Skiing Mount Lebanon
The Documentary Podcast
BBC
4.3 • 2.6K Ratings
🗓️ 27 March 2018
⏱️ 27 minutes
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Summary
Karl Sharro experiences the Middle East from the unique perspective of a Lebanese ski resort, an eye in the hurricane of the surrounding conflicts. Here, different nationalities and religions escape the politics and differences to enjoy a shared passion – winter sports – in mountainous regions that are laden with sacred symbolism for the Lebanese.
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| 0:00.0 | Hello from the BBC World Service and welcome to the latest edition of the |
| 0:05.0 | documentary podcast. Every week we bring you a range of stories from our |
| 0:09.8 | presenters and reporters across the world. |
| 0:13.0 | If you have the time, please rate the documentary on your podcast app and leave us a comment. |
| 0:18.1 | Let us know what you think. People often ask me what I miss about living in Beirut. |
| 0:29.0 | Top of my list is hanging out here in Hamra, Beirut's commercial district and its most cosmopolitan quarter. |
| 0:35.0 | I could sit for hours at one of its legendary pavement cafes, people watching, observing the hustle and |
| 0:42.1 | bustle of the city, soaking up the atmosphere and the fumes. |
| 0:49.2 | But even I occasionally needed a break from Hamra's relentless rhythm. |
| 0:53.0 | If I gaze eastwards from this pavement right here, |
| 0:56.0 | I can see the mountains. |
| 0:58.0 | And Mount Lebanon is exactly where I'm heading now. I'm heading now. |
| 1:04.0 | I'm Kyle Sherrow, a writer and architect. |
| 1:10.0 | I live in London, but I was born in these mountains |
| 1:15.2 | we're driving up now. We grew up fooling around in the snow in winter, you know, snowball fights, sledging and so on. Our school was on top of steep hill. |
| 1:26.7 | Snow meant no school for the day. |
| 1:30.0 | When I talk about this people are often surprised |
| 1:33.6 | snow in the Middle East, surely not. |
| 1:37.0 | However, not just the Leppenese, but people from all over the Middle East |
| 1:42.4 | come to these mountains to ski and do other winter sports. |
| 1:46.0 | In this documentary for the BBC World Service, I'm escaping the madness of the Beirut traffic. |
| 1:52.0 | I'm running away from the surrounding... escaping the madness of the Beirut traffic. |
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