We’re joined in-studio by a special guest, Habib Battah, an award-winning journalist and editor of the the Beirut Report (http://www.beirutreport.com) to discuss the ‘paving over’ of history in the Levant, as well as systemic corruption in the region and how this affects peoples’ lives here.

See Habib’s TEDx talk on Beirut’s battle to preserve its history: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bm2kDSqd5zo

The Sunday Wire with Patrick Henningsen broadcasts LIVE on Alternate Current Radio SUNDAY 5pm-8pm GMT, 12pm-3pm EST, 9am-12pm PST at http://alternatecurrentradio.com and http://thesundaywire.com.