Our guest tonight is Ali Baroudi. A political activist and social justice advocate who tells Médéa and Mouin about his journey into the Lebanese prison system. They discuss the judiciary, amnesty, his philosophy and survival tactics, the cannabis industry, and why rehabilitation in prisons is so important.
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Chapters
00:00 | Prejudice In Lebanon
9:28 | Ali arrives at Hobeich Police station
13:15 | Why did Ali go to Prison…a Sarde On Drugs
32:07 | Ali arrives at Tripoli's Qoubbeh Prison
44:04 | Inmates can learn from each other in Prison (PHDs)
45:05 | A broken system & extreme poverty amongst inmates
59:50 | Ali arrives at Roumieh
1:03:50 | Calling family and friends from Prison and how life goes on without you…
1:09:39 | Code amongst inmates what you can and can’t do in prison
1:15:42 | Female inmates couldn’t recieve specific items…
1:18:04 | Smuggling in prisons and corrupted officials
1:22:25 | Islamists and their Empire in Block B
1:26:13 | A Supermarket (Dekken) in Roumieh
1:31:35 | The survivor’s philosophy: Disconnecting from the outside
1:35:26 | The unconditional love of a mother (Ali's relationship with his mother)
1:41:25 | How Ali made wine in Roumieh
1:47:51 | The Intifada (prison riots) in 2014
1:56:00 | Ali’s release from prison in 2016
2:01:03 | Inmates may not be innocent, but they’re victims too…
2:04:35 | The General Amnesty law (3afo l’3am)
2:07:30 | Second chance and lessons in life from Roumieh
2:09:57 | The Thawra: A long path to change people’s culture
2:14:34 | The Lebanese dream and the culture of life…
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Sarde (noun), [Sa-r-de]: A colloquial term used in the Middle East to describe the act of letting go & kicking off a stream of consciousness and a rambling narrative.
The Sarde After Dinner Podcast is a free space based out of the heart of Beirut, Lebanon, where Médéa Azouri & Mouin Jaber discuss a wide range of topics (usually) held behind closed doors in an open and simple way with guests from all walks of life.
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