When Nadine Labaki speaks, you could almost imagine her on a podium.
“There are alternative systems of living and thinking and outside conspiracy theories of this virus being man-made,” she tells
The National in an exclusive interview. “I believe nature is giving us a deadline because we need to change our ways.”
She moves seamlessly from environmental concerns to global calamity: “We cannot continue being oblivious of the mass destruction of our planet. Our current crisis is an alarm signal. We need to find sustainable ways of living and more equal distributions of wealth. How is it that people are still hungry in 2021? Where is art, music, public speaking and agriculture today?”