Nabil Ismail is a photojournalist who’s career spans from the beginning of the civil War in 1975 to this day: 46 years.
He was the former Head of the Syndicate of Photojournalists, and current Director of the Photography Department at An-Nahar Newspaper.
In this Sarde, we discussed the following:
- The Green Line in the 1970s “Khat El Tamess”
- The dangers of daily life in East & West Beirut
- The evolution of weapons & expansion of the civil war(s) across the nation
- The private wars & militias in Lebanon
- The dangers of romanticizing War as a Game (for children & adults)
- How holding the camera takes away your humanity
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Chapters
00:00 – Intro to Nabil Ismail
06:27 – Two narratives of the same “game”
14:06 – Daily life across the Green Line
26:16 – Losing humanity behind the camera
31:16 – The Camera: A feared truth-teller
39:29 – The advantages of a working with a foreign news agency
45:50 – Risky dilemmas
53:42 – Is the civil war still ongoing?
59:18 – Israeli invasion of ‘82
1:02:28 – the level of bloodshed of the civil war
1:06:29 – Did Nabil Ismail ever interfere?
1:10:18 – Deadlier clashes during the Taif agreement
1:20:25 – the dangers of romanticizing the war
1:24:30 – Will Nabil Ismail make a book?
1:45:08 – A call for hope
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Executive Producer Jad Banjarian
Edited by Dana Abdessamad
Translated by Elodie Finestres
Subtitling by Image Production House
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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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