EP. 25 LEBANON LIVES - Mona's Story.

About this episode

The episode features Mona, a half Ukrainian, half Palestinian woman, sharing her experiences living in Lebanon amidst conflict.

Lebanon Lives: the first of a mini series featuring extraordinary, ordinary people in Lebanon - trying to live their lives while their towns, villages and cities are bombed around them. As host Stephen Barden says, " These people are us." or as Joan Baez put it, in her song, "There but for fortune - go you or I". Stephen's first guest in this series is Mona - half Ukrainian, half Palestinian, lover of extreme sports and in love with a profession she cannot pursue. And her...

People in this episode

Host: Stephen Barden

Guest: Mona

Topics covered

• Lebanon
• personal stories
• war impact
• cultural identity
• extreme sports

Keywords

• Lebanon
• Mona
• war
• extreme sports
• cultural identity
• personal stories

Mentioned in this episode

Places: Lebanon, Ukraine, Palestine

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