EPISODE 123: Diaspora and Identity with Nadim...

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

For episode 155, Ayman sits with Beirut-based journalist and friend of the show, Justin Salhani, to talk about his recent essay for Al-Jazeera. Expanding on the essay, the two talk about parallels between the 1982 Israeli invasion of Lebanon and siege of Beirut and the ongoing ge ...  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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Please listen to our latest episode of the Lebanese Physicians' Podcast discussing the origins and causes of the cholera epidemic in Lebanon, its future, and its relation to the healthcare, water, and electricity infrastructure in Lebanon.

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‏نتحدث إلى الصحفي حسين أيوب، من جنوب لبنان ومديروحدة الكوارث في قضاء صور. نعرفكم على قرى جنوب لبنان و كيف يعيش أهاليها في ظل الضربات بين حزب الله وإسرائيل. تشير الأرقام إلى نزوح عشرات الآلاف من سكان البلدات الحدودية في جنوب لبنان .على الجانب الآخر من الحدود اللبنانية الإسرائيلية ...  Show more