Listen in on a journey into the adventurous, captivating, and complex life of a Lebanese-American. “Listen Habibi” guides you through the life of Adelene Jeneid as she opens up on life’s beautifully designed plan. From topics ranging from love, success, and pain to politics, culture, and faith, Adelene shows the world both her heart and mind. All with some help from the diversity of characters she has encountered —
I hope to leave you loving deeper, thinking clearer, and feeling more than you have ever before.
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Carlos Ayvazian grew up in Bourj Hammoud, carrying both Armenian and Lebanese roots. At just twelve years old, he left school to help support his family, working long days in jewelry shops before taking night shifts at cafés. Years later, that same resilience would shape everything he built.
In this episode, Carlos shares his journey from child laborer to social entrepreneur, reflecting on October 17, the Beirut Port explosion, and the years of crisis that transformed his life. We talk about the year he spent farming in the Bekaa, how it led to founding Wasted Treasures, and what it's like trying to build a business while living through economic collapse and war.
Most of all, we talk about hope. About choosing service over bitterness, community over isolation, and believing that lasting change comes from ordinary people doing extraordinary things.
Yalla. This is a conversation about resilience, purpose, and what it means to keep choosing Lebanon, even when Lebanon keeps breaking your heart. 🇱🇧🎙️
13 May 2026
God broke my flesh. He broke my heart to save my soul • .ربي كسر جسدي. كسر قلبي لينقذ روحي
Martina Ibrahim is from Mayfouq. Her teta and jiddu are farmers. She grew up drinking shai and eating zeytoun next to a little gas heater in the mountains and she will tell you that is where she has always felt closest to God.
This year, she had a spinal cord stroke. She was 24. Within hours she went from climbing walls and riding horses to not being able to move her body. She should not have survived it. She did. And then, weeks later, she taught herself to walk again.
God broke my flesh. He broke my heart to save my soul. .ربي كسر جسدي. كسر قلبي لينقذ روحي
We have been soul sisters since seventh grade and I have been waiting to sit across from her with a microphone since the day I started this podcast. Not because of what happened to her. Because of who she is. What happened to her just made her more of it.
In this episode Martina talks about Mayfouq, about climbing, about the woods, about her brother Eli, about getting baptized again on a beach in Puerto Rico weeks before her whole life changed. She talks about the paralysis, the hospital bed, the prayers, the moment her legs started moving again. She talks about the paths she walked down that were not hers and the moment God pulled her back. She talks about what it means to be a Lebanese woman with a wild heart and a soft soul trying to figure out how much of yourself to give and how much to guard.
She is not dramatic about any of it. That is what makes it so heavy.
Yalla. This one is special. Come listen. 🎧🎙️💌🇱🇧
7 Apr 2026
Boston to Beirut and Back • بوسطن لبيروت ورجعة
Boston to Beirut… ورجعة
This episode isn’t just a catch-up. It’s everything I didn’t know how to say while I was living it.
The past year took me across continents, through chaos, growth, loss, and moments that completely reshaped how I see myself, my purpose, and where I belong. From Lebanon—where love feels as heavy as it does beautiful—to navigating career shifts, faith, identity, and the quiet battles we don’t always share… this is me, finally opening up.
I talk about what it means to exist between two worlds. To feel too American there, and too Lebanese here. To carry a love for a country that’s hurting, while trying to find your place in it.
I talk about loss. About fear. About watching someone you love face the unimaginable—and how it changes you.
And I talk about faith. The kind you hold onto when nothing else makes sense. The kind that reminds you that even in the mess, there is meaning.
This isn’t a polished story. It’s a real one.
A reminder that growth is uncomfortable, identity is complex, and sometimes… you just have to trust that everything is unfolding exactly as it should.
If you’ve ever felt in-between, lost, or like you’re still figuring it all out—this one’s for you.
Listen Habibi 🎙️
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