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

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The Devil Wears Prada is back on our big screens 20 years after the original movie became a global hit, with the press tour revealing a lot of original film lore and a new interview revealing what was real and what wasn't. So what will this new storyline tell us? Which Aussie is ...  Show more

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 ...  Show more

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 ...  Show more

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 ...  Show more