0:00 Intro
5:15 How would you define yourself?
11:05 'Lebanon Shot Twice'
22:34 'Beirut Guilty Pleasures'
38:39 Television
54:40 Freedom
1:03:23 Career
1:13:19 Q&A
1:35:22 Prime
We're with Zaven Kouyoumdjian for Episode 353 of The Beirut Banyan, recorded live at Aaliya's Books.
Click to watch: https://youtu.be/MACRiI2FpO8
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May 15
A Talk at the National Bloc with Lama Wazzan, Lina Jarrous, Kristy Asseily & George Kyriakos
A discussion on Beirut's municipal elections and Beirut Madinati 2025's platform. With Lama Wazzan, Lina Jarrous, Kristy Asseily & George Kyriakos. Co-hosted with Charbel Al Khoury. The podcast is only made possible through listener and viewer donations. Please help support The B ... Show More
1h 16m
Nov 2021
Lebanon: Anatomy of a failed state
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?This podcast was brought to you thanks to the sup ... Show More
30m 27s
Oct 2023
Israël et le Liban face au spectre de la guerre
Frontalier d’Israël et abritant le Hezbollah pro palestinien, le Liban va-t-il connaître une troisième guerre ? Dans « La Story », le podcast d’actualité des « Echos », Pierrick Fay et Nicolas Barré reviennent sur les risques d’embrasement au Moyen-Orient.
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22m 28s
Aug 2020
After The Blast: How Lebanon's History Led To Disaster
The pictures reverberated around the world: an explosion, caught in real time, on the docks of Beirut. For the people of Lebanon, it was a dangerously familiar time, after many years of living with conflict. Today, The Quicky looks at why this explosion has led the country to t ... Show More
16m 5s
Mar 2022
Episode 481: Hanif Abdurraqib
Hanif Abdurraqib is a poet, essayist, and critic whose work has appeared in The New Yorker, The New York Times Magazine and many other publications. His new book is A Little Devil in America: In Praise of Black Performance. “I learn from hearing my elders tell stories. There’s an ... Show More
54m 53s