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We're with Abby Sewell for Episode 256 of The Beirut Banyan.

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https://youtu.be/lo7ECcK0bBU

We discuss three of her recent L'Orient Today pieces covering collective memory and Haret Hreik, renewable energy and the power sector, and the black market surrounding fuel shortages and smugglers in North Lebanon.

Our conversation includes the wider role of journalism and storytelling, and an appreciation for long-form analysis and the written word.

Abby Sewell is a journalist at L'Orient Today.

The three articles we cover are accessible below, in order of appearance:

More than a ‘Hezbollah stronghold’: The complicated past and present of Haret Hreik

https://today.lorientlejour.com/article/1254383/more-than-a-hezbollah-stronghold-the-complicated-past-and-present-of-haret-hreik.html

EDL’s struggle to stave off darkness exposes a huge missed opportunity in the renewable energy sector

https://today.lorientlejour.com/article/1256444/edls-struggle-to-stave-off-darkness-exposes-a-huge-missed-opportunity-in-the-renewable-energy-sector.html

A roadside black market and vigilante justice for thieves and smugglers: North Lebanon adjusts to fuel shortages

https://today.lorientlejour.com/article/1258315/a-roadside-black-market-and-vigilante-justice-for-thieves-and-smugglers-north-lebanon-adjusts-to-fuel-shortages.html

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