Reconstruire le travail d'une vie (Rebuilding a Life's Work) - Revisited
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Reconstruire le travail d'une vie (Rebuilding a Life's Work) - Revisited

B2Upper-intermediateMarch 21, 202325 min

In honor of Women’s History Month, we’re revisiting a story by Maya Husseini, a stained-glass artist who spent her career rebuilding churches in her hometown of Beirut. But after a devastating warehouse explosion in August 2020, she was faced with a question: could she help rebuild Beirut? Stick around until the end to hear what Maya has been up to since this episode first aired. A transcript of this episode is available at http://bit.ly/3FHIRWG.

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Bonjour dear listeners. In many countries around the world, March is Women's History Month. To mark the occasion, the Duolingo French podcast is revisiting some of our favorite stories from women trailblazers across the francophone world. Today we'll hear an episode from August 2021. It takes us to Lebanon, where we meet

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a stained glass artist named Maya Useinich. Over the course of her 30 year career, Maya Maya made a name for herself in Beirut. You could see her stained glass windows in many of the city's churches. But in 2020, a warehouse explosion devastated Beirut, and Maya was faced with a question.

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Could she help rebuild her city? Keep listening to find out. And stay tuned at the end for an update from Maya. Now onto the episode.

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