Episode Notes: From the Creative Frontline of Lebanon's Revolution Watch/Listen
Added 2020-04-03 20:00:48 +0000 UTCTitle: From the Creative Frontline of Lebanon's Revolution Watch/Listen
Description: Since October 2019, people in Lebanon have been protesting corruption, climate denial, big finance, and government ineptitude. Where does that work stand now? Laura talks with Lebanese activist/artist Dayna Ash who runs one of the few safe spaces for LGBTQI+ people and women in the region about her experience of organizing in a melt-down. (theLFShow epis#287)
Related Laura Flanders Show Episodes:
•Forward Thinking On Covid-19: Lebanon
•Aja Monet: Revolutionary Poetry
•A Hub For Radical Thinking: Bluestockings Bookstore & Activist Center
•Adrienne Maree Brown: Pleasure Activism And Black Women’s Legacy Of Joy
Related Articles and Resources:
•Haven For Artists, Beirut, Lebanon
•The Only LGBTQ+ And Women's Safe Space In Beirut
•Lebanon Protests: The limit of rage by Habib Battah, Aljazeera
•Lebanon will default on its debt for the first time ever by Timour Azhari, Aljazeera
Guest Bio:
Dayna Ash is a cultural activist and founder/director of Haven for Artists in Beirut, Lebanon. In 2019, she was named one of the BBC’s 100 Women for 2019. She is the recipient of the 2020 Woman of Distinction Award from United Nations Commission on the Status of Women.
Featured ‘Music in the Middle’ of the Podcast:
“Drown Out the Other” by Nour Sokhon and Danya Ash courtesy of the artists. More information
