The story behind the project

About the project

This project presents coexistence as a daily social experience built through communication, negotiation, and mutual recognition, far removed from reducing identities to politics and conflict.

The work combines historical research, fieldwork, media discourse analysis, and semi-structured interviews, then transforms the results into an interactive digital experience and a documentary film.
The goal is to document models of shared life in Mount Lebanon, and to highlight the voices of people, institutions, and spaces where different people intersect daily.

12
minute documentary film

79,903 
registered Shiite vote​rs in the districts of Mount Lebanon, according to search data.

4 
filming locations in Mount Lebanon

13
 guests in the main interviews

Research methodology

From reality to narrative

Historical research

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Media analysis

Field interviews

Digital production

To understand the evolution of relationships and identities in the region.

Comparing media framing with lived experience.

Religious, educational, local and civic voices from different backgrounds.

An interactive website and a documentary film expand access to the results.

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Coexistence is not the absence of difference; rather, it is the ability to transform difference into a space for understanding and shared living.