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Dec 22, 2024 | 
today.lorientlejour.com | Lucile Wassermann |Jad ABOU JAOUDE
OLJ / Lucile WASSERMANN and Jad ABOU JAOUDE, 23 December 2024 06:06, updated on 22 January 2025 19:02 In this episode of "Testimonies from Beirut," we revisit the experiences of Lebanese people living abroad during the war—those who, as our interviewee puts it, "suffered the chaos from a distance."For him, the war was a blur of constant news broadcasts, endless phone calls with relatives still in Lebanon, and scrolling through social media, anxiously watching images unfold.
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Dec 17, 2024 | 
today.lorientlejour.com | Lucile Wassermann |Jad ABOU JAOUDE
OLJ / Lucile WASSERMANN and Jad ABOU JAOUDE, 17 December 2024 10:07, updated on 22 January 2025 18:59 In this new episode of our podcast "Testimonies from Beirut," we look back at the hours leading up to the ceasefire between Israel and Lebanon on November 27. These dark and terrifying hours were quickly swept away by the relief and joy of the following day, when two months of intense, violent warfare between the Israeli army and Hezbollah finally came to an end.
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Nov 5, 2024 | 
today.lorientlejour.com | Lucile Wassermann |Gabriel Blondel |Jad ABOU JAOUDE
OLJ / Lucile WASSERMANN with Gabriel BLONDEL and Jad ABOU JAOUDE, 05 November 2024 13:21 In this new episode of "Testimonies from Beirut", we take a trip to a basketball court alongside a Lebanese professional player. A place he hadn't been back to for a month, because of the war with Israel.
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Oct 29, 2024 | 
today.lorientlejour.com | Lucile Wassermann |Jad ABOU JAOUDE
OLJ / Lucile WASSERMANN and Jad ABOU JAOUDE, 29 October 2024 12:02 In this episode of Testimonies from Beirut, we hand our microphone to a 77-year-old lady. Originally from Achrafieh, she looks back on the years of Civil War that Lebanon has known and compares them to the current conflict with Israel. "I don't know how long the Lebanese will keep this desire to start again and rebuild... I don't know what keeps them going. I don't know what drives me.
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Oct 24, 2024 | 
today.lorientlejour.com | Emmanuel Haddad |Lucile Wassermann |Jad ABOU JAOUDE
OLJ / Emmanuel HADDAD, Lucile WASSERMANN and Jad ABOU JAOUDE, 24 October 2024 13:15 In this episode of our podcast "Testimonies from Beirut" we meet a Palestinian musician from Ramallah who moved to Lebanon in 2015 to pursue her artistic projects. Since the escalation of Israeli bombings in Beirut, she questions her role as a singer amidst the turmoil of war that profoundly disturbs her. "I don’t have a clear answer right now about what I should do and how I can express my anger.
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Oct 18, 2024 | 
today.lorientlejour.com | Lucile Wassermann |Jad ABOU JAOUDE
OLJ / Lucile WASSERMANN and Jad ABOU JAOUDE, 18 October 2024 10:07 They come from Dahiyeh, Achrafiyeh, Basta, Hamra, and other regions of Lebanon, but also from other countries. They are men, women, and children from all religious communities. They are 6, 19, 35, 50, or over 70 years old. What do they have in common? They are currently in Beirut, and their lives have been altered by the war between Israel and Hezbollah.
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Oct 15, 2024 | 
today.lorientlejour.com | Jad ABOU JAOUDE
OLJ / Lucile Wasserman and Jad ABOU JAOUDE, 15 October 2024 13:20 They come from Dahiyeh, Achrafiyeh, Basta, Hamra, and other regions of Lebanon, but also from other countries. They are men, women, and children from all religious communities. They are 6, 19, 35, 50, or over 70 years old. What do they have in common? They are currently in Beirut, and their lives have been altered by the war between Israel and Hezbollah.
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Oct 8, 2024 | 
today.lorientlejour.com | Lucile Wassermann |Jad ABOU JAOUDE |Jaimee Haddad
OLJ / Lucile WASSERMANN, Jad ABOU JAOUDE and Jaimee Lee Haddad, 08 October 2024 12:56 One year ago today, Hamas launched an unprecedented attack against southern Israel, killing more than 1,200 people and taking around 250 hostage, as part of what the group described as an operation to arrest soldiers for a prisoner exchange deal. A few hours later, Israel responded by launching a devastating bombing campaign against the besieged Gaza Strip and, twenty days later, a ground invasion.
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Jul 3, 2024 | 
lorientlejour.com | Jad ABOU JAOUDE
Plafond effondré, passagers secoués, sièges disloqués… au moins quatre incidents dus à des turbulences aériennes sont survenus au cours du mois écoulé. Dernier en date, celui d’un Boeing reliant l’Espagne à l’Uruguay, qui a atterri en urgence le 1 juillet au Brésil en raison de violentes turbulences ayant fait au moins 40 blessés. Selon plusieurs études, l’augmentation de la fréquence de ce phénomène serait due au réchauffement climatique.
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Aug 30, 2023 | 
today.lorientlejour.com | Jad ABOU JAOUDE |Fouad Gemayel
At first glance, the game seemed to hold limited significance, with both Germany and Angola having already secured spots in the Round of 16, but the 2006 Basketball World Cup’s preliminary round proved historic. Over the course of the match and three overtime periods, the longest match in the history of a World Cup, the balance in the German team’s favor (108-103), with the legendary Dirk Nowitzki single-handedly scoring 47 points.
