Bonjour, dear listeners! In many countries around the world, March is Women's History Month.

To mark the occasion, the Duolingo French podcast is revisiting some of our favorite stories

from women trailblazers across the Francophone world. Today we'll hear an episode from August

2021. It takes us to Lebanon, where we meet a stained glass artist named Maya Useini.

Over the course of her 30-year career, Maya made a name for herself in Beirut. You could

see her stained glass windows in many of the city's churches. But in 2020, a warehouse explosion

devastated Beirut. And Maya was faced with a question. Could she help rebuild her city?

Keep listening to find out. And stay tuned at the end for an update from Maya. Now onto

the episode.

On August 3, 2020, Maya Useini was sitting in her sister's breezy garden, surrounded by

cipreses and roses. It was a hot summer day, and Maya had escaped the scorching heat of her

hometown of Beirut to celebrate a special occasion. Her 60th birthday.

Maya was a stained glass artist. A living meter varied. This is when Maya arrived.

She was married on June 9, 2021 in NASCAR. While misters were hanging out inDOA getting

together, Maya was walking prior to that surprise.しました!

They began until debut. The Packuk Capriva was able to accompany her at work and

get to work even if my attitude was wrong. This hospital still opened up for

opened up once more. Which means the school in New York already has

varied. In fact, she was the most renowned stained glass artisan in Lebanon. She

had spent her career creating stained glass windows, devitro, for more than 30

of Beirut's churches.

I am a master of variety. I have made the vitro of the majority of the

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