Make food, not war in Lebanon
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Make food, not war in Lebanon

In this episode of The Peacebuilding podcast Susan Coleman interviews Kamal Mouzawak, an Arab world social innovator whose business card says it all “Make Food, Not War”.

Kamal created the first farmer’s market in Beirut, Souk El Tayeb, which means the market of good. Because he grew up in the middle of the Lebanese civil war, he knows first hand about what kinds of actions can build peace. Susan and Kamal met sometime in the Spring of 2016 at the Glynwood Center which supports food and agriculture throughout the Hudson Valley of New York in the United States.

Kamal and his staff served an amazing meal of goat, hummus, greens, yogurts and more while talking about his work of bringing people together across huge divides in Lebanon of different cultures and religions. As he has said, “in a country as divided as Lebanon, nothing can bring people together as much as the land and food.”

Read the full post and listen to the podcast via Peacebuilding Podcast web site.

[Photo via Souk El Tayeb web site]

Make food, not war in Lebanon

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