Loulwa Khoury is a New York based filmmaker & film editor who was born and raised in Beirut. She recently edited her first award-nominated feature documentary Paradise Without People (2019) & now she is directing and editing her own film "We Never Left"- the Lebanese Expat Revolution Documentary.

In this episode we talk about the economic crisis and daily struggles of the Lebanese under a mercy of a corrupted government.

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Music by: Stay Young

by Nick Petrov

Vocabulary:

1. Moyol Siyasiyeh/ ميول سياسية: Politically connected

2. Wastah/ واسطة: Connections

3. Tkharajet/ تخرجت: Graduated

4. Aflem watha2iqiyeh/ أفلام وثائقية: Documentary

5. Sha2feh/ شقفة: Piece or part

6. Mekhterbin/ مختربين: Expats

7. Thawrah/ ثورة: Revolution

8. Siyesiyeh/ سياسية: Political

9. Inhiyar/ إنهيار: Collapsing

10. Fased/ فساد: Corruption

11. Infigarein/ انفجارين: Two explosions

12. Dawleh/ دولة: Government

13. Mozaharat/ مظاهرات: Protests

14. Inhiyar lal Lira/ إنهيار لليرة: Lebanese pound collapsing

15. Mosreyeton/ مصرياتن: Their money

16. Kahrabah/ كهربة: Electricity

17. T7awel/ تحول: Transfer

18. Na2o Yfelo/ نقو يفلو: Chose to leave

19. Al-mod7ek al-mobke/ المضحك المبكي: The funny crying story meaning the hurtful truth

20. Hayneh/ هينة: Easy