0:00 Intro

1:00 Day-to-day

13:51 No candidate

19:11 Division

25:02 Kataeb

33:49 Secularism

56:36 Hezbollah

1:19:35 Women-led

1:30:33 Personal reasons

We're with Jana Massoud and Ghiya El Assaad for Episode 304 of The Beirut Banyan.

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https://youtu.be/M0C8Jweks0w

We discuss their day-to-day workings within Minteshreen, and whether the meaning of what began on October 17, 2019 shifted over time.

Our conversation includes the group's decision not to field a candidate in upcoming parliamentary elections and to focus, instead, on the local and Municipal level. We also talk about divisions within the October 17 movement, the polarizing issue of willing to engage regime parties seeking reform and addressing Hezbollah's sub-state weapons and security.

The episode concludes with a reflection of women-led protests turned politics, and personal reasons for their commitment to Lebanon.

Jana Massoud is a youth coordinator and Ghiya El Assaad directs external relations for Minteshreen.

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www.minteshreen.com

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