A Crisis and a Pandemic

We have a very important and interesting topic, especially these days. We will talk about the history of America, how this country was born, and why they celebrate Independence Day every year on July 4th. We will go back a little in history to talk about the land before it was ca ...  Show more

In this episode, you will listen to a conversation between "Layal," the new employee, and "Rana," her colleague at work, as they begin to greet one another and get to know each other. There is a lot of opportunity for new vocabulary and simple sentences with lots of meaning. If y ...  Show more

In September 2016, Megan traveled with World Vision USA to Lebanon to see the work being done to provide aid to Syrian refugees there. This is part one of a three-part series telling the stories from her time there. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices 

This is a repost of an episode I did with Dr Andrew Arsan, British-Lebanese scholar and author of the book Lebanon: A Country in Fragments, and which was originally released on the Hummus For Thought podcast. I'm releasing it here as an introduction to a series of upc ...

La Syrienne Rouba Mhaissen a reçu début novembre le prix Rafto des droits de l'homme pour son engagement en faveur des droits des réfugiés et des migrants syriens, qui sont plus d'un million et demi au Liban. Un prix décerné par la fondation norvégienne Rafto à la directrice de l ...  Show more

All banks in Lebanon have been shut indefinitely. They say it is for safety reasons following a string of raids by customers demanding access to their own money. In one incident, a woman armed with a toy gun staged a bank hold-up to pay family medical bills. Although the authorit ...  Show more