TYLOR BRAND - Famine & Fate (Ep.391)

The Beirut Banyan

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, Dublin. His book Famine Worlds: Life at the Edge of Suffering in Lebanon's Great War examines how people struggled to survive and to endure the traumas of life during the Lebanese famine of World War I. Famine Worlds is available for pre-order at Aaliya's Books. Help support The Beirut Banyan by contributing via PayPal: https://www.paypal.me/walkbeirut Or donating through our Patreon page: https://www.patreon.com/thebeirutbanyan Subscribe to our podcast from your preferred platform. Follow us on Facebook, Instagram & Twitter: @thebeirutbanyan And check out our website: www.beirutbanyan.com Timestamps: Timestamps: 0:00 Intro 2:56 Recent cliff 8:26 Adaptive strategies 14:10 Confluence of crises 26:58 Famine & geography 40:11 Social attitudes 50:32 Identity & suffering 1:07:27 Humanitarian aid 1:21:08 Q&A