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Outlook: The truffle in my pocket that changed my life

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Guy Debbas and Max Debbas

24/11/2022 GMT

The truffle in my pocket that changed my life

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Guy Debbas from Lebanon survived being held hostage to run a sucessful chocolate business

Guy Debbas from Lebanon survived being held hostage and an attempted assasination to start a sucessful chocolate business in the United States.

Guy Debbas came from an influential family in Lebanon: his Great Uncle was the first President of the country. When civil war broke out in 1976, his family became a target. Guy faced kidnapping, threats on his life, and the loss of people close to him. But at his lowest point, hope came from an unexpected source, leading Guy to forge a new life in chocolate, on a new continent. He tells Mobeen Azhar how that happened.

Acclaimed independent musician Phil Elverum lost his wife, the musician and cartoonist Genevieve Castrée, to cancer just over a year after the birth of their daughter. Grieving, he used her guitar and bass to record an album in the room where she'd died. Phil tells Danny Greenwald that at first, he couldn't bear the thought of anyone else hearing the music he'd made and worried people would be angry. Now the album, A Crow Looked at Me, has won praise - and brought comfort to others experiencing loss. This interview was first broadcast in July 2022. 

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Presenter: Mobeen Azhar 
Producer: Emily Naylor

(Photo: Guy Debbas and his son Max Debbas at their chocolate factory. Credit: Max Debbas)

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