Where IdentityMeets Reflection
Conversations for anyone navigating belonging, ambition, migration, culture, and the inner stories we rarely speak aloud.
18 conversations recorded in Beirut
Change Without Waiting.
With Samar Hawa
Beirut does not have to wait for change. Sometimes it starts with one street, then ten, then twenty, and then a whole city begins to feel alive again.
What are you carrying right now?
Who you are was assembled early, mostly by other people, and rarely revisited since.
One minute, one idea.
Start where you are.
I live abroad
Conversations about working across borders, migration and the family behind a move.
I came back to Lebanon
Conversations with people building something in Lebanon and choosing to stay with it.
I am under pressure
Conversations about composure, exhaustion and the strength it takes to ask for help.
Recent conversations.
A quiet space for the questions most of us live with.
Some conversations entertain.
Others change how we understand ourselves.
Inner Narratives explores identity, migration, ambition, belonging, and the tensions we carry quietly.
Through honest conversations and reflective storytelling, this podcast creates space for the questions most of us live with, but rarely name.
Nadine Zakhem (Nadz)
Nadz hosts Inner Narratives from Beirut. She records every conversation in English and leads with listening.
Common questions about the podcast
What is Inner Narratives?▾
Inner Narratives is a Lebanese interview podcast about identity, belonging, migration, ambition and the inner life. Each episode is one long conversation, recorded in Beirut and in English.
Who hosts Inner Narratives?▾
Nadine Zakhem (Nadz) hosts the show. She leads each conversation with listening and lets the guest arrive at the part of their story that does not usually get told.
Where can I listen?▾
Inner Narratives is on Spotify and YouTube. Short clips from each episode are published on Instagram.
How often do new episodes come out?▾
New episodes are released regularly. So far there are 18 conversations, and every one is listed on the episodes page.
How can I suggest a guest or be a guest?▾
Write to us through the contact page with a few lines about the story you carry and why it matters to you. We read every message.
More answers on the Lebanese podcast page, or read every episode.