Sharing the Story | Ronnie Chatah (The Beirut Banyan)

This talk is part of the Marketplace Lecture Series in an attempt to bridge the gap between academia and industry hosted by @decafquest.

Sixth talk: Ronnie Chatah (The Beirut Banyan) | Sharing the Story

Bio: Ronnie Chatah hosts The Beirut Banyan podcast, a series of storytelling episodes and long-form conversations that reflect on all that is modern Lebanese history. Topics range from political and economic reform to the arts, architecture and collective memory.

He also leads the WalkBeirut tour, a four-hour narration of Beirut’s rich and troubled past. WalkBeirut has been featured in The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, Reuters and BBC Radio 4.

Twitter: https://twitter.com/thebeirutbanyan

Relevant links:

e-book Sardonically Speaking: https://gumroad.com/l/ohYop

Twitter: https://twitter.com/Decafquest

Ko-Fi: https://ko-fi.com/decafquest

For more info: [email protected]

Suggested links:

We Should Not Mourn Justice via L’Orient Today:

https://today.lorientlejour.com/article/1247158/we-should-not-mourn-justice.html

Robert Fisk: A Conscience Adrift via Newlines Magazine:

https://newlinesmag.com/argument/robert-fisk-a-conscience-adrift/

Additional features on WalkBeirut:

New York Times:

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/02/07/world/middleeast/beirut-walking-tour-history.html 

Reuters:

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-lebanon-walk/beirut-guide-gives-walking-tours-of-citys-history-and-his-own-idUSKBN1FJ22Y

BBC Radio 4:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b01j2bml 

BBC World:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p01s60ww 

Voice of America:

https://newsvideo.su/video/3430608

Kerning Cultures Podcast:

https://kerningcultures.com/kerning-cultures/the-things-that-cant-speak