it's low level melson, pulse of religion and weston with aunt d. w. sometimes books are more exciting than real life. raring to read. oh, what if there's no escape? w literature list. laundry german ma street. ah, ah, 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?

journalists, xena, l moss. rock and joe power abdul karim, travel the coasts of the mediterranean, in search of answers. do you see yourself as a tunisian junior youth with all the rights and responsibilities? how can you afford to fear 3 of these animals? god help i join us to get to know the people and their dreams. a mediterranean jeremy. hello and welcome. i'm seen ab alma, when i'm jeff outdoor cutty. but 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 rights and visits during those 2 years in many countries, experi political and economic upheaval, hill on south south with

a global pandemic come to me. so let's go to europeans, one region, one of those nations and flux is lebanon, where we begin, or 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 allied id love. that was important to me because i turned out of the, you know, let me do it again, please. okay. are you coming to me or my going over to you? okay, thanks. have a little more. 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 even so, is it possible? is it allowed? good does is a better not to me and the discussions with you on the slides, edema and the 2nd issue was about refugees in lebanon. ruin dawson, people always think that refugees are only debated in germany on on it. but there's also a debate going on in lebanon, his wealth, and enzyme, syrians and palestinians are facing huge challenges right now. and anyone in lebanon is changing legislation. what impact is that having some?

because there are some tension models that we usually produce. jeff, our talk at deutsch a villa in berlin once a month, we're also in 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 beirut 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 when they would visit, if you're ever in beirut, 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 also lived in bay rate for many years. yeah. and i think you also went to

school here. yeah. and what did you do here is you will say come here and take photos if it up on to mile as it i came here now and again with my family lunch. my we sometimes came here for dinner, he se i was good, but there is also an ice cream parlor here. yeah. yet every child growing up in beirut must have eaten ice cream there, i guess. okay. what, hello. hello. how's it going? was with what would you like? i think well i said lemon before, but now i'm seeing something else. was that i see that manga then will do, i think you just ordered an arabic right. 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 i screen me. i like vanilla. i didn't even the love i'm having vanilla. went among huh. sometimes when you taste or smell something, does it take you back to your childhood?

that's what's wanted on it. that's exactly what happens to me with a root in the background on the ice cream. now i finish mine. you've still got some . 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 alo. then the conflict escalated into a battle between christians, p l. o supporters and arab nationalists eventually israel invaded in 1982 and occupied southern lebanon until the year 2000. so this case has great historical significance rights. gotta come on. yes, absolutely. number 2,

this is mortar square. it has to do with lebanese independence than 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 show. i don't, it tells you know, that's exactly from the civil war. got he thank you he that so yes, a church church bells on the machine. there's a mosque as well. symbolic in from a bug. it 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 inside of home for soon as i was on the surface, everyone lives happily together like one big family, one big. but within that family, the people still argue a bit. don't know. hm. person session. ah. and continuing my journey alone, travelling 85 kilometers north to tripoli. buy,

bless tripoli is the nation 2nd largest city, and according to all world bank report, the poorest metropolis on the entire mediterranean coastline. 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 all awaits 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 can he, 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 mason here and ben tabitha down there. we have people here from debbie

topper noon and john mason. i'm from bell covenant. i'm the only one from chapel lesson, but i've been talking to it so you didn't talk to each other before i get to talk to each other. back then if we wanted to see each other, it wasn't to talk to teacher. i think that and on your dominant language was the language of weapons a day and 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 your overall a woman between o. com from very much for your. busy code structures the way they thing, they look at woman. 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 work that my work because 1st of all, i'm perceived as neutral. second of all, i think that in fuzzy on society, you are a woman man, dental show. their weakness is more than, than if you, because there's no diving, there's no eagle and, and one day, you know, i was asking them this question. imagine i was and then would that have forth the way it had looked and they only did, he said no, no, there are still traces of hatred and violence in syria street. but tentative reconciliation efforts are at least under way from tripoli, we travel on to be close. 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 all about through the eco lodge lies between tripoli and beirut. 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 monarchies was like, particularly on the grid. i love of the wheat is from this region and ask man is making the dough. i'd like to slice of because i'm really hungry. i 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. so combination, you combined tradition, nature, land, and village in a way that makes this place. so authentic study, that's really amazing. i live in mechanical, i. e and ideally policy. and i said i have to, to be honest. but i'm often surprised that the reactions of some of the people who come to me, that 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 on? 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 will feel 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 last, the knock that us way melodic polio, lebanon has many problems, for sure, thought, bestest, bestest, yes, but i'm very optimistic. the optimistic set off and that 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. it's 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 joe mana hud. work is breaking taboos. oh, well the plan, i'm going to have a small, kind of exercise like award, yet una. the me is 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 dud, supports the activists and organize as regular events such as this one. okay, always she might have like, okay, firstly hello again and turn out, i'm really glad you're all here. like, you know 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. alexia went to, she studied,

there's nothing negative here yet hope there's just a lot of love and unconditional acceptance for all of you. got 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 closer to the person? we want to say something to. there are no wrong decisions because there are people around us who support us will be 60 yes, there will be a support system or a support group. i'm all okay. oh okay. so they're worried about you. you mean you miles away? okay. don't you speak to them out of it? are you doing this? you're breaking to who was here going also in the time of risk. what was the cold 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 you're scared with me, they won. another hot topic in lebanon is the traffic problems with cyclists still aren't in the world view of lebanese transport planners. chain effect wants to change that and make they root fit for bikes. i meeting project initiator, dana, how want and your colleagues, your site. so something it's all over the graffiti you're doing, which is the chain effect why the trade effect. so because when you move into a 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 it will go and we have other something to like if you will, the bicycle you'd 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. i said yeah, i'm with stuff with i was out of the such them going to call you as fast as a grenade on that. and you can also part quickly what's the funds to offer or something like that i a, i cycle a lot at home in berlin. and today for the 1st time in beirut with siena. ah, it was you always wanted to cycle through bay route one day. is has the 1st time i i yes, it's really the 1st time i've cycled in beirut. yeah, it's really exciting. and i why do you think you're the only one in beirut, sand lebanon to take cycling so seriously. i

wanted to some one divided by and those that exercise he did eat well to at toller, it smells of hummus, sesame and wild type. so in other words, of traditional lebanese food, the owners gold to get the nations many religion and regis cooking together. geneva lebanon is also well known for its excellent food. yeah. i'm going to rely on you felicity. that's a good idea. so are your sissy. besides, you can count on me johnny mckee of baja, been we're really hungry. so we're going to order a lot willy w almost almost double autumn, be creamed, cauliflower and stuffs zucchini and 2 glasses, a fresh pomegranate settlement. o that color looks incredible. bodily harm at alex

grace america. we said mister ha is as to, oh wow, something in common, but there's no alcohol in it, so it's okay. so that's what you say. have a nominal not so and not sweet. exactly right. and i'm sitting in the shade. what more could i want? well good, here we go. ah, man, i kish young kid. yes. on occasion. as we know that already did 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 off, once a house of your mother always made it up. i'm yes, this was always made on the days where we said there's no meet today 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. starting to go 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 weren't that great because we often think mom's cooking always tastes best. davosto out of that, 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, whenever i've spent some vacations in morocco. oh the whole family just gets together around the table. i'm able to tie all it creates a warm atmosphere. it was half thresher than oh, oh, yeah, you need a semi, i see myself as a citizen of the war. he has a field event and constantly flying to new places and back up whenever i arrive in frankfort and 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, whether with family, with friends, et cetera, et cetera. the food tastes good. it tastes good moth, regardless of where it comes from cushman and piano as we leave. another surprise

awaits us. ha, ha. did the ones that are insight executive? so the brand is a masterpiece. okay, where we're having a several events in be would but the actual production is happening in the bigger region. if you want to to meet the people behind the project. oh yes, really good. read him the next day i meet out of the on your to i and joseph solo. from masterpiece. together we travel to the because 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. this is one of the women, okay, by law. most of the women who work here come from syria. they fled to escape the islamic state and the war there whom pharmacy manages the masterpiece sewing workshop. a know that to syrian type a fabric, any student where you get it from, survive on their mission moment jewel i'm, we try and get it from syria or from bay route, but it's difficult. yeah. they weren't sure. what's that? that's a shot made of pure so natural. so from the cocoon had the i then did you so it as well. the sure. no. my grandmother did that. my mother's mother then swam, actually is when you have a piece of serial with you into a stop, it means we still have a connection with syria. you can try this with the very my job,

if you like it either. either i'm good, nice none yet. i go down the lady. what does masterpiece mean to you? eat masterpiece. i had again masterpieces 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. oh, good mary. when been by you now? yes, i'm down. tears of joy. i yet, but i also cry because of the difficulties we always face. haley, amos arrayed, mekena, he dental bitterly attack them. etna, after meeting these remarkable women, i travel back to bay route. the lebanese capital feels like one of the most

contemporary cities in the mediterranean region. 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 leave a route before our 1st mediterranean journey ends. i've got another surprise for xena. i know something i absolutely must buy when i'm in beirut and fall in a watermelon. and we don't have a watermelon. i'm going to eat that by yourself. and you know, we're going to eat it here together. did this one that was out, you know of the melons. good. so from the sounds ok, florida. i know can if i hear the right, so then it's good. yeah. so this one you well, decide how much was ok,

you the and i did, but $4500.00 the rad about that of comes me every man i said that so we doing this the traditional way, how an arab couple, which he called the woman 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. i lose independent. 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. they've got a positive mindset and they appreciate what they have can use the 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 because i'm looking forward to taking our trip as well. yes, i wonder what you'll think of santia after all tangier in the surrounding region. have had a huge influence on me. ah . ah, with

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