The Beirut Banyan

An interview by the gifted Marie Jo Sader, a Paris and Beirut-based independent journalist and 2023 Lokman Slim Prize winner for her investigative work on the circumstances of Lokman Slim's assassination.

A discussion on the fall of the Assad regime in Syria, a retrospective on anti-Assad protests that shaped Lebanon in 2005 and wider implications for Lebanon, Syria and the region.

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Timestamps
0:00 Intro
0:22 Decades apart
3:17 Post Syria occupation journey
5:01 Signature elimination
6:59 Political reasons & calculations
8:27 Coordination between Syria & Iran
9:47 The Lebanese 'state'
12:38 Emotions of the moment
15:10 Notions of justice
17:14 Mohamad Chatah today