“To eliminate suffering entirely would mean, in the end, extinguishing love and desire as well. Those who love and desire cannot avoid passing through trial and suffering; and over the years, we carry within us lessons that leave their mark like scars, the memories of a journey shaped by freedom and failure, dreams and disappointments.
It is only thanks to the interplay of these elements that the wonders of the soul occur within us, allowing us to sense the richness of our humanity.
To renounce this adventure, both tragic and splendid, in the name of a presumed transcendence of all limits, could mean many things, but it would no longer be human.”
Pope Leo XIV, Magnifica Humanitas (par. 120) (May 15, 2026)
Hello everyone ! For my bachelor final thesis, I am working on Financial Inclusion in Lebanon and thus, I crafted this questionnaire to get a better grasp of the current situation. It would be great if you could help and retweet. Thanks !
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If any of you wish to donate from Leb to the victims of the earthquake in syria, you can donate food, clothes or money OMT
-Dora
Rami kurdy 03 048 562
-Jbeil, keserwen, zahle
Joseph jouayed 76 334 663
-Matn
Lily 78 902 571
Sabine 71 473 166
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Marc sioufi 76 019 176
He was one of the lucky few to stay at the Holiday Inn before it became an active site of war. Here’s an ad in @LOrientLeJour for a charity tournament Pele played with Nejmeh FC the proceeds of which went to establish a center and public library in the town of Baakline.
Football superstar Pelé on AUB campus, April 8, 1975. Six days before the Lebanese Civil War broke out.
Here’s a quick thread🧵on his visit to Lebanon (1/5)