Nabil Ismail is a photojournalist who’s career spans from the beginning of the civil War in 1975 to this day: 46 years.
He was the former Head of the Syndicate of Photojournalists, and current Director of the Photography Department at An-Nahar Newspaper.

In this Sarde, we discussed the following:
- The Green Line in the 1970s “Khat El Tamess”
- The dangers of daily life in East & West Beirut
- The evolution of weapons & expansion of the civil war(s) across the nation
- The private wars & militias in Lebanon
- The dangers of romanticizing War as a Game (for children & adults)
- How holding the camera takes away your humanity

نبيل إسماعيل هو نقيب سابق للمصورين الصحافيين وحاليا مدير قسم التصوير في جريدة النهار
تمتدّ مسيرة نبيل اسماعيل المهنية من بداية الحرب الاهلية في ١٩٧٥ الى هذا اليوم: ٤٦ سنة
تحدّثنا في هذه السردة عن المواضيع التالية:
- "خط التماس" في السبعينيات
- مخاطر الحياة اليومية في بيروت الشرقية والغربية
- تطوّر الأسلحة وانتشار الحرب (الحروب) الأهلية في جميع أنحاء البلاد
- الحروب الخاصة والميليشيات في لبنان
- مخاطر اعطاء الطابع الرومانسي على الحرب كلعبة (للأطفال والكبار)
- كيف تسلبك الكاميرا انسانيتك

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The Sarde After Dinner Podcast is a free space based out of the heart of Beirut, Lebanon, where Médéa Azouri & Mouin Jaber discuss a wide range of topics (usually) held behind closed doors in an open and simple way with guests from all walks of life.

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Executive Producer Jad Banjarian
Edited by Dana Abdessamad
Translated by Elodie Finestres
Subtitling by Image Production House

Timestamps
00:00 – Intro to Nabil Ismail
06:27 – Two narratives of the same “game”
14:06 – Daily life across the Green Line
26:16 – Losing humanity behind the camera
31:16 – The Camera: A feared truth-teller
39:29 – The advantages of a working with a foreign news agency
45:50 – Risky dilemmas
53:42 – Is the civil war still ongoing?
59:18 – Israeli invasion of ‘82
1:02:28 – the level of bloodshed of the civil war
1:06:29 – Did Nabil Ismail ever interfere?
1:10:18 – Deadlier clashes during the Taif agreement
1:20:25 – the dangers of romanticizing the war
1:24:30 – Will Nabil Ismail make a book?
1:45:08 – A call for hope

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