DecafQuest #22 - Elias Bou-Issa | ديكاف كويست #٢٢ - إلياس بو عيسى
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Elias Bou-Issa, Lebanese poet and author, records and books hunter, born in Ehden in 1984, currently living and working as a telecom engineer in The Netherlands.
Corona-made beards: 00:01:00
Dutch vs Lebanese work-ethic and attitude towards work: 00:04:45
Law and law enforcement in Lebanon: 00:07:45
Moving to France: 00:11:30
French vs Dutch work culture: 00:22:33
The importance of workplace trust: 00:26:00
French revolution: 00:27:15
French syndicate, the de-naturing of 'noble' causes, empty activism, and NGOs: 00:33:35
Lockdown in the Netherlands: 00:47:52
Tai Chi class anecdote, the meaning of life, and cultural appropriation: 00:50:12
NGOs and the bureaucratization of institutions: 00:58:00
French revolution genocide: 01:06:50
US vs Lebanese Social Justice Warriors; victimology narratives : 01:10:10
University dorms in France: 01:17:50
The Bulgarian connection, culture and traditions: 01:23:20
Lebanese stress: 01:39:00
Elias the writer and poet; 1st published book: 01:44:15
Linguists with agendas: 01:49:30
Latin va arabic script to write Lebanese poetry: 01:54:30
We use English and French in Lebanon to fill a linguistic void: 02:11:35
Fairuz and the Rahbanis' contribution to language. Their corpus filled a linguistic void but was brought to a halt during and in the aftermath of the civil war. (Natouret l mfeti7): 02:14:00
Masra7iyet Loulou: 02:24:07
Where far right and far left meet: a psychoanalytic interpretation of these stances: 02:34:10
Record and book hunting/collecting: 02:39:00
Give me three words, cafe concept: 02:50:53
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