From the YouTube page:
In Lebanon there is one gunshot a year that isn’t part of a scene of routine violence: The opening sound of the Beirut International Marathon. In a moving talk, marathon founder May El-Khalil explains why she believed a 26.2-mile running event could bring together a country divided for decades by politics and religion, even if for one day a year.
***
Making peace is a marathon. Making life is a marathon. Making beauty is a marathon. But they’re worth every agonizing step.
Chat on, night owls.
White House.gov
