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Apr 2021
40m 31s

Exodus

Kerning Cultures Network
About this episode

Loving Lebanon is one thing; living there is another. Generation after generation, surviving in the homeland sometimes costs too much.

This essay was written and read by Zahra Hankir, and it was originally published in Guernica. The episode was produced by Alex Atack with support from Dana Ballout. Sound design and mixing was by Paul Alouf and Alex Atack. Bella Ibrahim is our marketing manager.

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