After The Blast: How Lebanon's History Led To...

What happens when you need a gap year from real life? When you’ve worked hard, climbed the corporate ladder and saved every penny to buy your first apartment in the big city, only to find yourself in a trap? Tim Abbott was living the quintessential city life. By 28, he had cracke ...  Afficher plus

🗞️ HEADLINES Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has been booed and heckled while arriving at Australia's biggest mosque, on one of the most important dates on the Islamic calendar. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says the country will heed US President Donald Trump's call ...  Afficher plus

In this episode, we talk to Bassam ZaaZaa, a reporter with The National, and Zina Malas, a student at the American University of Beirut about their experience of the explosion. We also talk to Marianne Samaha, programme director for aid agency Plan International, who tells us who ...  Afficher plus

Lebanon is in economic crisis with shortages of food, medicine and electricity on the ground. Today, how did the country, whose capital was once described as the Paris of the Middle East, get here? And is there hope for the future?

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Video version: https://youtu.be/AgfKUejHnkg Al Wadi (Part 2) catches up with Gabrielle Elia, author of 'Impressions of My Youth in Lebanon'. We dive deep into Wadi Abu Jmeel's history - a bygone neighborhood once central to downtown Beirut - and the Lebanese Jewish community's po ...  Afficher plus

A new miniseries hosted by Sarah Al Asmar, covering all things youth-related in Lebanon. Click to watch: https://youtu.be/tOeUz6M2Mfc For this introduction Sarah sits with me and outlines what she hopes to achieve with her new role as a host on The Beirut Banyan, and the topics s ...  Afficher plus