In this episode Afif Ayad the owner and founder of an NGO called Shaabi Masouliyati talks to us about the challenges he has faced in the country & why he left the corporate world to head up a non-profit. Civil Servants like Afif work day and night, given the role they play is even more integral than the government. People in Lebanon have learnt and accepted that they cannot lean on their corrupt government, the government does not and will not have it's best interests at heart - so it is NGO's like Shaabi that have to pick up the slack and bridge the gap. How long can they maintain themselves, and how long will it take before the government want a piece of the financial pie!

Dalal Mawad, an award winning journalist talks to us about the rekindled GCC ties with Qatar. Qatar has been under an embargo for at least 4 years and during that time it built closer ties with Turkey and Iran. What does this new peace mean? Is it a way for Saudi to gain favor with the US? or are we really seeing 'Peace' in the Middle East.

In this episode we learn about the Taif Accord how that has both hindered and helped the Lebanese Nation, but one thing that is for sure Lebanon is in crisis and the only people to lift it out is it's citizens... Chloe tells us why!

Lebanon has been through so much and Oct 17 2019 plays a large factor in the future of the country. Sophie Ghaziri talks with Diane Assaf about the Lebanese Judiciary, lobbying laws, making concrete change and how the future of Lebanon could look.

Experts Fatheya Gelleh & Kholood Khair talk to our host Sophie Ghaziri about the rising tensions in Ethiopia, it's effect on the whole region and how players like the United Arab Emirates could help curb the rising humanitarian crisis in the country. This special was recorded for International Human Rights Day.

Sophie Ghaziri talks to Sara El Yafi about Lebanon, her recent instagram lives and their purpose as well as her the recent collaborative video Sara did with Nadine Labaki & Cate Blanchett. #Lebanon #BeirutBlast #GovernmentCorruption

Human Rights Abuses, Free Reign to wage wars - the last 4 years in the Middle East have been very different to what we have all usually experience - so what will the next 4 offer?

To discuss  looming topics about the US sanctions, a Trump administration or a Biden agenda and it's effect on the Middle East, we brought the Levantx Roundtable to the show.

Under the Kafala system a migrant worker's immigration status is legally bound to an individual employer or sponsor (kafeel) for their contract period. The power that the Kafala system delegates to the sponsor over the migrant worker, has been likened to a contemporary form of slavery. Lebanon 961 is an NGO that is continuously working to abolish the Kafala system and both treat and aid those who have fallen victim to it's cruel and inhumane treatment. Patricia tells us more about the cases in the country and the region and how they are working around the clock to make substantial and concrete changes.