Episode 366: ‘Beirut is a River’ with Camille Ammoun, taped live at Aaliya's Books.

Click to watch video version: https://youtu.be/GGFMulaHEl4

A conversation that covers writing styles and technique, psycho-geography and urban planning, a look back at civil society's role in 2005 and 2019, a reading of 'Beirut is a River' and the universality within Beirut.

The discussion includes expectations from the Change bloc and whether new and old names entering parliament share the same political hurdles ahead.

Camille Ammoun is a writer and policy advisor.

The articles referred to are listed below in order of mention:

Not resilience, subsidence!

https://today.lorientlejour.com/article/1291894/not-resilience-subsidence.html

From Waste to Trash:

https://today.lorientlejour.com/article/1294851/from-waste-to-trash.html

Beyrouth est un fleuve:

https://www.lorientlejour.com/article/1300886/beyrouth-est-un-fleuve.html

I am no longer a silo:

https://today.lorientlejour.com/article/1307682/i-am-no-longer-a-silo.html

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Timestamps:

0:00 Intro

3:21 Writing technique

7:18 Psycho-geography

12:14 Walk Beirut with you

19:50 Back in time

26:08 Beirut is a river

38:09 Universality

43:44 First person narrative

56:52 Downtown

1:04:01 2005 & 2009

1:12:18 Q&A

1:22:00 Civil society

1:37:27 Political personnel

1:56:34 The system