71/ Bearing Witness to What is Lost: Lebanon...

Elia Ayoub reads his Hauntologies essay "Iranian protesters don't owe us an explanation" (00:00 to 09:50) and reflects on it (09:50-36:49).You can support Elia's work with a one-off or monthly donation on Ko-fi.For more:The Fire These Times is on Bluesky, Instagram⁠ and has a⁠ ⁠w ...  Show more

Elia Ayoub is joined by three folks from Minneapolis, sociologist Nicole Bedera and From The Periphery's very own Aydin and Ed from Antidote Zine, to talk about the ongoing resistance against the federal occupation of the state of Minnesota by ICE. What is happening? How are they ...  Show more

0:00 Intro 0:51 Finding the castle 14:29 Refugee influx 28:41 David Saad 47:57 Sensitivity 54:25 Q&A 1:08:05 Relics that survived We're with Mohamad El Chamaa for Episode 361 of The Beirut Banyan, recorded live at Aaliya’s Books. Click to watch: https://youtu.be/Ebjl3XrlyKk We di ...  Show more

We're joined by Professor Samir Khalaf for Episode 50 of The Beirut Banyan, and we discuss Martyrs Square and the role of the 'Bourj' in modern Beirut's story. Professor Khalaf offers his perspective on the central problems with post-civil war urban planning and why Beirut did no ...  Show more

0:00 Intro 2:45 Accomplishments & Ageing 10:40 A Way to Express 18:57 Birth Pangs of Greater Lebanon 27:34 Comparing Trends 39:32 Tools Needed to Shield 54:18 Sectarianism 1:00:52 Federalism 1:08:25 1975-82 We're with Chloé Kattar for Episode 267 of The Beirut Banyan. Click to wa ...  Show more

A year ago Johnny Khawand saw the home he grew up in ripped apart by the massive explosion in a chemical dump in the port of Beirut, Lebanon – one of the largest non-nuclear blasts in history. For hours Johnny fought to save neighbours trapped in the rubble, seeing some die in fr ...  Show more