Zena el Khalil's guest appearances

Zena el Khalil

Otherppl with Brad Listi

America Meditating Radio Show w/ Sister Jenna

Roger McNamee

Chuck Klosterman

Michelle Tea

Alexis Coe

David Shields

Matt Bell

Lori Gottlieb

Bernie Glassman

Ayana Mathis

Adam Levin

Mattilda Bernstein Sycamore

Megan Abbott

Patrick Hoffman

Erik Larson

Ben Marcus

OwlTail

Zena el Khalil is the guest. She is an installation artist, curator, cultural activist, and author.  During the July 2006 attacks on Lebanon, her blog, beirutupdate.blogspot.co/uk, was published on CNN and the BCC.  In 2008, she was invited to speak at the Nobel Peace Center in Oslo, and earlier this year she was named a TED fellow. Her memoir, Beirut, I Love You, is now available in the United States in e-book format from NYRB Lit.Gwyneth Paltrow raves"Zena El Khalil brings the city and its current events to life through personal anecdotes about loss, tragedy, friendship, life as a young woman in a polarized city, and love for this conflicted, beautiful place she calls home."And Publishers Weekly says"Part love letter and part memoir, el Khalil’s work employs her artist’s eye and ear to depict Beirut during and after the Israeli attacks on the country’s south and the Lebanese civil war. No simple chronological narration, this is rather a highly personal, impressionistic depiction of events and emotions….  Her unflinching inside view of Beirut’s tragedy and of ‘Amreekan’ duplicity underscore why her 2006 blog beirutupdate.blogspot.com received international attention."Monologue topics: Entertainment Capital of the World, iTunes ratings, Board, tweets. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Zena el Khalil is the guest. She is an installation artist, curator, cultural activist, and author.  During the July 2006 attacks on Lebanon, her blog, <a href="http://beirutupdate.blogspot.co/uk" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">beirutupdate.blogspot.co/uk</a>, was published on CNN and the BCC.  In 2008, she was invited to speak at the Nobel Peace Center in Oslo, and earlier this year she was named a TED fellow. Her memoir, Beirut, I Love You, is now available in the United States in e-book format from NYRB Lit. Gwyneth Paltrow raves "Zena El Khalil brings the city and its current events to life through personal anecdotes about loss, tragedy, friendship, life as a young woman in a polarized city, and love for this conflicted, beautiful place she calls home." And Publishers Weekly says "Part love letter and part memoir, el Khalil’s work employs her artist’s eye and ear to depict Beirut during and after the Israeli attacks on the country’s south and the Lebanese civil war. No simple chronological narration, this is rather a highly personal, impressionistic depiction of events and emotions….  Her unflinching inside view of Beirut’s tragedy and of ‘Amreekan’ duplicity underscore why her 2006 blog <a href="http://beirutupdate.blogspot.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">beirutupdate.blogspot.com</a> received international attention." Monologue topics: Entertainment Capital of the World, iTunes ratings, Board, tweets. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit <a href="https://megaphone.fm/adchoices" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">megaphone.fm/adchoices</a>

Episode 130 — Zena el Khalil