The Dialogue: Lebanon and Its Diaspora

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Hammana Artist House: A New Lease of Life

One banker's homecoming to Hammana birthed a performing arts residency that's reviving a mountain village and reconnecting Lebanon's diaspora to...
Duration 11 min read

La Vita è Bella

From Roman ruins in Byblos to Arabic words hiding in Sicilian dialect, one Lebanese writer finds home again in Italy.
Duration 7 min read

Third Culture Kids: “Where Are You From?”

Neither fully Arab nor fully Western, Beirut's third culture kids inherit a mashed-up identity — one Zaatar w Zeit sandwich...
Duration 7 min read

A Loving Case by a Young Lebanese

A young member of the Lebanese diaspora returns to Beirut for university and discovers a dual identity — part citizen,...
Duration 6 min read

Former Arab-American Activist and U.S. Foreign Service Officer George W. Aldridge Finally Reaches HOME in Abdelli

Arab-American activist George W. Aldridge traces his long path from Texas and the U.S. Foreign Service to his ancestral village...
Duration 8 min read
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SEAL: Social & Economic Action for Lebanon Makes Philanthropy Count

For nearly three decades, SEAL Lebanon has quietly turned diaspora donations into thriving rural cooperatives — now it's handing the...
Duration 10 min read
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