The Godmother of Beirut's nightlife

Lives Less Ordinary

BBC

Society & Culture, Documentary, Personal Journals

4.6 • 814 Ratings

🗓️ 24 September 2023

⏱️ 39 minutes

🔗️ Recording | iTunes | RSS

🧾️ Download transcript

Summary

Under the boot of the Syrian army, Nicole Moudaber brought raves to Lebanon.

After sampling the delights of dance music whilst studying abroad in the nineties, Nicole made it her goal to bring this new sound to a divided and conservative society. She faced opposition from her family and the regime, but when scandal hit she decided to turn the tables...herself.

Presenter: India Rakusen Producer: Edgar Maddicott and Harry Graham Editor: Munazza Khan

(Photo: Nicole Moudaber. Credit: Stuart Tracte)

Transcript

Click on a timestamp to play from that location

0:00.0	On a winter's night in 1974, a crime took place that would obsess the nation.
0:06.9	It was an extraordinary news story.
0:09.1	The story of an aristocrat, Lord Lucan, who's said to have killed the family Nanny,
0:13.7	mistaking her for his wife, then somehow just disappeared.
0:18.0	One of the great mysteries in English criminal history.
0:20.7	We're still looking for Lucan.
0:22.1	It's honestly one of the most powerful stories
0:24.4	of my lifetime.
0:25.9	I'm Alex von Tundselman.
0:27.3	This is The Lucan Obsession.
0:29.2	Listen on BBC Sounds.
0:31.8	From global current affairs
0:33.7	to art, science and culture.
0:36.8	The documentary from the BBC World Service tells the world's stories.
0:42.3	Search for the documentary, wherever you get your BBC podcasts.
0:50.6	I get a call from the moral police.
0:57.0	They told me the general wants to talk to you.
1:02.0	This voice belongs to Nicole Mudaba.
1:07.0	She's telling me about a moment in the 90s in her country, Lebanon.
1:11.7	At that point, it's still under occupation from the Syrian army
1:14.6	and the influence of religious sectarianism that erupted into a long civil war.
1:20.5	Then I managed to go up to the general's office.
	...

Please login to see the full transcript.

Previous episode | Next episode

Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from BBC, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.

Generated transcripts are the property of BBC and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.