How to reconcile a nation with itself? Perhaps a first step is together to examine the path that was taken.
Lebanon marking 50 years since the first shots of a civil war fueled by sea change in the wider region. Today, with Assad out in Syria, Iran on the back foot and Israel emboldened, we’ll ask about the consequences of what looks like another sea change moment. What lessons from the past?
Remember, 1975 was before the Iranian Revolution and the rise of the Tehran-backed Hezbollah movement. We’ll look back and ask why so many actors then are still players today a half-Century later. What’s changed? What’s the same?
And how does the next generation overcome those sectarian tensions that flare up again regularly? A 50-year funk that can be reversed? The protesters of 2019 certainly thought so.
Produced by François Picard, Rebecca Gnignati, Juliette Laffont, Ilayda Habip, Alessandro Xenos.
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Dalal MAWAD Journalist and author
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Iva Kovic-Chahine Editor-in-chief, L'Orient Today
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Anthony Tawil Producer & Co-creator of Maabar podcast
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Karim Emile Batir Professor, Saint Joseph University of Beirut & Sciences Po Paris
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