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This month, we are pleased to be joined by Mona Harb and Sami Atallah to talk us through what can be called the \"triple crisis of Lebanon.\" Mona is a Professor of Urban Studies and Politics at the American University of Beirut. She is also the co-founder and research lead at the Beirut Urban Lab - a collaborative and interdisciplinary research space. The Lab produces scholarship on urbanization by documenting and analyzing ongoing transformation processes in Lebanon and its region's natural and built environments. Sami is the Founding Director of the newly started The Policy Initiative in Beirut. He is also the former director of the Lebanese Center for Policy Studies. He led several policy studies on youth social identity and political engagement, electoral behaviour, political and social sectarianism, and the role of municipalities in dealing with the refugee crisis. Sami and Mona have, among other collaborations, co-edit the book Democracy, Decentralization, and Service Delivery in the Arab World. This episode will discuss the triple crises in Lebanon and what this means for people's everyday lives at the local level. By triple crisis, we mean the country's economic instabilities, the political situation, and the aftermath of the Beirut explosion in August 2020. How is this reflected in Lebanese societies? And what has this meant for public space? We hope that you find this episode interesting. Don't forget to like, share, and subscribe if you do!
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