0:00 'Pilgrim' & Intro

6:27 Storytelling

26:53 Our Homes Are Broken

37:18 Betting On The Future

49:18 Paralysis

55:42 Tripoli

1:17:33 Back To Beirut

We're with Zeina Hashem Beck for Episode 216 of The Beirut Banyan.

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https://youtu.be/Jp7RsErQ_Z8

We discuss a shared passion for storytelling, and the emotional inspiration and injury when trying to share Beirut's current pain.

We talk about our respective childhoods in Tripoli and our earliest memories during the civil war. We also reflect on why we continue to consider Beirut home, and the difference between longing from abroad and detachment through diaspora.

Our conversation includes a reflection on the current political and economic paralysis facing Lebanon and a bet on the youth and future. Zeina also reads an unpublished poem 'Pilgrim' at the start of the episode.

Zeina Hashem Beck is a poet and author. Check out her website:

http://www.zeinahashembeck.com

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Music by Marc Codsi. Graphics by Sara Tarhini.