Welcoming Wael Taleb to The Beirut Banyan.

Wael will co-host upcoming episodes covering ongoing Hezbollah-Israel clashes, constraints rubbing against free expression, and topics that range from a determined stand-up comedy scene to mental health awareness.

Find Wael on Instagram: [at]wael.ramzi.taleb & Twitter/X: [at]waeltaleb23

Wael Taleb is a journalist at L'Orient Today.

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A quick take on words shared and promises made during commemorations of political assassinations, and the stark reality that no local solutions are available to hold Hezbollah's hitmen to account.

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On the third commemoration of Lokman Slim's assassination...

What stability means when looking back on the port blast aftermath and political assassinations. A word that implies improvement while doing the opposite - accepting a country's security fate tied to Iran's regime survivability.

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Reflections on Mohamad Chatah with former UK Ambassador to Lebanon Tom Fletcher.

Make sure to watch 'TEN YEARS' that includes conversations with family, friends and colleagues that reflect on Mohamad Chatah's life and career, a decade after his assassination:

https://youtu.be/_jAM77Vz7bk?si=69WFPNc6MDKIY-yT

Timestamps:

0:00 Intro

0:02 Business of diplomacy

2:13 Fellow diplomat

3:17 Showing off vs transactional

4:56 Influence towards outside players

6:26 Stability

10:17 Beyond the next corner

12:28 Risks involved

14:11 International Contact Group for Lebanon

15:39 Ambassadors & influence

16:53 Twitter

18:06 How would you describe him?

19:15 Pushing back against standard narrative

20:44 Gap he leaves behind

Reflections on Mohamad Chatah with former US Ambassador to Lebanon Jeffrey Feltman.

Make sure to watch 'TEN YEARS' that includes conversations with family, friends and colleagues that reflect on Mohamad Chatah's life and career, a decade after his assassination:

https://youtu.be/_jAM77Vz7bk?si=69WFPNc6MDKIY-yT

Timestamps:

0:00 Intro

0:02 Looking back

3:04 Stopping by

5:08 July 2006 War

7:15 Bigger picture

8:52 Dinners vs Masterclass

12:37 UNSCR 1701

15:34 Strategic Vision

17:15 Day of assassination

18:27 Principled & integrity

19:44 Serving in vs serving for Lebanon

Reflections on Mohamad Chatah with former Prime Minister Fouad Siniora.

Make sure to watch 'TEN YEARS' that includes conversations with family, friends and colleagues that reflect on Mohamad Chatah's life and career, a decade after his assassination:

https://youtu.be/_jAM77Vz7bk?si=69WFPNc6MDKIY-yT

Timestamps:

0:00 Intro

0:45 Central Bank Vice Governor & Lebanese Ambassador to U.S.

6:10 Senior Advisor for Foreign Affairs

12:51 STL & UNSCR 1701

21:34 July 2006 War

25:57 2006 - 2008

29:51 Assassinations, Doha Agreement & Finance Ministry

42:32 Months leading up to assassination

55:29 Aftermath

Reflections on Mohamad Chatah with Malek Mrowa, member of the Democratic Renewal Movement (Tajaddod).

Make sure to watch 'TEN YEARS' that includes conversations with family, friends and colleagues that reflect on Mohamad Chatah's life and career, a decade after his assassination:

https://youtu.be/_jAM77Vz7bk?si=69WFPNc6MDKIY-yT

Timestamps:

0:00 Intro

0:02 Nassib Lahoud

2:45 Common cause

5:00 Civil society

13:40 Mathematical equation

15:08 Shared history

Reflections on Mohamad Chatah with former President Michel Sleiman.

Make sure to watch 'TEN YEARS' that includes conversations with family, friends and colleagues that reflect on Mohamad Chatah's life and career, a decade after his assassination:

https://youtu.be/_jAM77Vz7bk?si=69WFPNc6MDKIY-yT

Timestamps:

0:00 Intro

0:02 Looking back

3:53 Problem-solving

9:04 Buildup to Baabda Declaration

12:24 Pursuing neutrality

15:35 On his own?

17:49 Characterization

21:00 Months leading up to assassination

24:11 How would you describe his loss?

26:16 Any comparison in history?

Reflections on Mohamad Chatah with Kataeb Party leader Samy Gemayel.

Make sure to watch 'TEN YEARS' that includes conversations with family, friends and colleagues that reflect on Mohamad Chatah's life and career, a decade after his assassination:

https://youtu.be/_jAM77Vz7bk?si=69WFPNc6MDKIY-yT

Timestamps:

0:00 Intro

0:02 Looking back

3:26 Role within March 14

5:48 Problem-solving

8:24 Aligned positions

11:04 His thought process

13:49 Seeing through the problem

15:57 Any comparison?

20:13 Characterization

Reflections on Mohamad Chatah with Lebanese Forces leader Samir Geagea.

Make sure to watch 'TEN YEARS' that includes conversations with family, friends and colleagues that reflect on Mohamad Chatah's life and career, a decade after his assassination:

https://youtu.be/_jAM77Vz7bk?si=69WFPNc6MDKIY-yT

Timestamps:

0:00 Intro

0:09 Looking back

7:12 Friendship

8:55 Shared interpretation

10:55 His role in March 14

14:42 International relations

17:00 Mountain, valley & coast

21:28 Letter to Rouhani

24:16 Any comparison?

27:25 Last words