Ep.296 (Video): Present, Past & Future with M...

On losing one's sense of belonging, meaning of home, childhood friends and a brother to war. With Hassan Merhi - author of Love During Revolution. The podcast is only made possible through listener and viewer donations. Please help support The Beirut Banyan by contributing via Pa ...  Show more

An episode covering the BIEL displaced encampment, public vs private property disputes, the former Normandy trash dump and Solidere's reconstruction efforts in retrospect. We also discuss missed opportunities and alternatives to Solidere, post-civil war urban landscape beyond the ...  Show more

Gidda Dawlat is Binty’s grandmother. In this episode, Binty tells the story of how she survived the hasad!CREDITS: This podcast was produced by Studio Ochenta. Story by Rana Abdelhamid and Mona Elboghdadi. Creative Director and Executive Producer, Lory Martínez. Senior Fiction Pr ...  Show more

How do visual and sonic forms shape our understanding of a place? How do memories unfold when we encounter these forms in new configurations? In this episode, Hoor Al Qasimi speaks with Turner Prize winning artist Lubaina Himid and Magda Stawarska, known for her practice of ‘inne ...  Show more

"I'mma feel betrayed if I don't hear from you n****s." —Sada Baby  Featuring, in order of appearance: Sada Baby, David Banner, Michelle Wolf, Radio Rahim, Brother Ali, Donnell Rawlings, Mo Amer  Contains music from Sada Baby. Additional music for SALT by Ryland Blackinton Recorde ...  Show more

“Didn’t I say Japan is fly?”—David Letterman Featuring, in order of appearance: Mo Amer, Michelle Wolf, David Letterman Contains music by Wiener Philharmoniker (Symphony No.7 in A Major, Op. 92), conducted by Carlos Kleiber. Recorded in Ohio, Summer 2020. Originally published in ...  Show more