Ronnie Chatah
Ronnie Chatah is a political commentator and writer, and hosts The Beirut Banyan podcast, a series covering all that is modern Lebanese history. He also founded the WalkBeirut tour, a narration of Beirut’s rich and troubled past featured in The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, Voice of America and BBC Radio 4.
Latest from Ronnie Chatah
Hassan Nasrallah: The Killing of a Killer
He encouraged me to leave the country. Eleven years later, against his wishes, I am certain of my decision. I needed to be here and witness what unfolded. That his killer, 14 stories beneath the city my father is buried in, would soon stop breathing. And with a country’s heart no longer beating, there is no closure, nor will there be. Wounds that cannot heal. Respite and justice, forgotten, replaced with further violence and more war to come.
Robert Fisk: A Conscience Adrift
Robert Fisk championed the underdog. He empathized with the victim. But those labels were applied solely on his terms. His views ran contrary to what I saw as a genuine yearning for decency and democracy.