A new miniseries hosted by Sarah Al Asmar, covering all things youth-related in Lebanon.
Click to watch: https://youtu.be/tOeUz6M2Mfc
For this introduction Sarah sits with me and outlines what she hopes to achieve with her new role as a host on The Beirut Banyan, and the topics she intends to focus in on.
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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
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
Nov 2020
Bring Me Home: (Pt 1) Shamima Begum's story
<p>It was a chance meeting in a Syrian camp. A veteran war reporter, a young mother, and an interview that polarised a nation. Shamima Begum was just 15 years old when she and two of her school friends from Bethnal Green left Britain to join Islamic State. Five years later, with ... Show More
39m 33s
Sep 2023
Women’s spending power is the story of summer
With Barbie, Taylor Swift, and Beyonce leading the way, women’s spending power is making the economy go ‘round. Plus: How to ease return-to-office pain and the challenges ahead of AI-generated music. Recorded in front of a live audience at Inbound in Boston.
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11m 52s