The bomb that killed Lebanon’s former prime minister triggered political changes that are still reverberating from Beirut to Damascus.
Reporter Kate Seelye heard the explosion that killed Rafik Hariri and has been on the story for the past three months, watching and filming the demonstrations that followed. Seelye also tracked the Syrian troops as they left Lebanon. She talked with government leaders and political dissidents.
In a new documentary, she looks at the future of democracy in both those countries — one still bearing the scars of civil war and the other still struggling under authoritarian rule. It’s a story that also raises important new questions about the role of the United States in the region.
Guests:
Ammar Abdulhamid, Syrian novelist and founder of DarEmar, an NGO dedicated to raising civic awareness in the Arab World
Kate Seelye, reporter for Frontline/World, her broadcast from Syria and Lebanon airs on PBS on May 17.