A few years ago, we released an episode about love and technology. It told the story of a couple,

Remy and Marenka. And it was actually my first story for curling cultures. That's Alex, Casey's managing

producer. And since we released that episode, we've been getting emails from you, our listeners,

asking what happened next. So today we're going to bring you that

update. About a month ago, I got on the phone to Rami, and he caught me up on all their news

over the last two years. But for those of you who haven't heard the original story, and I feel

like there might be a few of you, we're going to take you right back to the beginning to the story

we made in 2016. If you've heard it before and want to jump ahead to take you right back to the beginning to the story we made in 2016.

If you've heard it before and want to jump ahead to 2018, Rami, skip your players forward to

about the 19th minute.

Otherwise, today, a story about love and technology.

I'm Hibba Fisher, and you're listening to Kearurning Cultures, Radio Documentaries from the Middle East.

The older than is predictable. They've seen it happen.

And one story that always kind of captures my imagination.

The street's lost culture.

And you're listening to Kearning cultures.

So let me set the scene.

Rami lives in Lebanon.

He's 19, goes to school, goes out partying with his friends, and is often online.

That is, when there was internet, because where he lived in Lebanon in 2005, the internet was really slow,

just basically dial-up.

And so he's on MSN one day and, you know, sometimes you'd get friend requests from total

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