Chloe Kattar is a historian of modern Lebanon, currently finalizing a PhD at the University of Cambridge, where she's working on an intellectual history of the Civil War (1975-1992). Chloe also uses her Instagram platform www.instagram.com/leb.historian to write on the Lebanese protests and actual events.
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Chapters
00:00 – Who is Chloé Kattar aka Leb.Historian?
02:55 – It's impossible to talk about the history of Lebanon as a "nation state"
08:33 – Lebanese modern historiography and the Lebanese Diaspora
09:52 – The history of the failure of the Lebanese state
11:50 – The lack of Modern Lebanese history in schools’ curriculums and the collective amnesia
15:33 – Who won and who lost the Lebanese civil war?
18:50 – The collective amnesia and the romanticization of the war among the youth by their parents.
20:00 – Does history repeat itself?
21:56 – The Philosophy of History: 15 year cycles
26:41 – Why history books in schools stop in 1943
31:13 – Being Lebanese and belonging to Lebanon
32:35 – Is Greater Lebanon, an artificial country passed its expiration date and why Greater Lebanon failed.
40:07 – What’s the definition of Lebanon and the Lebanese identity?
Is there a Lebanese common identity?
44:37 – The narrative of the Shiite Duo : Are Lebanese shiites considered second-class citizens?
52:39 – The need to have a safe spaces in Lebanon for dialogue.
54:57 – How to end the neo-dictatorship in Lebanon
58:08 – People always say Lebanon will never change but it’s the collective action of Lebanese people that led us here
1:02:43 – The social construct among Lebanese People
1:08:03 – The Lebanese culture of victimization and PTSD
1:12:04 – The end of the fear mongering, the internal revolution
1:14:10 – Does perpetuating religious and political stereotypes stop the social development in Lebanon? (The importance to study the intersectionality in the Lebanese context)
1:19:00 – One year of revolution is nothing in a country’s history (The revolution is a start of a very long procedure) – The Thawra is a legacy
1:23:50 – The new Lebanese identity
1:27:50 – Lebanese people only want to live...
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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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