LBN 2

Maabar is an on-going podcast series retracing the modern history of Lebanon through first-hand stories. Cutting across two genres — oral History and documentary — the cascade of stories told depicts a people-centered, multi-faceted view of what took place and the meaning it carries.

A mother who is awaiting the return of her daughter spends the day smoking and tormenting the household staff so as not to face her pain.

A sniper lives alone on a country’s border, shooting refugees attempting to cross. One day he finds the tape of his victim’s war diary and begins to listen to it.

A story that reflects on Lebanese society through a family whose life is suspended like everything else in the country.

Mohammad is a Syrian migrant working on a construction site in Beirut. One morning, something pushes him to volunteer as crane operator on one of the tallest and notoriously most dangerous cranes in Lebanon...

The lives of two women — Maki, a suicidal Ethiopian migrant worker and Zorro, an out-of-work actress — intersect when a diamond-smuggling operation in Beirut goes terribly wrong.