Скачать или смотреть Podcast Series, Episode 3: One-on-One with Shadi Khalloul

In Episode 3 of The Return to Mount Lebanon, we speak with Shadi Khalloul, a Syriac Maronite leader and founder of the Israeli Christian Aramaic Association, about the struggle of Syriac Christians to preserve their identity and revive their ancestral language. Shadi explains why restoring Syriac as a living cultural language is essential to the survival and dignity of a people whose roots in the Levant long predate modern political identities. He discusses the internal and external pressures Syriacs face when asserting their heritage and why cultural revival is inseparable from long-term self-determination.

This episode also marks an important step for the Mount Lebanon freedom movement: breaking the longstanding taboo on communication with Maronite and Syriac Christians in Israel, despite restrictive laws and norms in Lebanon. We believe dialogue within the same spiritual and cultural family is necessary for awareness, solidarity, and the preservation of identity across borders.

This podcast was recorded in Lebanese.