Off Track: An Ode to Lebanon - A Love That Defies Logic

Welcome back to Off Track, the space where I speak unscripted, unfiltered and straight from the heart. No guests, no scripts, just honest reflections shaped by real conversations and real life. This week is different. Instead of reflecting on a guest, I take a moment for something closer to home. Following the recent attacks in Beirut, this episode is an ode to Lebanon… a country that is difficult to explain, yet impossible not to feel. What started as a reaction to the news became something deeper… about identity, contradiction and the kind of love that defies logic. 1️⃣ It Started Before I Understood  ItMy connection to Lebanon didn’t come from growing up there or fully understanding it. It came from moments. Summers spent in my village in the north, some of the happiest memories of my life. Before I understood identity, politics or language, I felt something. And that feeling stayed. Even today, without speaking Arabic or fully grasping what happens in the country, the connection is still there. Some places don’t need to be understood to mean something. You just feel them. 2️⃣ A Country That Runs on Love, Not Logic Lebanon doesn’t make sense on paper. The politics, the economy, the system… none of it adds up. And yet, it continues. You see a country of contrasts, beauty and chaos, wealth and hardship, all existing side by side. What holds it together isn’t structure, it’s people. Families abroad sending money back, showing up, supporting however they can. It made me realise something simple but powerful… Lebanon isn’t running on logic. It’s running on love. 3️⃣ When Logic Says Stay Away… But You Move Closer In moments like this, logic tells you to step back. To protect yourself, to keep your distance. But that’s not what Lebanon does to you. It pulls you in. My instinct right now is to go, to be there, to see my parents, to help in whatever way I can. I still want to take my kids there this summer. And that contradiction says everything. Lebanon doesn’t push people away when it struggles. It pulls them closer. That pull doesn’t come from understanding… it comes from love. Honest, reflective and straight from the heart.Off my chest and off the cuff. Welcome to Off Track 🎙️💥