0:00 Intro

2:47 Storytelling

6:14 Difficulty of the Moment

10:27 Change

26:49 Repetition

43:20 Academia

50:55 A Path Forward

We're with Mona Fawaz for Episode 259 of The Beirut Banyan.

Click to watch:

https://youtu.be/hjUradkdq_U

We discuss how we met on my WalkBeirut tour in 2009, a shared passion for storytelling and Mona's illustrious career in urban planning and political activism.

Our conversation includes the immense difficulty of the moment, a theory of change for Lebanon and the ability for academia to take the classroom to the street - in a literal sense during the first weeks of the October 17 Uprising and in shaping protest movement discussions on issues ranging from political and economic reform to local urban matters.

Mona Fawaz is a Professor in Urban Studies and Planning and the Coordinator of the Graduate Programs in Urban Planning and Design at the American University of Beirut.

The article discussed in this episode is linked below:

https://tcf.org/content/report/beirut-madinati-prospects-urban-citizenship/

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Music by Marc Codsi. Animation & illustration by Sana Chaaban.