0:00 Intro

2:07 Sectarianism

10:24 Metropole

23:23 Sovereignty

35:18 Falling apart

42:39 System

57:22 Dubai

1:04:22 Traumatized

1:19:27 Perspective

1:28:43 Q&A

1:35:43 Ras Beirut

1:51:03 Uncertainty about the future

We're with Nadim Shehadi for Episode 355 of The Beirut Banyan, recorded live at Aaliya's Books.

Click to watch: https://youtu.be/2LwriUwm4_k

We discuss communal power sharing in time, debate the importance of sovereignty over a set of ideas and consensus, a society slowly degrading and a cosmopolitanism on the decline.

Our conversation includes recent pieces Nadim has written for Arab News, revolving around impunity, trauma and international protection lacking in recent years.

Nadim Shehadi is a columnist and former executive director of LAU's New York campus. He is also the former director of Tufts University's Fares Center for Eastern Mediterranean Studies.

Special thanks to Samer Beyhum for his audio-technical support.

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