Long Distance Call

Hitting The Streets With Hezbollah


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Eliza joins her husband Adam to cover the Islamic festival of Ashoura. They go to an area called "Dahiyeh" or the city suburbs. This is real Beirut, away from the flash restaurants of the Mediterranean and one of the strongholds of the militia gang, Hezbollah.

The religious event is one of the rare times where you can meet Hezbollah fighters and get a sense of their power.

Geraldine isn't working this week and will fly to America for a wedding soon. She's considering diving back into literature. And she's looking for a new TV series after binging on the HBO blockbuster "Succession".

Eliza and her Mum will launch a new podcast next week called "Long Distance Bookclub". The first book is "Live A Little" by Howard Jacobson.

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Live a Little Howard Jacobson

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/40872727-live-a-little

The Little Red Chairs Edna O'Brien

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/25064563-the-little-red-chairs

Serial Reader App

https://www.salon.com/2019/06/02/my-phone-helped-me-fall-in-love-with-books-again/

Succession

https://www.hbo.com/succession

In Extremis Lindsay Hilsum

https://www.amazon.com/Extremis-Death-Correspondent-Marie-Colvin/dp/0374175594

Foreign Correspondent Rwanda

https://www.abc.net.au/foreign/

Analysis of the ANU voter behaviour project

https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2019/sep/03/late-surge-from-undecided-and-minor-party-voters-to-coalition-swung-election-study-says

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Long Distance CallBy Eliza Harvey