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Nov 2024
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177/ Mutual Aid in Lebanon Today w/ Serg...

Elia Ayoub
About this episode

For episode 177, Leila is joined by Serge from Buzuruna Juzuruna, an agro-ecological farm and heirloom seed producer in the Bekka Valley working on food autonomy, and Abir from Hostel Beirut, a worker owned cooperative in the heart of the Lebanese capital committed to social and economic justice for all. We talk about the current situation in Lebanon following the Israeli invasion, the mutual aid initiatives both guests are involved in during the current crisis, and what international solidarity looks like in their context.

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Transcriptions: Transcriptions will be by Antidote Zine and published on this website.

Episode links: 

Hostel Beirut Solidarity Call

Lebanon Solidarity Collective/Buzuruna Juzuruna fundraiser (in French)

People to People Initiative 

The Peoples Want

Mutual Aid Lebanon (From the Periphery)

For more:

Credits:

Host: Leila Al-Shami | Guests: Abir & Serge | Music: ⁠⁠⁠Rap and Revenge⁠⁠⁠ | TFTT theme design: ⁠⁠⁠Wenyi Geng⁠⁠⁠ | FTP theme design: ⁠Hisham Rifai⁠ | Sound editor: Ayman Makarem| Team profile pics: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Molly Crabapple⁠⁠⁠⁠ | Episode design: Elia Ayoub | Producers: Leila Al-Shami & Aydın Yıldız

From The Periphery is built by Elia Ayoub, Leila Al-Shami, Ayman Makarem, Dana El Kurd, Karena Avedissian, Daniel Voskoboynik, Anna M, Aydın Yıldız, Ed S, Alice Bonfatti, israa abd elfattah, with more joining soon!

The Fire These Times by Elia Ayoub is licensed under Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International

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