Season 4

In Lebanon's Civil War (1975–1990), women faced violence on multiple fronts: from the dangers of armed conflict to the restrictions imposed by families, communities, and deeply entrenched social norms. Education was interrupted, futures were put on hold, and marriage was sometimes presented as protection from a world growing increasingly dangerous. For many women, the threats they faced came not only from outside their homes, but also from within. Yet war also unsettled the very boundaries it reinforced. Women became protectors, providers, and sometimes fighters, assuming responsibilities and confronting dangers they had never imagined. Meanwhile, men were also bound by rigid expectations of courage, masculinity, and sacrifice, sometimes perpetuating cycles of violence that extended far beyond the battlefield. Through intimate testimonies, Season 4 explores the contradictions of women's experiences during the Lebanese Civil War: between repression and resistance, fear and courage, duty and freedom. It also examines what remains after the fighting ends: fractured communities, unhealed wounds, inherited trauma, and memories that have struggled to find a place in the narratives of the war. Beyond recounting what women endured, this season asks how their experiences shaped the lives that followed, and what listening to their voices can reveal about the society that emerged from the war.

Season 1

This inaugural season begins from the ground up, exploring everyday life during the war through childhood memories, first loves, and first jobs. It focuses on how people tried to lead normal lives, only to have them repeatedly shattered by sudden violence, loss, and trauma – including the forcibly disappeared and the tens of thousands killed.

Season 2

This season features episodes in Arabic, French, and English, capturing the experiences of local and foreign journalists who covered the Lebanese Civil War. Though their perspectives varied, all faced the same blurred line between bearing witness and the struggle to stay alive, between professional duty and survival.

Season 3

This season features the war’s unsung heroes, the first responders – doctors, firefighters, Red Cross volunteers, and others – who navigated chaos with courage, risking their lives to save others. They tended to war’s soft underbelly, where ideology and militancy fell away in the face of humanity, revealing the often overlooked toll of the war.