Jihad Hendawi is a Palestinian refugee living in Lebanon. Despite being a third generation resident in Lebanon, due to political reasons the Lebanese state refuse to recognise his rights as a Lebanese citizen. Neither he nor his parents have ever set foot in Palestine; they have spent their entire lives living in Lebanon, and yet they cannot vote, they cannot buy a house and they cannot practise certain professions including being a doctor, an engineer or a psychologist - the latter of which Jihad is currently studying.

Lebanon is going through one of the most difficult moments in its history, with rampant corruption, spiralling inflation and the fallout from the Beirut port explosion. In such a difficult situation, the Beach Collective is proud to be a small force for good. As Jihad says:

"The Lebanese crisis made everyone lose hope, so now seeing that some young people are cleaning their beaches, the whole community is behind us and they're supporting us, because they think what we're doing is noble. And I think what Beach Token are doing is noble."

Beach Podcast is a podcast from the Beach Collective: https://beachtoken.io/

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