LIVE at Union Marks with Katia Jarjoura, Monika Borgmann & Marwan Hamadeh (Ep.437)

LIVE at Union Marks with Marwan Hamadeh, Katia Jarjoura and Monika Borgmann

Part of the REMAINING photo exhibition discussion series for the Lokman Slim Foundation at the Abroyan Factory / Union Marks in Burj Hammoud - on display until March 3, 2026

Marwan Hamadeh is a former minister and member of parliament, and himself a survivor of an attempted assassination on October 1, 2004. Katia Jarjoura is the REMAINING photo exhibition curator. And Monika Borgmann is the president of the Lokman Slim Foundation and cofounder of UMAM Documentation & Research.

The discussion centers around the political, social and psychological consequences of assassinations, and the attempt to bridge art with impunity through the REMAINING photo exhibition.

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TIMESTAMPS 0:00 Intro 3:33 How the project started 10:55 Lokman Slim in the narrative 18:03 Marwan Hamadeh, survival & defiance 29:06 ‘Survivor syndrome’ 36:07 Permanent consequence 40:03 Assassinating the Taif Agreement 51:34 Expectation from investigations 56:58 What can be done further 59:02 Hesitation from victims 1:07:58 The future of the exhibition 1:11:32 Q&A 1:11:59 Najat Aoun Saliba intervention 1:13:21 Claire Hawi shares words 1:21:17 Youth & collective memory