Episode 366: ‘Beirut is a River’ with Camille Ammoun, taped live at Aaliya's Books.
Click to watch video version: https://youtu.be/GGFMulaHEl4
A conversation that covers writing styles and technique, psycho-geography and urban planning, a look back at civil society's role in 2005 and 2019, a reading of 'Beirut is a River' and the universality within Beirut.
The discussion includes expectations from the Change bloc and whether new and old names entering parliament share the same political hurdles ahead.
Camille Ammoun is a writer and policy advisor.
The articles referred to are listed below in order of mention:
Not resilience, subsidence!
https://today.lorientlejour.com/article/1291894/not-resilience-subsidence.html
From Waste to Trash:
https://today.lorientlejour.com/article/1294851/from-waste-to-trash.html
Beyrouth est un fleuve:
https://www.lorientlejour.com/article/1300886/beyrouth-est-un-fleuve.html
I am no longer a silo:
https://today.lorientlejour.com/article/1307682/i-am-no-longer-a-silo.html
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Timestamps:
0:00 Intro
3:21 Writing technique
7:18 Psycho-geography
12:14 Walk Beirut with you
19:50 Back in time
26:08 Beirut is a river
38:09 Universality
43:44 First person narrative
56:52 Downtown
1:04:01 2005 & 2009
1:12:18 Q&A
1:22:00 Civil society
1:37:27 Political personnel
1:56:34 The system
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