah
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LAMIA MOUBAYED - Fighting from Within (Ep.394)
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A conversation with Lamia Moubayed - President of Institut des Finances Basil Fuleihan. Taped live at Aaliya's Books.A look back on Basil Fuleihan's legacy in addition to current efforts to promote fiscal awareness and responsibility, simplifying budgets for citizen access, public procurement and limited success stories, and a necessary 'militantis…
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WAEL TALEB - Two Movements in One (Ep.393)
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A conversation with Wael Taleb - journalist at L'Orient Today. Taped live at Aaliya's Books.A reflection on the nineteen year anniversary of March 14, 2005 and parallels of the rise and fall of political movements in Lebanon.Help support The Beirut Banyan by contributing via PayPal:https://www.paypal.me/walkbeirutOr donating through our Patreon pag…
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ANTONI BARAKAT & KARL HADDAD - Naqd Media (Ep.392)
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A conversation with Antoni Barakat and Karl Haddad - co-founders of Naqd Media.Looking back on Naqd Media's inception post-October 17, 2019, navigating social media narrative wars and gauging a younger audience by design, reasons for relaunching their website today (naqd.media) and a reflection on March 14, 2005.Follow Naqd Media on Instagram: [at]…
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TYLOR BRAND - Famine & Fate (Ep.391)
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A conversation with Tylor Brand - author of Famine Worlds: Life at the Edge of Suffering in Lebanon's Great War.Tylor Brand received his Ph.D. from the American University of Beirut in 2014 and has taught at AUB, the American University of Sharjah and in his current position in the Department of Near and Middle Eastern Studies at Trinity College, D…
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ZIAD AKL - Road Safety & Driving Awareness (Ep.390)
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A conversation with Ziad Akl - director of YASA - Youth Association for Social Awareness (YASA). An episode co-hosted by Wael Taleb - journalist at L'Orient Today.Covering road safety promotion, driving education and awareness, and achieving improved traffic conditions.Help support The Beirut Banyan by contributing via PayPal:https://www.paypal.me/…
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DAVID WOOD - "Cautious Escalation" (Ep.389)
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A conversation with David Wood - senior analyst at Crisis Group. An episode co-hosted by Wael Taleb - journalist at L'Orient Today.Covering warfront expansion deeper into Lebanon, “cautious escalation” between Hezbollah and Israel and wider geopolitical developments.Help support The Beirut Banyan by contributing via PayPal:https://www.paypal.me/wal…
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RICHARD SALAME - Public Sector & Source (Ep.388)
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A conversation with Richard Salame - journalist at The Public Source. An episode co-hosted by Wael Taleb - journalist at L'Orient Today.A discussion covering fact-checking and journalism in Lebanon, relative perspectives on public sourcing, a passion for the public sector and other topics ranging from reporting on the IMF staff level agreement to r…
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ALBERT MOUKHEIBER - The Maladaptive Mind (Ep.387)
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A conversation with Albert Moukheiber - neuroscientist and clinical psychologist. An episode co-hosted by Wael Taleb - journalist at L'Orient Today.A discussion covering mental health, political agency, maladaptation to uncertainty and a wider understanding of narrative and identity.Help support The Beirut Banyan by contributing via PayPal:https://…
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A quick take on Saad Hariri's current visit, Rafik Hariri's legacy 19 years following his assassination and assuming positions of power under Hezbollah-led paralysis.Help support The Beirut Banyan by contributing via PayPal:https://www.paypal.me/walkbeirutOr donating through our Patreon page:https://www.patreon.com/thebeirutbanyanSubscribe to our p…
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MOHANAD HAGE ALI - A Region of Many Troubles (Ep.385)
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A conversation with Mohanad Hage Ali - deputy director for research at the Malcolm H. Kerr Carnegie Middle East Center. An episode co-hosted by Wael Taleb - journalist at L'Orient Today.A discussion on Hezbollah's calculations in the South, regional diplomacy underway and Lebanon's position vis-a-vis the ongoing Hamas-Israel war.Help support The Be…
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Welcoming Wael Taleb to The Beirut Banyan.Wael will co-host upcoming episodes covering ongoing Hezbollah-Israel clashes, constraints rubbing against free expression, and topics that range from a determined stand-up comedy scene to mental health awareness.Find Wael on Instagram: [at]wael.ramzi.taleb & Twitter/X: [at]waeltaleb23Wael Taleb is a journa…
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A quick take on words shared and promises made during commemorations of political assassinations, and the stark reality that no local solutions are available to hold Hezbollah's hitmen to account.Help support The Beirut Banyan by contributing via PayPal:https://www.paypal.me/walkbeirutOr donating through our Patreon page:https://www.patreon.com/the…
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On the third commemoration of Lokman Slim's assassination...What stability means when looking back on the port blast aftermath and political assassinations. A word that implies improvement while doing the opposite - accepting a country's security fate tied to Iran's regime survivability.Help support The Beirut Banyan by contributing via PayPal:http…
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TOM FLETCHER - Remembering Mohamad Chatah
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Reflections on Mohamad Chatah with former UK Ambassador to Lebanon Tom Fletcher.Make sure to watch 'TEN YEARS' that includes conversations with family, friends and colleagues that reflect on Mohamad Chatah's life and career, a decade after his assassination:https://youtu.be/_jAM77Vz7bk?si=69WFPNc6MDKIY-yTTimestamps:0:00 Intro0:02 Business of diplom…
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JEFFREY FELTMAN - Remembering Mohamad Chatah
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Reflections on Mohamad Chatah with former US Ambassador to Lebanon Jeffrey Feltman.Make sure to watch 'TEN YEARS' that includes conversations with family, friends and colleagues that reflect on Mohamad Chatah's life and career, a decade after his assassination:https://youtu.be/_jAM77Vz7bk?si=69WFPNc6MDKIY-yTTimestamps:0:00 Intro0:02 Looking back3:0…
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FOUAD SINIORA - Remembering Mohamad Chatah
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Reflections on Mohamad Chatah with former Prime Minister Fouad Siniora.Make sure to watch 'TEN YEARS' that includes conversations with family, friends and colleagues that reflect on Mohamad Chatah's life and career, a decade after his assassination:https://youtu.be/_jAM77Vz7bk?si=69WFPNc6MDKIY-yTTimestamps:0:00 Intro0:45 Central Bank Vice Governor …
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Reflections on Mohamad Chatah with Malek Mrowa, member of the Democratic Renewal Movement (Tajaddod).Make sure to watch 'TEN YEARS' that includes conversations with family, friends and colleagues that reflect on Mohamad Chatah's life and career, a decade after his assassination:https://youtu.be/_jAM77Vz7bk?si=69WFPNc6MDKIY-yTTimestamps:0:00 Intro0:…
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MICHEL SLEIMAN - Remembering Mohamad Chatah
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Reflections on Mohamad Chatah with former President Michel Sleiman.Make sure to watch 'TEN YEARS' that includes conversations with family, friends and colleagues that reflect on Mohamad Chatah's life and career, a decade after his assassination:https://youtu.be/_jAM77Vz7bk?si=69WFPNc6MDKIY-yTTimestamps:0:00 Intro0:02 Looking back3:53 Problem-solvin…
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SAMY GEMAYEL - Remembering Mohamad Chatah
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Reflections on Mohamad Chatah with Kataeb Party leader Samy Gemayel.Make sure to watch 'TEN YEARS' that includes conversations with family, friends and colleagues that reflect on Mohamad Chatah's life and career, a decade after his assassination:https://youtu.be/_jAM77Vz7bk?si=69WFPNc6MDKIY-yTTimestamps:0:00 Intro0:02 Looking back3:26 Role within M…
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SAMIR GEAGEA - Remembering Mohamad Chatah
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Reflections on Mohamad Chatah with Lebanese Forces leader Samir Geagea.Make sure to watch 'TEN YEARS' that includes conversations with family, friends and colleagues that reflect on Mohamad Chatah's life and career, a decade after his assassination:https://youtu.be/_jAM77Vz7bk?si=69WFPNc6MDKIY-yTTimestamps:0:00 Intro0:09 Looking back7:12 Friendship…
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Ep.382: Bee With Each Other with Randy Chartouni & Hoda Rizk
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A conversation with co-founders of Poppin’ Pollen Randy Chartouni & Hoda Rizk, taped live at Aaliya's Books.Click to watch: https://youtu.be/mvWP85c-ZAcAbout bee-hiving tradition, energy boosting & wider benefits of pollen, bringing health awareness through digital marketing, & the difficulties of managing a startup business & relationship at once.…
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Ep.381: Society's Mirror with Wissam Kamal
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A conversation with Wissam Kamal - stand-up comedian and filmmaker.Discussing his journey in to stand-up comedy, vulnerability on stage, the power of satire and his upcoming special 'Ashtaf Zoom'.We also talk about state attempts at censorship, battling stage freight, the writing and testing process at hand and encouraging more female comics on sta…
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Ep.380: The Signs of our Time with Naila Al Hares
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A conversation with Naila Al Hares - sign language interpreter, instructor and founder of Sign With Naila.Click to watch: https://youtu.be/SqYN2kS-jAMDiscussing the passion and pursuit behind Naila's sign language instruction, her mission to bridge communication between the hearing impaired and hearing communities and the personal journey that shap…
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Ep.379: Lebanon's Independence & Fouad Chehab's Legacy with Simon Kachar
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A conversation with Simon Kachar - lecturer in political science at the American University of Beirut, fellow at the Issam Fares Institute for Public Policy and International Affairs and author of 'Fouad Chehab and the Political Change in a Pluralistic Society'.Click to watch: https://youtu.be/ntj65MQA9tMDiscussing the buildup to cross-communal pow…
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Ep.378: The Journalist's Job with Wael Taleb
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A conversation with Wael Taleb - journalist at L'Orient Today.Click to watch: https://youtu.be/FyJbW5P4z9MDiscussing the journalist's role in news reporting and features writing, built-in differences within fact-based coverage and opinion analysis, a wider meaning of 'Palestine' and sometimes separating a political cause from its people, feelings o…
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Ep.377: A Life Worth Living with Bashshar Haydar
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A conversation with Bashshar Haydar - professor of philosophy and the Mohammad Atallah chair of ethics at the American University of Beirut.Click to watch: https://youtu.be/kBFTpM-J3QYDiscussing the wider topic of war ethics in philosophy, difficulties of academic/scholarly debate in times of ongoing and harrowing strife & his views on last week’s …
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Ep.376: The Chief Satirist with Salam El Zaatari
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A conversation with Salam El Zaatari - producer, director & satirist, taped live at Aaliya's Books.Discussing how to properly navigate and eloquently express emotions as they relate to political conflict, the use satire provides in debunking conspiracy, myths and state-propaganda, how misunderstanding of history and false narratives emerge from lac…
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Ep.375: Windows of Opportunity with Mohamad Faour
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A conversation with Mohamad Faour, Assistant Professor in Finance at The American University of Beirut, taped live at Aaliya's Books.Discussing the ongoing Hamas-Israel war, the de-development of Lebanon's economy, best-case and worst-case economic scenarios given geopolitical constraints, October 17 in retrospect, windows of opportunity and using …
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A conversation with Fadi BouKaram, edited from an Instagram Live we shared.Click to watch: https://youtu.be/kJzw2OpuR-MDiscussing the channeling of emotions during times of immense crisis, a look at Ireland and that country's own unique perceptions, offering benefit of the doubt when exploring multiple narratives and persuasions, reducing conflict …
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Ep.373: 'All She Lost' with Dalal Mawad
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Episode 373: 'All She Lost' with Dalal Mawad, taped live at Aaliya's Books.A conversation with award-winning journalist and author Dalal Mawad.Click to watch: https://youtu.be/BGjBJdTCNa4Discussing the ongoing Hamas-Israel war, regional implications for Lebanon, the role of journalists during trying times and crisis, narrative vs truth, and her rec…
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On Gisele Khoury's passing & October 17's anniversaryBy Ronnie Chatah
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Ep.372: A Shining Star with Matteo El Khodr
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Episode 372: 'A Shining Star' with Matteo El Khodr, taped live at Aaliya's Books.A conversation with actor and countertenor Matteo El Khodr.Click to watch: https://youtu.be/4t_bYwpVVG4Covering the role of artists in defending free expression, persevering as a performer despite all types of difficulties in Lebanon, and a unique voice that merges art…
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Ep.371: 'Twilight Cities' with Katherine Pangonis
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Episode 371: 'Twilight Cities' with Katherine Pangonis, taped live at Aaliya's Books.Click to watch: https://youtu.be/4KAoSvi9BeAA conversation with author Katherine Pangonis on her recently published 'Twilight Cities' with a focus on Tyre and Carthage and topics that transcend antiquity with modern history.The discussion covers Phoenician city-sta…
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Anger & Thirst by Rea GemayelRea is an actress and appeared in Memory Box, Echoes & Le Départ.Click to watch video version: https://youtu.be/mqLU-7CT_G8Help support The Beirut Banyan by contributing via PayPal:https://www.paypal.me/walkbeirutOr donating through our Patreon page:https://www.patreon.com/thebeirutbanyanSubscribe to our podcast from yo…
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GENXZ wraps up its first season with comedian John Achkar in a conversation that covers his personal journey from student-led politics to stand-up comedy, free expression that takes the written word on stage, the comfort & healing of performance-based art, & the importance of following your passion & pursuit no matter the cost.The episode includes …
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Ep.370: The Architect with George Wardini
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Episode 370: 'The Architect' with George Wardini, taped live at Aaliya's Books.Click to watch video version: https://youtu.be/2BQ83aSzC7wA conversation with digital content creator George Wardini that covers the design process behind the Instagram page PolyBlog & its opinion-based narrative born out of political activism, as well as a look at other…
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GENXZ is a miniseries hosted by Sarah Al Asmar that tackles Lebanese political, economic and social issues from a youth perspective.For this episode Sarah is joined by Elias Hankach, MP Metn District and member of Kataeb.Click to watch video version: https://youtu.be/ytcMIS_SvnAThe discussion covers a deep dive into Roumieh and rethinking its priso…
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Ep.369: 'Einmal ist keinmal' with Ambassador Andreas Kindl
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In memory of Milan Kundera.Episode 369: 'Einmal ist keinmal' with Ambassador Andreas Kindl, taped live at Aaliya's Books.Click to watch video version: https://youtu.be/4kTJ34QGw9cA conversation that explores the day-to-day affairs of Germany's Ambassador to Lebanon, divergency between local expectations and the job description at hand, communicatio…
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Ep.368: Meeting of Minds with Nadim Shehadi & Hicham Bou Nassif
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Episode 368: Meeting of Minds with Nadim Shehadi & Hicham Bou Nassif, taped live at Iris Domain.Click to watch video version: https://youtu.be/KyIs_EBz5qYDelving into childhood & academic experiences in retrospect, communitarianism, supranational identities, systemic paralysis & potential solutions to failed governance, geopolitical infringement on…
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Ep.367: Ten Thousand Stories in One with Rawi Hage
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Episode 367: Ten Thousand Stories in One with Rawi Hage, taped live at Aaliya's Books.A conversation that brings childhood memories of Geitaoui, Rmeil and a bygone Achrafieh back to life.Click to watch video version: https://youtu.be/2X5InI_nCEsRawi's experiences in the early years of the civil war, his brief move to Cyprus followed by a short retu…
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GENXZ with Wael Taleb & Amira Kazoun
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GENXZ is a miniseries that tackles Lebanese political, economic and social issues from a youth perspective.For this episode Amira Kazoun joins as co-host and we introduce Wael Taleb to the podcast, a reporter and features writer at L'Orient Today and a gifted journalist.Click to watch video-version: https://youtu.be/GfVximIb3jMThe discussion covers…
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GENXZ is a miniseries hosted by Sarah Al Asmar that tackles Lebanese political, economic and social issues from a youth perspective.For this episode Sarah is joined by Jad Shahrour, spokesperson for the Samir Kassir Foundation.Click to watch video version: https://youtu.be/4pv2AHv6cPYThe discussion covers the Samir Kassir Foundation's work in defen…
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Ep.366: 'Beirut is a River' with Camille Ammoun
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Episode 366: ‘Beirut is a River’ with Camille Ammoun, taped live at Aaliya's Books.Click to watch video version: https://youtu.be/GGFMulaHEl4A conversation that covers writing styles and technique, psycho-geography and urban planning, a look back at civil society's role in 2005 and 2019, a reading of 'Beirut is a River' and the universality within …
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