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Apr 2021
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Episode 32: We Never Left

CAROL HAIDAR
About this episode

Loulwa Khoury is a New York based filmmaker & film editor who was born and raised in Beirut. She recently edited her first award-nominated feature documentary Paradise Without People (2019) & now she is directing and editing her own film "We Never Left"- the Lebanese Expat Revolution Documentary. 

In this episode we talk about the economic crisis and daily struggles of the Lebanese under a mercy of a corrupted government. 

Please support Loulwa's dream by clicking on the link below. Link expires on April 22nd. 

https://seedandspark.com/fund/weneverleftdoc#story

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Music by: Stay Young

by Nick Petrov

Vocabulary:

1. Moyol Siyasiyeh/ ميول سياسية: Politically connected

2. Wastah/ واسطة: Connections 

3. Tkharajet/ تخرجت: Graduated 

4. Aflem watha2iqiyeh/ أفلام وثائقية: Documentary

5. Sha2feh/ شقفة: Piece or part 

6. Mekhterbin/ مختربين: Expats 

7. Thawrah/ ثورة: Revolution 

8. Siyesiyeh/ سياسية: Political 

9. Inhiyar/ إنهيار: Collapsing 

10. Fased/ فساد: Corruption 

11. Infigarein/ انفجارين: Two explosions 

12. Dawleh/ دولة: Government 

13. Mozaharat/ مظاهرات: Protests 

14. Inhiyar lal Lira/ إنهيار لليرة: Lebanese pound collapsing 

15. Mosreyeton/ مصرياتن: Their money 

16. Kahrabah/ كهربة: Electricity 

17. T7awel/ تحول: Transfer 

18. Na2o Yfelo/ نقو يفلو: Chose to leave 

19. Al-mod7ek al-mobke/ المضحك المبكي: The funny crying story meaning the hurtful truth 

20. Hayneh/ هينة: Easy 

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