The Beirut Banyan

A miniseries covering social work in Lebanon, dialogues between different generations of social workers.

Tonight's guests include:

Diana Abi Aad, a specialist in medical social work.

And Mariam Mauzi, a specialist in medical social work and activist in child protection and environmental issues.

مريم موزي، اختصاصية في العمل الصحي الاجتماعي، ناشطة في قضايا حماية الأطفال والقضايا البيئية

Hosted by social worker Aimee Ghanem - founder of Sworld.

Audio version available on The Beirut Banyan podcast.

We extend our thanks to CEREC (www.thecerec.org) for providing the studio. The opinions expressed in this video are those of the participants and do not necessarily reflect the views of the platform.

Don't forget to like the video, subscribe to the channel, and hit the bell icon to receive updates on all our new developments and insights.

سلسلة فيديوهات قصيرة تتضمن حوارات بين مختلف الأجيال من العمال الاجتماعيين، حول العمل الاجتماعي في لبنان.

باستضافة ايمي غانم مؤسسة Sworld

النسخة الصوتية متوفرة على بودكاست Podcast the Beirut Banyan

ضيوف حلقة الليلة:

ديانا أبي عاد، اختصاصية في العمل الصحي الاجتماعي، خبرة في العمل الاجتماعي في المجال العام

مريم موزي، اختصاصية في العمل الصحي الاجتماعي، ناشطة في قضايا حماية الأطفال والقضايا البيئية

نتقدم بجزيل الشكر لـwww.thecerec.org CEREC لتقديم الاستوديو

الآراء الواردة في هذا الفيديو هي آراء الأشخاص المشاركين ولا تعكس بالضرورة وجهات نظر المنصة. لا تنسى الإعجاب بالفيديو، والاشتراك في القناة، وتفعيل زر الجرس ليصلك كل جديد.

Social Media links:

•⁠ ⁠https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC4epEgD086z2AnrEB2a70zg

•⁠ ⁠https://www.instagram.com/p/C6OqvfoNzyG/

•⁠ ⁠https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100095370669614

•⁠ ⁠https://twitter.com/SworldLB

•⁠ ⁠https://www.linkedin.com/company/sworld-edu/

Website:

-https://sworld-edu.com/

A conversation with Ramzi Abou-Ismail and George Wardini.

Looking back on their online series The Happy Hour, political pragmatism vs rigidity and puritanism, regional events and how they brush against narrower identity, national borders and their long-term viability, and where attitudes and social trends are moving.

Ramzi Abou-Ismail recently completed his PhD in political psychology. George Wardini is a political content creator and manages PolyBlog.

Find Ramzi on Instagram: [at]the.political.psychologist and follow PolyBlog [at]polyblog.lb

The podcast is only made possible through listener and viewer donations.

Please help support The Beirut Banyan by contributing via PayPal:

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Timestamps:

0:00 Intro

4:25 The Happy Hour

11:12 Pragmatism

16:26 Extremism

20:09 Hatred

29:56 Attitudes

37:53 Borders

44:10 Lebanese Forces

50:01 Hezbollah’s Endgame

1:02:10 Battle repetition

1:03:29 What next?

A miniseries covering social work in Lebanon, dialogues between different generations of social workers.

Tonight's guests include:

Anita Jarjour, a specialist in medical social work and a researcher in political and administrative sciences, and a political activist. Currently working as the Program manager at the "Istidama - Lebanon" association.

Simon Bachawati, a specialist in social work, a university professor, with experience in the field of developmental work and local governance, serves as a consultant to the Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Tripoli, in the areas of program development and business management.

Hosted by social worker Aimee Ghanem - founder of Sworld.

Audio version available on The Beirut Banyan podcast.

We extend our thanks to CEREC (www.thecerec.org) for providing the studio. The opinions expressed in this video are those of the participants and do not necessarily reflect the views of the platform.

Don't forget to like the video, subscribe to the channel, and hit the bell icon to receive updates on all our new developments and insights.

سلسلة فيديوهات قصيرة تتضمن حوارات بين مختلف الأجيال من العمال الاجتماعيين، حول العمل الاجتماعي في لبنان.

باستضافة ايمي غانم مؤسسة Sworld

النسخة الصوتية متوفرة على بودكاست Podcast the Beirut Banyan

ضيوف حلقة الليلة:

ناتالي شمالي، اختصاصية في العمل الاجتماعي، تمتلك خبرة في العمل مع الفتيات المعرضات للخطر والأحداث المخالفين للقانون، كما تعمل على تمكين المرأة اقتصاديًا وتعمل حاليًا في مجال الصحة النفسية.

فانيسا فخري، اختصاصية في العمل الاجتماعي الصحي، ناشطة في قضايا العنف القائم على النوع الاجتماعي (GBV).تابعونا!

نتقدم بجزيل الشكر لـwww.thecerec.org CEREC لتقديم الاستوديو

الآراء الواردة في هذا الفيديو هي آراء الأشخاص المشاركين ولا تعكس بالضرورة وجهات نظر المنصة. لا تنسى الإعجاب بالفيديو، والاشتراك في القناة، وتفعيل زر الجرس ليصلك كل جديد.

Social Media links:

•⁠ ⁠https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC4epEgD086z2AnrEB2a70zg

•⁠ ⁠https://www.instagram.com/p/C6OqvfoNzyG/

•⁠ ⁠https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100095370669614

•⁠ ⁠https://twitter.com/SworldLB

•⁠ ⁠https://www.linkedin.com/company/sworld-edu/

Website:

-https://sworld-edu.com/

A miniseries covering social work in Lebanon, dialogues between different generations of social workers.

Tonight's guests include:

Natalie Chemaly, a social work specialist with experience in working with at-risk girls and juvenile offenders, also focuses on economically empowering women and currently works in the field of mental health.

Vanessa Fakhri, a specialist in health care and gender-focused activism.

Hosted by social worker Aimee Ghanem - founder of Sworld.

Audio version available on The Beirut Banyan podcast.

We extend our thanks to CEREC (www.thecerec.org) for providing the studio. The opinions expressed in this video are those of the participants and do not necessarily reflect the views of the platform.

Don't forget to like the video, subscribe to the channel, and hit the bell icon to receive updates on all our new developments and insights.

سلسلة فيديوهات قصيرة تتضمن حوارات بين مختلف الأجيال من العمال الاجتماعيين، حول العمل الاجتماعي في لبنان.

باستضافة ايمي غانم مؤسسة Sworld

النسخة الصوتية متوفرة على بودكاست Podcast the Beirut Banyan

ضيوف حلقة الليلة:

ناتالي شمالي، اختصاصية في العمل الاجتماعي، تمتلك خبرة في العمل مع الفتيات المعرضات للخطر والأحداث المخالفين للقانون، كما تعمل على تمكين المرأة اقتصاديًا وتعمل حاليًا في مجال الصحة النفسية.

فانيسا فخري، اختصاصية في العمل الاجتماعي الصحي، ناشطة في قضايا العنف القائم على النوع الاجتماعي (GBV).تابعونا!

نتقدم بجزيل الشكر لـwww.thecerec.org CEREC لتقديم الاستوديو

الآراء الواردة في هذا الفيديو هي آراء الأشخاص المشاركين ولا تعكس بالضرورة وجهات نظر المنصة. لا تنسى الإعجاب بالفيديو، والاشتراك في القناة، وتفعيل زر الجرس ليصلك كل جديد.

Social Media links:

•⁠ ⁠https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC4epEgD086z2AnrEB2a70zg

•⁠ ⁠https://www.instagram.com/p/C6OqvfoNzyG/

•⁠ ⁠https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100095370669614

•⁠ ⁠https://twitter.com/SworldLB

•⁠ ⁠https://www.linkedin.com/company/sworld-edu/

Website:

-https://sworld-edu.com/

A miniseries covering social work history and research in Lebanon.

Tonight's guests include:

Dr. Suheir El-Ghali, a specialist in social work - a university professor and expert in family and developmental counseling, founder of a developmental vision.

Gaelle Karam, a medical social worker, active in issues of child and women protection.

Hosted by social worker Aimee Ghanem - founder of Sworld.

We extend our heartfelt thanks to CEREC for providing the studio. The opinions expressed in this video are those of the participants and do not necessarily reflect the views of the platform.

Don't forget to like the video, subscribe to the channel, and hit the bell icon to receive updates on all our new developments and insights.

سلسلة فيديوهات قصيرة تتضمن حوارات بين مختلف الأجيال من العمال الاجتماعيين، حول العمل الاجتماعي في لبنان.

باستضافة ايمي غانم مؤسسة Sworld

ضيوف حلقة الليلة

د. سهير الغالي، اختصاصية في العمل الاجتماعي، أستاذة جامعية وخبيرة في الاستشارات الأسرية والتنموية، مؤسسة رؤية تنموية.

غاييل كرم، اختصاصية في العمل الصحي الاجتماعي، ناشطة في قضايا حماية الأطفال والنساء.

تابعونا!

نتقدم بجزيل الشكر لـ CEREC لتقديم الاستوديو

https://www.instagram.com/the.cerec?igsh=MTI3a3R6NjBtMHpqag==

الآراء الواردة في هذا الفيديو هي آراء الأشخاص المشاركين ولا تعكس بالضرورة وجهات نظر المنصة. لا تنسى الإعجاب بالفيديو، و الاشتراك في القناة، وتفعيل زر الجرس ليصلك كل جديد.

Social Media links :

•⁠ ⁠https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC4epEgD086z2AnrEB2a70zg

•⁠ ⁠https://www.instagram.com/p/C6OqvfoNzyG/

•⁠ ⁠https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100095370669614

•⁠ ⁠https://twitter.com/SworldLB

•⁠ ⁠https://www.linkedin.com/company/sworld-edu/

Website: https://sworld-edu.com/

Starting Monday, 29 April at 8pm.

A daily miniseries hosted on The Beirut Banyan podcast & Social Work Research Hub’s YouTube channel.

Including intergenerational conversations & roundtable discussions on social work history in Lebanon.

Hosted by Aimee Ghanem - founder of Sworld.

Stay tuned…

سلسلة فيديوهات قصيرة على يوتيوب الخاصة بيروت بانيان بودكاست و مركز SWorld لأبحاث العمل الاجتماعي.

يتضمن ذلك حوارات بين الأجيال، ومناقشات طاولة مستديرة حول تاريخ العمل الاجتماعي في لبنان.

Sworld تضافة ايمي غانم - مؤسسة

A conversation with musician Zeid Hamdan.

Covering Ziad's eclectic career spanning nearly three decades (from Soap Kills to Zeid and the Wings to his more recent band Bedouin Burger), a decision to leave Beirut and heal through creativity, and an ultimate return to performing in Lebanon.

Co-hosted by Wael Taleb.

The podcast is only made possible through listener and viewer donations.

Please help support The Beirut Banyan by contributing via PayPal:

https://www.paypal.me/walkbeirut

Or donating through our Patreon page:

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Subscribe to our YouTube channel and your preferred audio platform.

Follow us on Facebook, Instagram & Twitter:

@thebeirutbanyan

And check out our website:

www.beirutbanyan.com

Timestamps:

0:00 Intro

3:38 First instrument

6:17 Talent

8:05 Composition

11:39 Creativity

17:13 Trouble

24:19 Freedom

27:34 Lebanese musician

35:28 Deciding to leave

41:11 Living abroad

44:17 ‘Arab’ influence

49:18 Preferred project?

A conversation with Christina Assi - photojournalist and photo editor at AFP. Taped live at Aaliya's Books.

Made special with the audience that joined.

Covering Christina's lifelong passion for photojournalism, an initial false comfort of wartime coverage along the Lebanese-Israeli border, surviving the October 13 Israeli attack that took Issam Abdallah's life and left Christina with an amputated leg, coping through mental and physical scars and her physical recovery ahead.

In addition to her commitment to her profession, no matter the consequence.

The podcast is only made possible through listener and viewer donations.

Please help support The Beirut Banyan by contributing via PayPal:

https://www.paypal.me/walkbeirut

Or donating through our Patreon page:

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@thebeirutbanyan

And check out our website:

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Timestamps:

0:00 Intro

5:38 Initial passion

11:06 Photography

13:37 Issam Abdallah

19:23 Persistence

22:02 October 13

24:57 What happened

37:50 Investigation & report

43:36 Mental coping

48:09 Physical recovery

53:06 Message to journalists

1:03:34 Power

1:07:11 Dylan Collins & Elie Brakhia

1:11:27 Commitment

1:14:13 “Don’t do it”

A conversation with Michael Young - senior editor at the Malcolm H. Kerr Carnegie Middle East Center in Beirut and editor of Diwan, Carnegie's Middle East blog.

Covering latest Iranian and Israeli attacks, symbolism & psychological notions of victory, US policy vis-a-vis Israel and inherent obstacles towards Israeli-Palestinian peace, the lack of good options for Lebanon and an indefinitely stalled Baadba process.

Read his recent pieces for Diwan:

https://carnegieendowment.org/politika/experts/1258

Previously, Michael Young was opinion editor, as well as a columnist, for the Daily Star newspaper in Lebanon. He writes a biweekly commentary for the National (Abu Dhabi) and is author of The Ghosts of Martyrs Square: An Eyewitness Account of Lebanon’s Life Struggle. The book was selected by the Wall Street Journal as one of its ten notable books of 2010, and won the Silver Prize in the Washington Institute for Near East Policy’s book prize competition of 2010.

Help support The Beirut Banyan by contributing via PayPal:

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0:00 Intro

1:12 Latest Iranian strike

5:54 Israel & escalation

8:12 Netanyahu’s positioning

10:32 Significance & symbolism

16:18 US posture vis-a-vis Israel

23:40 Hezbollah-Iranian relations

30:58 A two-front war

32:58 Lebanese front

35:10 Northern Israeli factors

37:20 Defeating Hamas?

38:52 Hezbollah & ‘victory’

43:16 Psychological gains

47:32 ‘Legitimization’

50:00 Drones above Israel

53:18 Machine functionality

55:31 US policy shifts

58:10 Biden & elections

1:04:51 Arab-Israeli ‘peace’

1:12:37 Possible partition

1:16:01 No options for Lebanon

1:18:45 US-led pressure

1:22:17 Lebanese Forces & Baabda

1:27:31 Record your voice

A conversation with David Schenker - Senior Fellow at The Washington Institute for Near East Policy and former United States Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern Affairs.

Covering ongoing Hezbollah-Israel attacks, diplomacy and deescalation efforts, difficulties surrounding UNSCR 1701's implementation, opposition capabilities and the likelihood of expanded war into Lebanon.

Read his recent piece 'Changing the Israel-Lebanon Status Quo: U.S. Options':

https://www.washingtoninstitute.org/policy-analysis/changing-israel-lebanon-status-quo-us-options

Help support The Beirut Banyan by contributing via PayPal:

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@thebeirutbanyan

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0:00 Intro

0:39 An asset for Iran

2:27 Vis-a-vis Lebanese authorities

7:15 Gains to the South

10:38 On Lebanon’s behalf

14:38 UNSCR 1701

18:35 Stalling at best

22:21 July 2006 vs October 2023

27:01 Missed opportunities

30:19 Syrian refugees

33:35 Absent from diplomacy

34:58 Through my father