Season 3
6 Episodes
Listen to 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.
Episodes
S3 EP1 - How it Started
25 min
How to become a first responder - on the fly.
S3 EP2 - Dr. Man'oucheh
29 min
Their only enemy death, first responders do everything to save lives.
S3 EP3 - Treat him, or die
42 min
Staying alive to save others in war.
S3 EP4 - Hit The Deck
35 min
Over the intensity of bombardment, a sense of purpose prevails.
S3 EP5 - Baptism of Fire.
32 min
Triage: baptism by fire, who lives, who dies?
S3 EP6 - Khéshkhashé
32 min
Death becomes familiar in war – returning to life is harder
Credits
Maabar is created and Produced by Anthony Tawil and Cedric Kayem
Executive Producer: Jenny Munro
Oral History Advisor: Maria Bashshur Abunnasr
Visuals courtesy of: Aline Manoukian, George Azar, Jack Dabaghian, Joseph Barrack, Patrick Baz, Philippe Rochot, AFP, ICRC Public Archive, Wikicommons
Translation and Transcription: Leila Maroun and Maya Massaad
Thank you to all the medics, doctors, civil defense and the Lebanese red cross for trusting us with their stories, without whom this podcast would not have happened.
Thanks to the support and advice of: Hassan Salha and Mona Hassouna
This season of Maabar was produced in partnership with Pro Peace / forumZFD and was funded by the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ).