ing the streets looking for Syrians. It's terrifying and needs to be stopped. I talk about this recent surge of violence, its short history, but also I give a bit of a primer on Lebanon - which turns out to be incredibly difficult to do. I'll probably do more like these cause the urgent situation calls for it, but also to elaborate on some of the stuff I touch on here.

*Correction: The Tal al-Zaatar Massacre happens in 76' not in 75' as I state in the episode.

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Suggestions:

West Beirut - Ziad Doueiri

A History of Modern Lebanon - Fawwaz Traboulsi

Banking on the State - Hicham Safieddine

1d:T42c,I left twitter last year, soon after Musk took it over. It's no longer a safe place to be. So I moved to Bluesky, which has its own set of problems, but nowhere near as problematic as twitter. But on saving grace is the few brilliant accounts I've encountered while there. In this episode I talk to the person behind one such account, Emissary of Night. A queer lefty Arab intellectual in predominantly English speaking spaces, we definitely had a lot to talk about. So over an hour and a bit we talk about a lot: Edward Said, the role of the intellectual in Palestinian liberation, Bluesky, Twitter, Tankies, Liberals, the War on Terror, being an Arab watching American media. It's a lot and it was great. I hope you enjoy listening half as much as I enjoyed having the conversation. Note: This was recorded on June 7.You can follow Leila on Bluesky @diplomatofnight.com‬Leila also just started a new blog: https://to-our-land.ghost.io/

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