For episode 174, Elia and Ayman sit down to talk about Lebanon. As our little country is in the news for all the worst reasons, we thought it a good idea to give y'all an overview of Lebanese history.
Materials Mentioned:
Books
A History of Modern Lebanon - Fawwaz Traboulsi
Banking on The State - Hisham Safieddine
Sextarianism - Maya Mikdashi
Films
Safar Barlek (1967) - Rahbani Brothers + Fairouz
Ila Ein (Where to?) (1957) - dir. George Nasser
Hail Walid Jumblatt (1977) - dir. Maroun Baghdadi
The Lebanese Civil War (2001) (15-part Documentary - Full Playlist on FTP Youtube Channel)
West Beirut (1998) - dir. Ziad Doueri
Podcast
TFTT Episode 85 - The Legacy of the Great Lebanon Famine (w/ Lina Mounzer and Timour Azhari)
PolDep Episode 11 - Community of Grief (w/ Lina Mounzer)
Transcriptions: Transcriptions will be by Antidotezine and published on The Fire These Times.
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