0:00 Intro

2:45 Accomplishments & Ageing

10:40 A Way to Express

18:57 Birth Pangs of Greater Lebanon

27:34 Comparing Trends

39:32 Tools Needed to Shield

54:18 Sectarianism

1:00:52 Federalism

1:08:25 1975-82

We're with Chloé Kattar for Episode 267 of The Beirut Banyan.

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We discuss emotions accompanying completion of a PhD in Lebanese history overlapping with the October 17 uprising and continued economic collapse and political paralysis.

Our conversation includes re-examining the 'birth pangs' of Greater Lebanon, comparing foundational aspects of state structure with later geopolitical conflict that spilled into Lebanon, and questions about the evolution (and emotions) of words including sectarianism and federalism.

Chloé and I also talk briefly about her dissertation and the wider role of intelligentsia during conflict.

Chloé Kattar is a PhD in History graduate at the University of Cambridge. Follow her on IG: @leb.historian

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