174/ Lebanon From 1860 to the Present Day w/ Ayman Makarem

For episode 174, Elia and Ayman sit down to talk about Lebanon. As our little country is in the news for all the worst reasons, we thought it a good idea to give y'all an overview of Lebanese history.

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Materials Mentioned:

Books

A History of Modern Lebanon - Fawwaz Traboulsi

Banking on The State - Hisham Safieddine

Sextarianism - Maya Mikdashi

Films

Safar Barlek (1967) - Rahbani Brothers + Fairouz

Ila Ein (Where to?) (1957) - dir. George Nasser

Hail Walid Jumblatt (1977) - dir. Maroun Baghdadi

The Lebanese Civil War (2001) (15-part Documentary - Full Playlist on FTP Youtube Channel)

West Beirut (1998) - dir. Ziad Doueri

Podcast

TFTT Episode 85 - The Legacy of the Great Lebanon Famine (w/ Lina Mounzer and Timour Azhari)

PolDep Episode 11 - Community of Grief (w/ Lina Mounzer)

Credits:

Host(s): Elia Ayoub & Ayman Makarem | Music: ⁠⁠Rap and Revenge⁠⁠ | TFTT theme design: ⁠⁠Wenyi Geng⁠⁠ | FTP theme design: Hisham Rifai | Sound editor: Hazel Henry Audio | Team profile pics: ⁠⁠⁠⁠Molly Crabapple⁠⁠⁠ | Episode design: Elia Ayoub

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