At 6:08pm, on August 4th 2020, Beirut was shook by the most powerful non-nuclear explosion since the end of the second world war. The blast caused at least 178 deaths, thousands of injuries, and left an estimated 300,000 people homeless. It was linked...

Beirut Blast: "We should not have hope. We should have anger."

"If you think you understand Lebanon, they have not explained it to you right." Following this motto, this podcast will not seek to explain Lebanon, but instead provide a platform for Lebanese people's perspectives on the things that move their country. Starting from the Beirut Blast in August 2020, this podcast will try to discover Lebanese politics and society from the perspective of Lebanese locals. It will focus on individual experiences beyond the headlines. As such, it is not a journalistic media, but a format through which the hearer experiences Lebanon from a native perspective. Music: Ana Wil Leyl by Robert Maalouf (1986). Licensed to Believe A. (on behalf of Voix de l'Orient), and 4 Music Rights Societies. Cover by Karl Mansour. Instagram: @karliseverywhere

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Beirut Blast: "We should not have hope. We should have anger."

Beirut Blast: "We should not have hope. We should have anger."