0:00 Intro
2:00 Last Chance for Serious Reform
10:23 Affecting Change in Lebanon
18:36 Early 1990s
25:21 Real Possibility for Breakdown
32:15 Can Anything Else Be Done?
37:58 External Players & Reform
45:37 Persistent Pressure
We're with Alia Moubayed and Jessica Obeid for Episode 2143 of The Beirut Banyan.
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