revealed and nevertheless, a mystery to this day. what lies behind the cut in 45 minutes, the w i. she's got any issues with thoughts they will grade a oh, a the mediterranean was once a major crossroads at the heart of the ancient world. today it has become a barrier separating europe from africa. is there anything left of

a passion once share, and what do today's distinct cultures have in common journalism? xena l mos rock and joe power? abdul karim. travel the coast of the mediterranean, in search of answers. do you see yourself as a tunisian junior used to go the rights and responsibilities? how can you afford to see these animals? god help you to join us to get to know the people and their dreams, the mediterranean journey. hello and welcome. i'm seen up alma and i just thought abdulla cutty 2 years ago we began an amazing journey at the southern mediterranean 100. we began in lebanon, the nation of my roommates, the series ended in morocco, the nation of my rates. during those 2 year,

many countries experienced political and economic upheaval here on south south with a global pandemic company. so let's go to europeans, one region, one of those nations and flux is lebanon, where we began our odyssey over 2 years ago. lebanon is a traditionally multi religion nation, politically unique in the middle east. the muslims and christians coexist here, but more than 30 years after the end of the civil war, societal tensions are high. the lebanese coastline is 225 kilometers long. the nation border syria to the north and israel to the south with a population of around 6000000. i'm looking forward to welcoming the journalists, xena, and master xena brides, among other things about the emancipation of women in islam. she was born in hon over in 1981. her parents come from morocco and she lives and works in berlin.

xena is taking part in my talk show and a route on jeff, our talk we debate, political and socio critical issues of interest to people in the arab world. i lied, i did on the letter. that was important to me because i turned out of it. you know, let me do it again. please update. are you coming to me or my going over to you? okay, thanks. my little boy's what's your topic for today? via hum. we've recorded 2 topics today. this is the 1st was whether it's okay for unmarried people to live their lives together. so easy. so is it possible? is it allowed? good does is a better not to zone when me and the discussions with you on the slides at emma and the 2nd issue was about refugees in lebanon. and windows. people always think that refugees are only debated in germany. but there is also a debate going on in lebanon, his wealth, syrians and palestinians are facing huge challenges right now, and anybody, lebanon is changing legislation,

or what impact is that having somebody because there are some tension models that we usually produce. jeff, our talk at deutsch avella and berlin once a month were also an arab countries. and today we're in lebanon. for me, that's like coming home. i was born in liberia, but i grew up in switzerland and here in beirut, or i attended the german school. my parents are also living here once again. they root is the economic and cultural heart of the country. like any good beach promenade, the bay route cornish is a popular place for all manner of leisure activities. walkers love the view. joggers enjoy the breeze and teenagers pose as though they're on a catwalk then reveal it vis. if you're ever and a root, you really need to check it out. yeah, it's a wonderful atmosphere with the see the do math. how was that for you? then?

you will say lived in bay rate for many years. yeah. and i think you also went to school. yeah. yeah. and what did you do? he acted, you will say come here and take photos if it up into mile. i think i came here now and again with my family lunch. my. we sometimes came here for dinner, but he se i was good but there's also an ice cream parlor here. yeah. yet every child growing up in beirut must have eaten ice cream there. it gets okay. what? hello. hello. how's it going? was with what would you like? well, i said lemon before, but now i'm saying something else was that i should that manga. and like i said, you just ordered an arabic. well no, i just asked, but in morocco we speak moroccan diploma. do you understand what she says when she speaks? go on board or something? i'd like some mango ice cream man. i'd like vanilla. i'd have yvonne alone. i'm having vanilla when tomorrow. sometimes when

your taste or smell something, does it take you back to your childhood sooner than that, that's exactly what happens to me. with a root in the background on the ice cream. now that i finished mine, you've still got some there. okay, no problem. we'll pretend i get oh and now yet they root still bears the scars of the civil war. it ravaged the city and the country for 15 years. initially, christians fought against the palestinian p zillow. then the conflict escalated into a battle between christians, pillow, supporters and arab nationalists. eventually israel invaded in 1982 and occupied southern lebanon until the year 2000. so this case has great historical significance, right? uh huh. yes, absolutely. number 2,

this is mortar square. it has to do with lebanese and dependents that if i was paying attention during history lesson on that was 1943. but if you take a closer look, you see a lot of little holes in the brochure. i don't, it tells you no, that's exactly from the civil war garcia. thank you. his and yes, a church church bells on the machine. there's a mosque as well. symbolic and from above and all looks good off, but things could definitely be better. one of them, especially when we're talking about laws about elections and religion does play a role there haunted. everyone somehow entrenched in their religion in their 2nd 9 o'clock. as soon as i was on the surface, everyone lives happily together like one big family, one big but within that family, but people still argue a bit. don't know. hm. person, destiny. and continuing my journey alone, traveling 85 kilometers north to tripoli. by bless,

tripoli is the nation, 2nd largest city, and according to a world bank report, the poorest metropolis on the entire mediterranean coast line. up until a few years ago, civil war still raged in some tripoli, neighborhoods, jewelled among other things by the conflict and syria. the city saw clashes between sunni's and holowitz, between enemies and supporters of the syrian dictator, assad. now former opponents have laid down their arms and joint forces to repair the roads and restore power lines. the initiator of the reconciliation project march is lay about rudy from the route so county could you explain what happened here? oh okay. you'll hear in the city of tripler, but in some of the poorest districts for years, these 2 neighborhoods where it won't work, each other. jebel may sin here and been tabitha down there. we have

people here from debbie topper noon and john mason. i'm from bell ta vanessa. i'm the only one from chapel lesson, but i've been talking to so you didn't talk to each other before i get to talk to each other, fax, and if we want to see each other let, it wasn't to talk to teacher. i've been on the dominant language was the language of with the mutual fear is deep seated. it is based on the experiences of several decades and many wars. the goal is to overcome this fear. the march community center provides a place for discussion and programs for countering aggression. i've been observing how you're moving around a woman between men who come from very much for your code structures, the way they thing they look at women, what was it for you? the fact that i am a woman and i'm not home and i'm not from either sex,

has them in the worse than my work because 1st of what i'm perceived as the 2nd of all, i think that in fuzzy on the society, you are a woman man, dental show their weakness is more than, than if you, because there's no dies and there's no eagle and, and one day, you know, i was asking them this question. imagine i, i wasn't done with that have work the way it had look. and they only did, he said no, no, there are still traces of hatred and violence and serious street. but tentative reconciliation efforts are at least under way from tripoli, we travel on to be blows. the small port town is just 40 kilometers away. the blows is one of the prettiest locations on the coast. i came as a child on a school trip. the blows offers natural beauty and a rich cultural heritage. phoenicians romans arabs and the crusaders all left their

mark here not far from the bloss. i spend the night at bate arbitrarily. the eco lodge lies between tripoli and they rooted. everything's either homemade or hand made here, from the food right through to the furniture. it's like i'm in paradise. with this small estate, the owner colette co here has fulfilled a dream. and i really like makisha was particularly on the grid. i love it. the wheat is from this region and ask, man is making the dough. but i'd like 2 slices because i'm really hungry and i did in leon. lebanese breakfast consists of a kind of pizza, without our seasoning plenty of greens and a lug of olive oil. ah, they want him a familiar with you to be mother to day. many people's idea of being modern is

skyline. so all new and high tech, low, high tech, fair combination. you combined tradition, nature, land, and village in a way that makes this place. so authentic study that's really amazing. hello, mechanical i. e and ideally policy. and i said active to be honest. and i'm often surprised that the reactions of some of the people who come to me. so i know they need a modern life london pure and i, it was their love laid off when, when and where does your passion come from any being? i should, i lived abroad for almost 17 years. what, during the war i left lebanon. so besides, i spent half the time in saudi arabia and the other half in london guest house is the idea of having a restaurant came to me during this time. it was kind of a dream of mine. he loved when i returned, i wanted to fulfill that dream here in lebanon. lebanon is my homeland, and i'd like to show that lebanon is a modern country,

even with all the many problems we have here, to the label. the knock that a way milady ha lebanon, has many problems for sure, thought, bestest, bestest. yes, but i'm very optimistic. optimistic, subtle, and bet. optimism is the vital. in august 2020, there was a huge explosion in may route. the entire ports on was flattened in the blast. dozens of people died and hundreds were injured. it turned out that almost $3000.00 tons of highly flammable material had been stored for years of the port without appropriate safety measures. its thought construction work may have triggered the detonation. the accident stood as a symbol of failure for a state that could not protect its people. ah,

even before the explosion since 2019 people of all backgrounds have been protesting in beirut, someone who was always fought for societal change. and lebanon is the journalist germano hud work is breaking taboos as well. the plant, i'm going to have a small guy that exercises like award is going to be at una. the main thing is i'm all coming out with governor homosexuality is a criminal offense here. but there's a small l g, b, t i q plus community. but most people just conceal their sexuality often coming out leads to expulsion from the family. the writers yamaha dod supports the activists and organized regular events such as this one. okay, always she might have a cat, okay. firstly, hello again and turn out. i'm really glad you're all here. lucky love what i certainly don't need to say it again, but i will. an you're now in a place where there are no judgements. i feel where she studied. there's nothing

negative here yet. hope there's just a lot of love and unconditional acceptance for all of you. get it and now. oh, so this is what's going to happen. the motto of our meeting is to come out or not to come out to come. what does that mean for us to get close to the person we want to say something to or are no wrong decisions, because there are people around us who support us will be sci fi. so yes, there will be a support system or a support group. bob, oh, okay, so with ha, ha ha, okay. that they're worried about you. you mean you my own thought only. okay, don't you speak to them on with, are you doing this or breaking to boosters or also in the time of risk? what was the cause for you for doing? i think that at one point in my life because i was raised in such a conservative family, i had enough of all the hypocrisy because i knew that my own values are not necessarily the values of my society,

but i won't let them stop me from defending them and trying to bring them to life. so i decided not to be scared because if your skin they one. mm hm. and hot topic in lebanon is the traffic problem with cyclists still aren't in the world view of lebanese transport planners. chain effect wants to change that and make a route fit for bikes. i'm meeting project initiator, zayna, how one and her colleagues i so something, it's all over the fetus you're doing, which is the chain of a quite a chain effect. so with chain is the bicycle chain obviously, and if i just decide that it was so people are going to be stuck in traffic and they will be available to help with the ela who and we have other symptoms that

like if you will, the bicycle, you be there by now or we have stuff like i'm going to say them and i was there. i'm yes. so we have one the study. i'm with what i was out of the 1st i'm going to come here as fast as a grenade. honda and you can also part quickly what's the funds to host or something like that. i a, i cycle a lot at home in berlin and today for the 1st time in beirut with what you always wanted to cycle through bit route one day is the 1st time i. yes. it's really the 1st time i have cycled in beirut. yeah, it's really exciting and a why do you think you're the only ones in beirut, sand lebanon to take cycling so seriously. the bike with wanted to some on the like,

did anything with and those that exercise he did eat well to at toll it, it smells of hummus sesame and wild time. so in other words, of traditional lebanese food, the owners gold to get the nations many religions and religious cooking together. even lebanon is also well known for its excellent food. yeah, i'm going to rely on you for this. it's a, that's a good idea off of that. so are of your sissy. besides, you can count on me johnny mckee, about i've been, we're really hungry. so we're going over a lot, willis, w most almost double autumn, be streamed cauliflower, and stuck zucchini. and 2 glasses, a fresh pomegranate juice, adelman o that color looks incredible. yes. bodily harm at salus. grades in morocco we say,

but ha ha ha as to oh wow, something in common, but there's no alcohol in it, so it's okay. so that's what you say. this is phenomenal. not so and not sweets exactly. right. and i'm sitting in the shade. what market? i went oh good. here we go. ah man, i kish. yeah. i'm on a kid. yes. on occasion is you know that already in a clear. yes. and that looks like hm as with sooner. yeah. yes. and spring being longer born and that's typical to fish. i know that from home any often. so how's your mother always made it? yes. this was always made on the days where we said there is no meet to day like mine. that's what i like about lebanese cuisine in particular. i've been a vegetarian for many years and i can get delicious food everywhere without meat. and it's really tasty. dr. young from the full name of the program in germany is that there aren't that many

good moroccan restaurants simply because there aren't that many moroccans in germany. and the places i've been say, wasn't that great? because we often think mom's cooking always tastes best davosto much. i always have an immediate sense of being at home when i'm with my parents, the little morocco between our 4 walls near hanover. oh, when ever i've spent some vacations in morocco. oh, the whole family just gets together around the table won't be able to tie all it creates a wall madness. seattle theater was halfway here than uh huh. yeah. give me a semi, i see myself as a citizen of the war. he has a field event and constantly flying to new places and back off whenever i arrive in frankfort to find a bakery with me. i get some whole meal bread with cheese. that's like coming home for me to germany. oh, i love that as well. nice. i favorite weather with family, with friends, et cetera, that if the food tastes good, it tastes good regardless of where it comes from. cushman and health yanna,

as we leave. another surprise awaits us. ha, ha, ha ha to the ones that are inside. exactly. so the brand is a master kid, okay, where we're having a several events in the room, but the actual production is happening in the carriage in if you want to to meet the people behind the project. oh yes, we will be ready with the next day. i meet out of the, on your, to i and joseph solo, from masterpiece. together we travel to the call valley, where clothing is produced by syrian refugee women for the fair trade project masterpiece. so they can earn at least a bit of income. lebanon has accepted more syrian refugees than any other country in the world, in relation to its own population. it's thought around 1500000 people living here come from the neighboring nation. lebanese laws only allow syrian refugees to work

in agriculture, cleaning, or construction work. for masterpiece founders of the project were able to obtain an exception. so this is one of those where the women are most of the women who work here come from syria. they fled to escape the islamic state and the war their own policy manages the masterpiece sewing workshop the and know that to syrian type of fabric. dennis today where you get it from, survive on their mission moment jewel i'm, we try to get it from syria or from bay route, but it's difficult beyond that. sure. what's that? that's a shirt made of pure so natural. so from the cocoon had i then did you so it is. well actually no, my grandmother did that. my mother's mother then swam march 20 minutes. when you have a piece of syria with you, when you get into a spot for you, it means we still have a connection with syria. yeah,

i live with ah . other if you like of other am. good. nice. now. yeah. under de la eddie, what does masterpiece mean to you? unique masterpiece. i. yes. can, masterpiece is my whole life. it's not just a job or it's also a way to survive. again back to things we love to return to normal. them all. i've got tears in your eyes. been my only been by you now. yes. on on tis joy with ha ha yes. but i also cry because of the difficulties we always face in hailey. elijah maitland, mekena. he dental literally was had them aetna after meeting these remarkable women,

i travel back to beirut. the lebanese capital feels like one of the most contemporary cities in the mediterranean region. and an emotional day draws to a close. it's appropriately rounded off by the melancholic evening ambiance on the cornish, the beach promenade, almost certainly miss when i lead they route before our 1st mediterranean journey ends. i've got another surprise for xena. i knew something i absolutely must buy when i'm in beirut, and falling a watermelon, the middle of a watermelon. and you're going to eat that by yourself. and you know we're gonna eat it here together. did this one thought without, you know, if the melons good. so from the sounds or it's linda, i now can if i hear the right, so then it's good. yeah. so this one you decide how much without you there and i

did, but $4500.00. the read about them from me. the, remember this is that, so we doing this the traditional way, how an arab couple, which you call at the women has the money and he pays it, but i'm not going to the man is rel, i'm not so traditional. you can pay to go, okay, with breaking tradition. nothing very good. ah pan. i'm also really enjoying the chance to experience the april here. and the spirit that exists here, because i only really know baby to lebanon from the news. it's usually about war and conflicts, but at least to some extent on and the people are friendly. 9 they've got a positive mindset and they appreciate what they have been using best. of course, you've got the advantage of having the mediterranean here, unlike us in germany,

but there's so much to discover. and i really love sharing the experience with best buy. i'm glad to hear it before me because i'm looking forward to taking our trip as well. yes, i wonder what you'll think of santia after all tangier and the surrounding region have had a huge influence on me. ah . ah, with

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