0:00 Intro
4:23 Political Curiosity
18:42 The Same Story
28:29 Broader Alliance
35:43 National Elections
51:38 Hezbollah
1:00:09 Not Leaving
1:08:51 Clarity
1:14:37 Lebanese Forces & Opposition
We're with Rawad Taha for Episode 274 of The Beirut Banyan.
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https://youtu.be/ekKbRFkfIIs
We discuss Rawad's political activism, how the readings of ... Show More
May 30
A Shifting Landscape with Sarah Yassine (Ep.444)
An episode covering the BIEL displaced encampment, public vs private property disputes, the former Normandy trash dump and Solidere's reconstruction efforts in retrospect. We also discuss missed opportunities and alternatives to Solidere, post-civil war urban landscape beyond the ... Show More
57m 31s
May 26
"It could have been a great story" with George Wardini (Ep.443)
An episode covering Israel's withdrawal from Lebanon on May 25, 2000, loosened state capture 26 years later despite Hezbollah's continued armament, diplomacy at play on multiple tracks, what a pending regional deal with Iran looks like and containment towards their regime means f ... Show More
57m 16s
Nov 2021
Lebanon: Anatomy of a failed state
<p>Lebanon is in economic crisis with shortages of food, medicine and electricity on the ground. Today, how did the country, whose capital was once described as the Paris of the Middle East, get here? And is there hope for the future?</p><p><em>This podcast was brought to yo ... Show More
30m 27s
