A Better Beirut

On a more serious note, Samir & Farrah talk about mental health with Mia Atwi of Embrace, the NGO that launched the Lebanese National Suicide Prevention Hotline.

https://www.embracefund.org/

Introduction to Embrace: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_HACEZz6ZRM

We have a chat with Habib Battah, investigative journalist of Beirut Report, about Beirut’s heritage sites that are on the verge of extinction and why he feels Lebanon is a place worth writing about.

http://beirutreport.com

instagram.com/habib_b

Anthony Khoury, lead singer of Adonis the band, joins us to discuss the music scene in Lebanon and the thought process behind some of Adonis’ hits including, “Min Shou Bteshki Beirut?”

http://adonisband.com

https://play.anghami.com/artist/40

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fN7zkdoNTUw

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kptTV21D0-k

The garbage guru, Ziad Abi Chaker, talks to us about the various environmental projects being carried out in Lebanon through Cedar Environmental, from slaughterhouse waste to plastics to ecoboards.

A Zero Waste Lebanon: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VC-k7aj2Ip0

An Incinerator for Beirut? A Documentary: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ee88DvyvXQY

Ziad’s talk for TEDxBeirut: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1C-E-lPqTdA

Samir & Farrah talk with Bethany Kehdy (of Taste Lebanon) about the food of the Levant, her bespoke tours across the country, and her new supper club, Swinging Mawsam.

Taste Lebanon: http://www.tastelebanon.co.uk/

YouTube Short on Taste Lebanon: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RgwRWGNgD0Q

Swinging Mawsam: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RgwRWGNgD0Q

Bethany’s Cookbooks: A Jewelled Kitchen & A Jewelled Table