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DIALOGUE Issue #5 2020
OGs Making a Difference
RICHARD BAMPFYLDE OG 1998 WRITES FROM BEIRUT I’m currently marketing and teaching sustainability at Brummana High School, the British school in Lebanon. BHS is an independent, non-profit, coeducational school in the mountains over Beirut, a short 25-minute ride from the capital. The campus reminds me of RGS Guildford with plenty of space, new facilities mixed seamlessly with historic buildings (from the 1870s) and plenty of nature and fresh air to help inspire the next generation. I’ve spent nearly 15 years of my career in the Middle East now, starting off in Bahrain and moving to Beirut and finally to Brummana 12 months ago. I have some roots in Lebanon: my mother was raised here and indeed my parents met and married here. The country and region have always fascinated me, particularly having grown up in the 80s with the Lebanese civil war in full-flow and often discussed over the Sunday lunch table.
