0:00 Intro

9:50 Hamra

25:21 Camera choice

29:14 Manara

51:12 Achrafieh

1:01:15 October 17, 2019

1:18:37 Blast

1:21:17 Graduation

We're with Nabeel Yakzan for Episode 321 of The Beirut Banyan.

Click to watch:

https://youtu.be/d8a4GG5hLOc

We discuss the passion that is storytelling, a journey into photography, and capturing the personal and political on Beirut's streets one neighborhood at a time.

Our conversation includes camera preference and technique, October 17's natural impact on an earlier hobby, and why certain subjects are at times too sensitive to cover.

We also talk about balancing career choices, and a determination to carry on with photography despite potential departure from Lebanon.

Nabeel Yakzan is a recent chemical engineering graduate from AUB and a talented street photographer.