A miniseries covering social work in Lebanon, dialogues between different generations of social workers.Tonight's guests include:Renee Khoury, a specialist in medical social work and activist in mental health issues.And Jeanine Nawfal, with over four decades of social work experience.Hosted by social worker Aimee Ghanem - founder of Sworld.Audio ve…

A miniseries covering social work in Lebanon, dialogues between different generations of social workers.Tonight's guests include:Rajaa Chatila, specialized in social work, with 32 years of professional social work experience, social training, and university teaching/education. Consultant in administrative and professional development.Majidaa Jbeily…

A miniseries covering social work in Lebanon, dialogues between different generations of social workers.Tonight's guests include:Mirna Dagher, coordinator and professor in the Department of Medical Social Work at the Lebanese University and director of Brad Al-Hay Association. And Helena Rizkallah, a specialist in medical social work and sctivist i…

A miniseries covering social work in Lebanon, dialogues between different generations of social workers.Tonight's guests include:Hiyam Kahi - with over 40 years of experience in social work and academia. And Christelle Hleyhel - specialist in medical social work and an activist in child protection issues.Hosted by social worker Aimee Ghanem - found…

A miniseries covering social work in Lebanon, dialogues between different generations of social workers.Tonight's guests include:Diana Abi Aad, a specialist in medical social work.And Mariam Mauzi, a specialist in medical social work and activist in child protection and environmental issues.مريم موزي، اختصاصية في العمل الصحي الاجتماعي، ناشطة في قضا…

A miniseries covering social work in Lebanon, dialogues between different generations of social workers.Tonight's guests include:Anita Jarjour, a specialist in medical social work and a researcher in political and administrative sciences, and a political activist. Currently working as the Program manager at the "Istidama - Lebanon" association.Simo…

A miniseries covering social work in Lebanon, dialogues between different generations of social workers.Tonight's guests include:Natalie Chemaly, a social work specialist with experience in working with at-risk girls and juvenile offenders, also focuses on economically empowering women and currently works in the field of mental health.Vanessa Fakhr…

A conversation with Ziad Yamout - member of Mada Network and Thalia Kattoura - president of AUB Secular Club.A look at protests for Palestine at AUB and across Lebanese university campuses, objectives related to information demands and company divestment, obstacles to unity and refraining from particular group affiliation, shared aspirations with U…

A miniseries covering social work in Lebanon, dialogues between different generations of social workers.Tonight's guests include:Dr. Suheir El-Ghali, a specialist in social work - a university professor and expert in family and developmental counseling, founder of a developmental vision.Gaelle Karam, a medical social worker, active in issues of chi…

A miniseries covering social work in Lebanon, dialogues between different generations of social workers.Tonight's guests include:Samar Boulos, a social worker and active member of Lebanese civil society through various boards and volunteering opportunities. She gained grassroots experience in local governance, advocacy, and organizational managemen…

A miniseries covering social work in Lebanon, dialogues between different generations of social workers.Tonight's guests include:Mirna Dagher, coordinator and professor in the Department of Medical Social Work at the Lebanese University and director of Brad Al-Hay Association. And Helena Rizkallah, a specialist in medical social work and sctivist i…

A miniseries covering social work in Lebanon, dialogues between different generations of social workers.Tonight's guests include:Hiyam Kahi - with over 40 years of experience in social work and academia. And Christelle Hleyhel - specialist in medical social work and an activist in child protection issues.مريم موزي، اختصاصية في العمل الصحي الاجتماعي…

A miniseries covering social work in Lebanon, dialogues between different generations of social workers.Tonight's guests include:Diana Abi Aad, a specialist in medical social work.And Mariam Mauzi, a specialist in medical social work and activist in child protection and environmental issues.مريم موزي، اختصاصية في العمل الصحي الاجتماعي، ناشطة في قضا…

A conversation with Ramzi Abou-Ismail and George Wardini.Looking back on their online series The Happy Hour, political pragmatism vs rigidity and puritanism, regional events and how they brush against narrower identity, national borders and their long-term viability, and where attitudes and social trends are moving.Ramzi Abou-Ismail recently comple…

A miniseries covering social work in Lebanon, dialogues between different generations of social workers.Tonight's guests include:Anita Jarjour, a specialist in medical social work and a researcher in political and administrative sciences, and a political activist. Currently working as the Program manager at the "Istidama - Lebanon" association.Simo…

A miniseries covering social work in Lebanon, dialogues between different generations of social workers.Tonight's guests include:Natalie Chemaly, a social work specialist with experience in working with at-risk girls and juvenile offenders, also focuses on economically empowering women and currently works in the field of mental health.Vanessa Fakhr…

A miniseries covering social work history and research in Lebanon. Tonight's guests include:Dr. Suheir El-Ghali, a specialist in social work - a university professor and expert in family and developmental counseling, founder of a developmental vision.Gaelle Karam, a medical social worker, active in issues of child and women protection.Hosted by soc…

Starting Monday, 29 April at 8pm.A daily miniseries hosted on The Beirut Banyan podcast & Social Work Research Hub’s YouTube channel.Including intergenerational conversations & roundtable discussions on social work history in Lebanon.Hosted by Aimee Ghanem - founder of Sworld.Stay tuned…سلسلة فيديوهات قصيرة على يوتيوب الخاصة بيروت بانيان بودكاست و …

A conversation with musician Zeid Hamdan.Covering Ziad's eclectic career spanning nearly three decades (from Soap Kills to Zeid and the Wings to his more recent band Bedouin Burger), a decision to leave Beirut and heal through creativity, and an ultimate return to performing in Lebanon.Co-hosted by Wael Taleb.The podcast is only made possible throu…

A conversation with Christina Assi - photojournalist and photo editor at AFP. Taped live at Aaliya's Books.Made special with the audience that joined.Covering Christina's lifelong passion for photojournalism, an initial false comfort of wartime coverage along the Lebanese-Israeli border, surviving the October 13 Israeli attack that took Issam Abdal…

A conversation with Michael Young - senior editor at the Malcolm H. Kerr Carnegie Middle East Center in Beirut and editor of Diwan, Carnegie's Middle East blog.Covering latest Iranian and Israeli attacks, symbolism & psychological notions of victory, US policy vis-a-vis Israel and inherent obstacles towards Israeli-Palestinian peace, the lack of go…

A conversation with David Schenker - Senior Fellow at The Washington Institute for Near East Policy and former United States Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern Affairs.Covering ongoing Hezbollah-Israel attacks, diplomacy and deescalation efforts, difficulties surrounding UNSCR 1701's implementation, opposition capabilities and the likeli…

A conversation with Ralph Baydoun - media monitor and analyst, and founder of Influeanswers. Taped live at Aaliya's Books.A discussion on the wider role of media monitoring and online data analysis, an explanation of social listening and research on state-sponsored weaponization of social media, different tools to measure online content's 'viral' i…

A conversation with Maya Gebeily- Reuters Bureau Chief of Lebanon, Syria and Jordan. An episode co-hosted by Wael Taleb - journalist at L'Orient Today.Covering Issam Abdallah's killing, the investigation process into the October 13 Israeli attack on Lebanese reporters, Reuters' response and special report, along with the wider difficulties matched …

A conversation with Lorenzo Trombetta - senior Middle East correspondent and analyst. Taped live at Aaliya's Books.A look back on Lorenzo's two decades long career as a correspondent for ANSA and LiMes covering Syria and Lebanon, and as a researcher looking at power relations within the Assad regime, the intermediary dynamics that shape modern Syri…

My interview with LBC (UK) Radio on continued escalation along the Lebanese-Israeli border and attacks against UNIFIL observers.โดย Ronnie Chatah

A conversation with Lamia Moubayed - President of Institut des Finances Basil Fuleihan. Taped live at Aaliya's Books.A look back on Basil Fuleihan's legacy in addition to current efforts to promote fiscal awareness and responsibility, simplifying budgets for citizen access, public procurement and limited success stories, and a necessary 'militantis…

A conversation with Wael Taleb - journalist at L'Orient Today. Taped live at Aaliya's Books.A reflection on the nineteen year anniversary of March 14, 2005 and parallels of the rise and fall of political movements in Lebanon.Help support The Beirut Banyan by contributing via PayPal:https://www.paypal.me/walkbeirutOr donating through our Patreon pag…

A conversation with Antoni Barakat and Karl Haddad - co-founders of Naqd Media.Looking back on Naqd Media's inception post-October 17, 2019, navigating social media narrative wars and gauging a younger audience by design, reasons for relaunching their website today (naqd.media) and a reflection on March 14, 2005.Follow Naqd Media on Instagram: [at]…

A conversation with Tylor Brand - author of Famine Worlds: Life at the Edge of Suffering in Lebanon's Great War.Tylor Brand received his Ph.D. from the American University of Beirut in 2014 and has taught at AUB, the American University of Sharjah and in his current position in the Department of Near and Middle Eastern Studies at Trinity College, D…

A conversation with Ziad Akl - director of YASA - Youth Association for Social Awareness (YASA). An episode co-hosted by Wael Taleb - journalist at L'Orient Today.Covering road safety promotion, driving education and awareness, and achieving improved traffic conditions.Help support The Beirut Banyan by contributing via PayPal:https://www.paypal.me/…

A conversation with David Wood - senior analyst at Crisis Group. An episode co-hosted by Wael Taleb - journalist at L'Orient Today.Covering warfront expansion deeper into Lebanon, “cautious escalation” between Hezbollah and Israel and wider geopolitical developments.Help support The Beirut Banyan by contributing via PayPal:https://www.paypal.me/wal…

A conversation with Richard Salame - journalist at The Public Source. An episode co-hosted by Wael Taleb - journalist at L'Orient Today.A discussion covering fact-checking and journalism in Lebanon, relative perspectives on public sourcing, a passion for the public sector and other topics ranging from reporting on the IMF staff level agreement to r…

A conversation with Albert Moukheiber - neuroscientist and clinical psychologist. An episode co-hosted by Wael Taleb - journalist at L'Orient Today.A discussion covering mental health, political agency, maladaptation to uncertainty and a wider understanding of narrative and identity.Help support The Beirut Banyan by contributing via PayPal:https://…

A quick take on Saad Hariri's current visit, Rafik Hariri's legacy 19 years following his assassination and assuming positions of power under Hezbollah-led paralysis.Help support The Beirut Banyan by contributing via PayPal:https://www.paypal.me/walkbeirutOr donating through our Patreon page:https://www.patreon.com/thebeirutbanyanSubscribe to our p…

A conversation with Mohanad Hage Ali - deputy director for research at the Malcolm H. Kerr Carnegie Middle East Center. An episode co-hosted by Wael Taleb - journalist at L'Orient Today.A discussion on Hezbollah's calculations in the South, regional diplomacy underway and Lebanon's position vis-a-vis the ongoing Hamas-Israel war.Help support The Be…

Welcoming Wael Taleb to The Beirut Banyan.Wael will co-host upcoming episodes covering ongoing Hezbollah-Israel clashes, constraints rubbing against free expression, and topics that range from a determined stand-up comedy scene to mental health awareness.Find Wael on Instagram: [at]wael.ramzi.taleb & Twitter/X: [at]waeltaleb23Wael Taleb is a journa…

A quick take on words shared and promises made during commemorations of political assassinations, and the stark reality that no local solutions are available to hold Hezbollah's hitmen to account.Help support The Beirut Banyan by contributing via PayPal:https://www.paypal.me/walkbeirutOr donating through our Patreon page:https://www.patreon.com/the…

On the third commemoration of Lokman Slim's assassination...What stability means when looking back on the port blast aftermath and political assassinations. A word that implies improvement while doing the opposite - accepting a country's security fate tied to Iran's regime survivability.Help support The Beirut Banyan by contributing via PayPal:http…

Reflections on Mohamad Chatah with former UK Ambassador to Lebanon Tom Fletcher.Make sure to watch 'TEN YEARS' that includes conversations with family, friends and colleagues that reflect on Mohamad Chatah's life and career, a decade after his assassination:https://youtu.be/_jAM77Vz7bk?si=69WFPNc6MDKIY-yTTimestamps:0:00 Intro0:02 Business of diplom…

Reflections on Mohamad Chatah with former US Ambassador to Lebanon Jeffrey Feltman.Make sure to watch 'TEN YEARS' that includes conversations with family, friends and colleagues that reflect on Mohamad Chatah's life and career, a decade after his assassination:https://youtu.be/_jAM77Vz7bk?si=69WFPNc6MDKIY-yTTimestamps:0:00 Intro0:02 Looking back3:0…

Reflections on Mohamad Chatah with former Prime Minister Fouad Siniora.Make sure to watch 'TEN YEARS' that includes conversations with family, friends and colleagues that reflect on Mohamad Chatah's life and career, a decade after his assassination:https://youtu.be/_jAM77Vz7bk?si=69WFPNc6MDKIY-yTTimestamps:0:00 Intro0:45 Central Bank Vice Governor …

Reflections on Mohamad Chatah with Malek Mrowa, member of the Democratic Renewal Movement (Tajaddod).Make sure to watch 'TEN YEARS' that includes conversations with family, friends and colleagues that reflect on Mohamad Chatah's life and career, a decade after his assassination:https://youtu.be/_jAM77Vz7bk?si=69WFPNc6MDKIY-yTTimestamps:0:00 Intro0:…

Reflections on Mohamad Chatah with former President Michel Sleiman.Make sure to watch 'TEN YEARS' that includes conversations with family, friends and colleagues that reflect on Mohamad Chatah's life and career, a decade after his assassination:https://youtu.be/_jAM77Vz7bk?si=69WFPNc6MDKIY-yTTimestamps:0:00 Intro0:02 Looking back3:53 Problem-solvin…

Reflections on Mohamad Chatah with Kataeb Party leader Samy Gemayel.Make sure to watch 'TEN YEARS' that includes conversations with family, friends and colleagues that reflect on Mohamad Chatah's life and career, a decade after his assassination:https://youtu.be/_jAM77Vz7bk?si=69WFPNc6MDKIY-yTTimestamps:0:00 Intro0:02 Looking back3:26 Role within M…

Reflections on Mohamad Chatah with Lebanese Forces leader Samir Geagea.Make sure to watch 'TEN YEARS' that includes conversations with family, friends and colleagues that reflect on Mohamad Chatah's life and career, a decade after his assassination:https://youtu.be/_jAM77Vz7bk?si=69WFPNc6MDKIY-yTTimestamps:0:00 Intro0:09 Looking back7:12 Friendship…

A conversation with co-founders of Poppin’ Pollen Randy Chartouni & Hoda Rizk, taped live at Aaliya's Books.Click to watch: https://youtu.be/mvWP85c-ZAcAbout bee-hiving tradition, energy boosting & wider benefits of pollen, bringing health awareness through digital marketing, & the difficulties of managing a startup business & relationship at once.…

A conversation with Wissam Kamal - stand-up comedian and filmmaker.Discussing his journey in to stand-up comedy, vulnerability on stage, the power of satire and his upcoming special 'Ashtaf Zoom'.We also talk about state attempts at censorship, battling stage freight, the writing and testing process at hand and encouraging more female comics on sta…

A conversation with Naila Al Hares - sign language interpreter, instructor and founder of Sign With Naila.Click to watch: https://youtu.be/SqYN2kS-jAMDiscussing the passion and pursuit behind Naila's sign language instruction, her mission to bridge communication between the hearing impaired and hearing communities and the personal journey that shap…

A conversation with Simon Kachar - lecturer in political science at the American University of Beirut, fellow at the Issam Fares Institute for Public Policy and International Affairs and author of 'Fouad Chehab and the Political Change in a Pluralistic Society'.Click to watch: https://youtu.be/ntj65MQA9tMDiscussing the buildup to cross-communal pow…