Episode 5: MANARA
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Welcome to The Safe House Travel Diary, a travel and music podcast that explores hip hop in misunderstood places. My name is SohaI go to the safe houses of hip hop artists for intimate conversations and try to get a sense of what life is like in their corner of the world. The idea for The Safe House comes from Kendrick Lamar's lyric about "venting in the safe house." Every season I travel to a new country and immerse myself in their hip hop scene. This is Season 1: "Three Nights in Beirut" and it takes place in my Motherland: Lebanon.
The idea for The Safe House comes from Kendrick Lamar's lyric about "venting in the safe house."
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I released "Soha's version," a RAW version of this episode with no intro/outro/or opening theme. You can check it out here.
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SOUNDTRACK
E5 Soundtrack. To hear the music from this episode and more music exploring the topics discussed in this episode, check out the soundtrack on Spotify.
THANK YOU
Saleh & Roro
LEARN MORE
Hip hop tings
- Article: How protest and resistance in Syria and Lebanon shaped a progressive rap scene
- Article: Straight Outta Syria: Meet the young refugee rappers with a message
- Documentary: 961 Underground: The Rise of Lebanese Hip Hop (2012)by DJ Lethal Skillz: The definitive documentary about the rise of Lebanese hip hop culture by the spin master himself, DJ Lethal Skillz.
- Documentary | El Arena: the award winning documentary by Soul House Media is a must watch
- El Arena YouTube channel: watch rappers from across the MENA region converge on Beirut and go head to head. Pro-tip: if you know Arabic, watch Kalach vs. Al Darwish for some heavy duty social commentary about the tension between Syrian refugees and Lebanese citizens.
The aftermath of the Beirut Port Explosion
- Video: "Walking in Mar Mikhael one Week After Beirut’s Blast"
- Video: Beirut Residents Help Clean Up Debris From Explosion
- Article: "With brooms and shovels, Lebanese volunteers show the true spirit of Beirut"
- Article: After the blast: how Beirut’s clean-up operation is exposing Lebanon’s wider state dysfunction
- Article: After Beirut explosion, Lebanese volunteers flock to help clean up
Siege on Naher al-Bared Refugee Camp
- Video: Nahr al-Bared Camp: Two Years Under Siege
- Article: Tense siege continues at Lebanon’s Nahr al-Bared refugee camp
- Article: Nahr al-Bared shelling intensifies
- Article: THE SEIGE OF NAHR AL-BARED AND THE PALESTINIAN REFUGEES IN LEBANON
- Article: Lost and found: when Shatila welcomed Nahr al-Bared
Syrian Civil War
- Article: Syria's Civil War Started A Decade Ago. Here's Where It Stands
- Video: Syrians mark 12 years of civil war with no end in sight
- Podcast: Conflicted: Syria
- Documentary: Born in Syria
- Documentary: For Sama
- Video: The Harrowing Personal Stories of Syrian Refugees, in Their Own Words
Syrian Refugees in Lebanon
- Article: Syria Refugee Crisis Explained
- Video: Displaced in Lebanon: Syrian refugees face tougher restrictions
- Article: Lebanon: Armed Forces Summarily Deporting Syrians
- Article: Lebanon’s government is squeezing out Syrian refugees
Protest movement and civil strife
- Video: One week of protests in Lebanon
- Article: Lebanon protests explained
- Article: Lebanon's ordeal: from civil strife to economic collapse
Lebanese Economic Crisis
- Video: Inside an Armed Bank Raid in Lebanon
- Article: Lebanon's financial crisis and how it happened
- Article: Collapse: Inside Lebanon’s Worst Economic Meltdown in More Than a Century
- Article: Lebanon’s currency value plunges to 100,000 against US dollar
Beirut Port Explosion
Lebanese Civil War:
Lebanese hip hop
- Documentary: 961 Underground: The Rise of Lebanese Hip Hop (2012)by DJ Lethal Skillz: The definitive documentary about the rise of Lebanese hip hop culture by the spin master himself, DJ Lethal Skillz.
- Documentary | El Arena: the award winning documentary by Soul House Media is a must watch
- El Arena YouTube channel: watch rappers from across the MENA region converge on Beirut and go head to head. Pro-tip: if you know Arabic, watch Kalach vs. Al Darwish for some heavy duty social commentary about the tension between Syrian refugees and Lebanese citizens.
- Music Video: Katibe 5 "بين حينا وحيك" (Baya Hayna wa Hayyak). Take a walk through Burj al-Barajneh, Sabra, and Shatila Palestinian refugee camps in Beirut in this music video.
- Article: Palestinians In Lebanon Find A Political Tool In Hip-Hop
- Article: Refugee rappers voice disgust at Lebanon camps
- Article: "We Ain't Missing": Palestinian Hip Hop—A Transnational Youth Movement
Protest movement and civil strife
- Video: One week of protests in Lebanon
- Article: Lebanon protests explained
- Article: Lebanon's ordeal: from civil strife to economic collapse
Burj al-Barajneh Refugee camp
- Video: For the love of art. Check out this video that features Saleh as a teenager at the program I referenced in the episode that taught kids how to rap.
- Video: Seven days inside a Palestinian refugee camp in Lebanon
- Video: A walking tour of Burj al-Barajneh Refugee camp
- Video: Remembering the Nakba from Burj Barajneh refugee camp
- Episode: PBS RELIGION & ETHICS NEWSWEEKLY: Palestinian Refugee Camps in Lebanon
- Website: Burj al-Barajneh UNRWA archive
- Article: On the brink of cannibalism (1987)
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