0:00 Intro

1:55 Beirut Blasts

9:49 Forced Change

21:38 Oligarchy of Dictators

32:33 Identity & Citizenship

38:08 The Aftermath

44:35 The Problem

55:48 'Chernobyl Moment'

1:02:53 Thirty Years Ago

We're with Nafez Zouk for Episode 203 of The Beirut Banyan.

Click to watch:

https://youtu.be/f63C1t-ME4o

We address the weekend protests that culminated in the Prime Minister's resignation earlier today. We also discuss the political aftermath of the Beirut blasts last Tuesday, the idea of forced change in recent Lebanese history and whether this is Lebanon's 'Chernobyl Moment'.

Nafez Zouk is a lead economist at Oxford Economics.

Click below to donation links for NGOs involved in the aftermath of Tuesday's Beirut blasts.

Lebanese Red Cross:

https://www.supportlrc.app/donate/

Impact Lebanon / Just Giving:

https://www.justgiving.com/crowdfunding/lebanon-relief?utm_term=re7R78DA2/

Ahla Fawda:

https://www.just-help.org/c/AhlaFawda/

Beit El Baraka:

https://beitelbaraka.net/donation/pay/

Lebanese Food Bank

https://lebanesefoodbank.org/donate/

Live Love Lebanon:

https://www.givingloop.org/livelove/

Caritas Lebanon:

http://www.caritas.org.lb/get_involved/donate/

Lebanon Needs:

https://www.lebanonneeds.org/donate/

Embrace Lebanon:

https://embracelebanon.org/donors-and-partners/

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Music by Marc Codsi. Graphics by Sara Tarhini.