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Baskinta “You can take the boy out of the village, but you can’t take the village out of the boy.” Joseph Ghaleb Karam, founder of the Lebanon Mountain Trail and president of the American Friends of the Lebanon Mountain Trail

Over the past eight years, Lebanese American Joseph Ghaleb Karam has gradually moved back to Lebanon after living in the...
Duration 5 min read
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Karaz w Laimoon: Beirut’s intellectual salon goes international

Why is George Gershwin’s Rhapsody in Blue, um, blue? How does the human brain work? What is the secret logic...
Duration 7 min read

Remembering Lebanon

Rafik Hariri University faculty and staff dinner, 2016 It’s been two weeks since a massive explosion in Beirut’s port sent...
Duration 7 min read

LMTA Ambassador to France Jean-Pierre Cressot: “Do you know the richness and the beauty of your country’s mountains?”

Born in Beirut to a French father and a Lebanese mother, Jean-Pierre Cressot, 65, lives in the suburbs of Paris,...
Duration 4 min read
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Storytelling in Beirut with Ronnie Chatah

Ronnie Chatah, founder of WalkBeirut, paints a nuanced portrait of the city he calls HOME. Ronnie Chatah’s relationship with Lebanon...
Duration 11 min read
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Breaking Stereotypes, Building Empathy: University Classes with Digital Global Collaborations

“I’ve got a question for Beirut,” says a young man projected on a large screen at the front of my...
Duration 6 min read
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