174/ Lebanon From 1860 to the Present Day

The Fire These Times

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.

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)

Transcriptions: Transcriptions will be by Antidotezine and published on The Fire These Times.

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