Abbes Arzoun

Lebanese | Levantine | Metwele (Lebanese Shia) |

Will occasionally write in Phoenician

[Abbes Arzoun @AdoniLabanon]

If I had no God, then Lebanon will be my God.

ʔim bal yikūn libaʕal, ʔaf Libnūn yikūn baʔali.

𐤀𐤌 𐤁𐤋 𐤉𐤊𐤍 𐤋𐤁𐤏𐤋، 𐤀𐤐 𐤋𐤁𐤍𐤍 𐤉𐤊𐤍 𐤁𐤏𐤋𐤉
- Saïd Akl

[Abbes Arzoun @AdoniLabanon]

@ismanewells

[Abbes Arzoun @AdoniLabanon]

@xruiztru In Lebanon it's mostly known as Laymuun (cognate to Lemon, while Lemons are named after the word for "Sour")

It's also less commonly referred to as Berd'aan, which does indeed come from "Portugal", though having underwent many phonetic changes.

[Abbes Arzoun @AdoniLabanon]

@justalexoki @ESRogs No difference. Blue pressers were either naive for various reasons or understood what you discovered from the get go

[Abbes Arzoun @AdoniLabanon]

@DaddyWarpig You're morally culpable for your own actions, yes. The action YOU took is condemning <50% of voters to death for being empaths, if that's what ends up happening.

[Abbes Arzoun @AdoniLabanon]

@TexanJacobite You're wrong, bc in the real world there's always a non-zero chance that Red <100%.

You're only thinking about saving yourself & justifying it by acting like people who don't want to get a non-zero number of people killed are just partaking in "Performative Altruism". Silly.

[Abbes Arzoun @AdoniLabanon]

@IterIntellectus There is no world in which Red will be at 100%, whereas >%50 Blue is equivalent to that.

The correct choice is Blue, unless you act purely out of self-interest & self-preservation.

[Abbes Arzoun @AdoniLabanon]

@KORIANDOL0 @OrtigiaP @boni_castellane Hezbollah. È molto chiaro per noi. Spesso ci sono preavvisi, anche telefonate agli abitanti. In teoria si segue la proporzionalità, ma i civili restano vittime, anche per l’uso “duale” di infrastrutture civili. Meglio che l’esercito libanese li affronti direttamente che israele

[Abbes Arzoun @AdoniLabanon]

@KORIANDOL0 @OrtigiaP @boni_castellane Non lo avreste mai accettato se fosse un gruppo italiano. Hezbollah non incarna alcun ideale dell’Illuminismo. Noi libanesi sosteniamo almeno il suo disarmo, mentre loro vogliono rovesciare il governo e seguire il Wilayat al-Faqih

[Abbes Arzoun @AdoniLabanon]

@KORIANDOL0 @OrtigiaP @boni_castellane L’America segue i suoi interessi. In Libano, però, la situa è chiara
Hezbollah è fuori legge. Il governo ha dichiarato illegali le sue attività militari e ne ha chiesto il disarmo. Loro, però, sanno solo assassinare dissidenti, opprimere il popolo e decidere da soli guerra e pace

[Abbes Arzoun @AdoniLabanon]

@KORIANDOL0 @OrtigiaP @boni_castellane Unironically sì. La gente tratta la guerra al terrorismo come 'colpisci la talpa'. Alla fine contano azioni, incentivi e conseguenze. Il Libano è uno Stato come tutti gli altri e lo stanno spingendo a riprendersi la sua sovranità.

[Abbes Arzoun @AdoniLabanon]

@OrtigiaP @boni_castellane Se l’Italia cedesse la propria sovranità e permettesse a dogmatici massimalisti intransigenti di organizzare attacchi contro, diciamo, la Francia, con l’acquiescenza del governo italiano, non ti aspetteresti altro che una reazione militare. È la dura realtà di un mondo in guerra

[Mحmd @Lebanese_moe000]

لما تكون شيعي وتحكي الحق !

[Abbes Arzoun @AdoniLabanon]

Can't believe I'm reposting War Monitors now

[War Monitor @WarMonitors]

Beirut gets bombed while Tehran doesn’t.

Appalling.

[War Monitor @WarMonitors]

Beirut gets bombed while Tehran doesn’t.

Appalling.

[ 𝓂𝒶𝓇𝒾𝑜🇱🇧🇬🇧🇦🇪 @MarioLeb79]

Footage of IRGC in Lebanon launchin Fadi into Haifa. interestin hidin Location

[Mario Dayba @mariodayba]

🚨STATEMENT FROM LEBANESE CHRISTIAN VILLAGES IN THE SOUTH

ENGLISH TRANSLATION:

“History Repeats Itself

In 1975, the army disintegrated and disappeared from the border region, which faced dangers with bare bodies. The tragedy unfolded in all its dimensions: unarmed civilians besieged, with no supporter or aid.

Today, the army remains cohesive, numbering eighty thousand soldiers, and its readiness is incomparable to what it was in the 1970s. Yet, the expected farce has begun to unfold, as army units withdraw from the towns of Rmeish, Ain Ebel, and Debel, abandoning their duty, leaving thousands of Lebanese behind to face their fate on their own, to manage the necessities of life as best they can, in a state resembling a struggle for survival.

As citizens, we do not know whether the withdrawal orders are political, military, or both. In either case, betrayal of trust is an unforgivable sin, it is a conscious act born of prior intent and design. And in the midst of this shameful scene, we cannot say, as was once said, Forgive them, Father, for they know not what they do.

We, the Lebanese people, and the world at large, are watching how the state abandons its responsibilities and its role in the darkest of times.

Faced with this reality, we say to those who must hear, the people of the border villages, Christian, Druze, and Sunni, have decided to remain on their land and in their villages. We had hoped that the Shiite villages would be included in this decision, but we know that this Lebanese community is captive, facing a fate it did not choose of its own will.

Yes, as throughout our history, we will remain on our land. We will manage our affairs with God’s help and our firm Lebanese will. We will defend ourselves with whatever means are available, and we will not hesitate to do what is necessary to achieve this rightful goal, recognized by all laws and norms. From now on, let the failing state and the corrupt, conspiring authorities know that the war will end, the darkness will fade, and the sun of truth will rise, bright and burning. And then, we, standing with truth and justice, will establish courts and hold every traitor, agent, and corrupt individual accountable.

Know this, we will change the course of history, and we will not allow it to repeat itself.

The People of the Border Villages
March 21, 2026”

[Abbes Arzoun @AdoniLabanon]

@ilyatopper @rrrrr_adrian Tho I agree w the sentiment to an extent, the downside is having to dictate other's closely held notions of identity. If Norwegian is basically a part of 1 Scandi lang, why even get off the Danish standard?
It gets messy down the line bc lang, like identity, is fickle & amorphous

[Abbes Arzoun @AdoniLabanon]

@ilyatopper @rrrrr_adrian What I'm trying to say is:

Empirically, Arab vernaculars are different enough to stand alone.

That doesn't matter, it's decided by society, culture, and politics. Our myths.

How do we change that if we see it fit? By believing it into existence. I'm a proponent of that aswell

[Abbes Arzoun @AdoniLabanon]

@ilyatopper @rrrrr_adrian What Adrian is addressing is the lack of a glottopolitical shift to recognise them, despite the clear speciation they’ve undergone

That being said, when speaking of what OUGHT to be, esp in cases where recognition triggers reification, I'd also speak in the prescriptive present.

[R. Adrian (PalWeb) @rrrrr_adrian]

Spoken Arabic has grammar