The Beirut Banyan

By: Ronnie Chatah
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  • Storytelling and conversations, from Beirut and beyond. Subscribe from your preferred podcast platform. Support us through Paypal or Patreon.
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  • To Aaliya's - with Nadia Tabbara, Brother Michael, Wael Taleb, Ronnie Chatah & William Dobson

    To Aaliya's - with Nadia Tabbara, Brother Michael, Wael Taleb, Ronnie Chatah & William Dobson
    Dec 21 2024
    Words shared on the closing evening of Aaliya's Books. With Nadia Tabbara, Brother Michael, Wael Taleb, Ronnie Chatah & William Dobson. For Niamh Fleming-Farrel, William Dobson & the Aaliya's community. The podcast is only made possible through listener and viewer donations. Please help support The Beirut Banyan by contributing via PayPal: https://www.paypal.me/walkbeirut Or donating through our Patreon page: https://www.patreon.com/thebeirutbanyan Subscribe to our YouTube channel and your preferred audio platform. Follow us on Facebook, Instagram & Twitter: @thebeirutbanyan And check out our website: www.beirutbanyan.com Timestamps 0:00 Intro 0:09 Nadia Tabbara 5:59 Brother Michael 12:45 Wael Taleb 17:57 Ronnie Chatah 28:31 William Dobson
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    35 mins
  • Decades Apart - An interview by Marie Jo Sader on the End of the Assad Regime

    Decades Apart - An interview by Marie Jo Sader on the End of the Assad Regime
    Dec 21 2024
    An interview by the gifted Marie Jo Sader, a Paris and Beirut-based independent journalist and 2023 Lokman Slim Prize winner for her investigative work on the circumstances of Lokman Slim's assassination. A discussion on the fall of the Assad regime in Syria, a retrospective on anti-Assad protests that shaped Lebanon in 2005 and wider implications for Lebanon, Syria and the region. Follow Marie Jo Sader on X [at]mariejosader The podcast is only made possible through listener and viewer donations. Please help support The Beirut Banyan by contributing via PayPal: https://www.paypal.me/walkbeirut Or donating through our Patreon page: https://www.patreon.com/thebeirutbanyan Subscribe to our YouTube channel and your preferred audio platform. Follow us on Facebook, Instagram & Twitter: @thebeirutbanyan And check out our website: www.beirutbanyan.com Timestamps 0:00 Intro 0:22 Decades apart 3:17 Post Syria occupation journey 5:01 Signature elimination 6:59 Political reasons & calculations 8:27 Coordination between Syria & Iran 9:47 The Lebanese 'state' 12:38 Emotions of the moment 15:10 Notions of justice 17:14 Mohamad Chatah today
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    19 mins
  • The Fall of the Assad Regime with Bashshar Haydar (Ep.411)

    The Fall of the Assad Regime with Bashshar Haydar (Ep.411)
    Dec 18 2024
    An episode on the fall of the Assad regime and its implications on Syria and Lebanon. Covering the rapid collapse of the Assad regime, identity formation in the wake of over half a century of minoritarian rule mired by tyranny, where Iran stands in the near future and a wider ambition for the region carried by hope. With Bashshar Haydar, professor of philosophy at The American University of Beirut. The Nidaa al Watan article mentioned is accessible here: https://www.nidaalwatan.com/article/297082-الهوية-الوطنية-لسوريا-ما-بعد-الأسد The podcast is only made possible through listener and viewer donations. Please help support The Beirut Banyan by contributing via PayPal: https://www.paypal.me/walkbeirut Or donating through our Patreon page: https://www.patreon.com/thebeirutbanyan Subscribe to our YouTube channel and your preferred audio platform. Follow us on Facebook, Instagram & Twitter: @thebeirutbanyan And check out our website: www.beirutbanyan.com Timestamps: 0:00 Intro 2:37 Carried by hopes 6:50 Many reasons for Assad’s end 11:31 The last stretch of the regime 20:29 Turkish ambition 24:58 Dictatorial security machine 28:07 Minority rule 31:05 Intervention 38:07 Arab nationalism & myth 41:51 We are people who suffered 48:40 Forced identity 55:00 Political Islam 1:06:51 Druze border villages & Golan Heights 1:08:27 Israeli military measures 1:12:34 The problem of peace & Israel 1:14:02 Back to Lebanon 1:21:55 The Iranian regime moving forward 1:26:23 Less pessimistic than usual
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    1 hr and 29 mins

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