179/ Lebanon: What Now? w/ Mohamad Bazzi

For episode 179, Beirut-based journalist Justin Salhani is joined with New York University professor and journalist Mohamad Bazzi to talk about the situation in Lebanon before and after the ceasefire with Israel.

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More links:

• https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2024/sep/27/israel-lebanon-gaza-war-biden

• https://www.theguardian.com/profile/mohamad-bazzi

• https://www.aljazeera.com/features/2024/11/10/in-lebanon-misleading-and-sporadic-israeli-evacuation-orders-instil-fear

• https://www.aljazeera.com/features/longform/2024/10/26/once-upon-a-time-in-dahiyeh-israels-destruction-of-lebanons-communities

Books recommended by Bazzi:

• Rashid Khalidi 100 years war

• Fawaz Traboulsi A History of Modern Lebanon

• David Hirst Beware of Small States

For more:

• Justin Salhani is on Bluesky

• Mohamad Bazzi is on Bluesky

  
  

Credits:

Justin Salhani (host), Ayman Makarem (producer, sound editor), Elia Ayoub (episode design), ⁠⁠Rap and Revenge⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ (Music), ⁠⁠Wenyi Geng⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ (TFTT theme design), ⁠⁠Hisham Rifai⁠⁠⁠⁠ (FTP theme design) and ⁠⁠Molly Crabapple⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ (FTP team profile pics).