Zyara season 6 honors everyday heroes living in Beirut, Lebanon.
After the Beirut August 4th blast in 2020 we had a very difficult decision to honor our wound but also with awareness that justice has yet to prevail.
In this season we faced death with
Rim EL Jundi the artist who has a near death experience
Sami Basbous a queer artist who almost died from HIV and how that changed his relations with his father
Imane Obeid a single mother who had to raise her daughter alone after the sudden death of her beloved husband right after she gave birth
Mahmoud Baayoun a young man who almost died after a motorbike incident and how that changed him and his life
Fatima Ismail a woman who gave birth alone standing firm in the face of patriarchy
Naya Rajab a Syrian queer activist & refugee.
In the other 5 episodes we honored as discretely as possible the survivors of the blast, those who were able to reflect on that trauma and extract a lesson out of it; such as
Rony Mecattaf the psychotherapist
Ghia Haddad the student
Sebou Torikian the dancer
Moufida Boussabat the Tunisian early education worker
Nassim Assad the fighter for peace
Youssef Mallah the amazing fire fighter.