From Jerusalem to Cairo and Beirut w/ Jean Said Makdisi

Special Christmas/New Year edition with the brothers’ mother! The brothers welcome their mother, the author and educator Jean Said Makdisi, to the show, to discuss her books, her memories of growing up between Palestine and Egypt, living in America in the 1950s and 1960s and returning to Lebanon, where she raised her children through the 1975-1990 war while teaching at Beirut University College. She is the author of "Teta, Mother and Me: An Arab Woman's Memoir" and "Beirut Fragments: A War Memoir." Follow us on our socials: X: @MakdisiStreet Insta: @Makdisist TikTok: @Makdisistreet Support the show on Patreon for access to all the great bonus content, including the latest bonus episode. www.patreon.com/makdisistreet