How can community stay connected during isolation? Ghyda Helou is our first international guest, from Byblos, Lebanon. She is the co-founder of "Jarak Online" an online platform that aims to get people to get to know their neighbours during COVID-19. 

Thank you to the lovely Ghyda for sharing her time and thoughts with us. 

[TIMESTAMPS] 

• ☺️Meet Ghyda Helou [0:00 - 5:53] 
• 🏡What is ‘Jarak’ ? [6:00 - 13:00 ] 
• 💪Thawra (Revolution)& Diaspora Relations [13:00 - 21:00]   
• 👯Building friendships through Jarak [21:00 - 23:00] 
• 👀'Non-Places' activated during October 2019 in Beirut [23:00 -33:00] 
• 🌎Solidarity Diaspora Gatherings in Melbourne [33:00 - 36:00]
• 🌇How to join the neighbourhood?[36:00-40:00] 
• 🏢Byblos-Jbeil in Lebanon & 'Building' vs 'Village' Neighbourhood cultures in Lebanon. [40:00 - 46:00]
• Positive experiences on social media, and missing Lebanon [46:00- END]

Follow 

@JarakOnline (Online neighbourhood community) 

@Ghyda_Helou (Collage Artistry) 

@leb.historian  (Chloe Kattar PhD Candidate in Lebanese History) 

@CultureCult_SYN @bec.maa & @maria.konidaris 

Music by Chad Crouch ‘Rainbow’ via Free Music Archive. Licensed by Creative Commons.  

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