There's being resentful, and there's losing your childhood home hours before the ceasefire because someone decided it's a good "hiding spot" simply because our family doesn't share the same political views. And here I am, dissociating through another Monday at work.
My grandma was diagnosed with cancer right before the last war. She fought hard, holding on long enough to make it back to her home in the south before she passed. I never thought I'd say this but I’m glad she died, spared the humiliation of looking for safety on the roads again.
@MazenYAli Next Friday but I'm going to Marseille then Rennes on Sunday! Probably will be in Paris for work the week after if it helps. Check on AULF or Libanais à Paris facebook groups if it's urgent.
@Kalina_22 Honestly, my french friends follow up on politics a lot more than other nationalities and they re-voted for the assembly just recently. A lot of them had the situation in the ME in mind when voting because all candidates tackled it in their programs.
@Kalina_22 It influenced how my boyfriend's family and friends vote so raising awareness is not always a lost cause! But I'm also surrounded by researchers who are less prone to brainwashing and are capable of critical thinking so...
And what this "expat life" of luxury lacks is any sense of the satisfaction sold to us. May the curse of luxury never touch your work-worn skin, never brand you with the unnatural softness of ignorance.
@Myr_Naj There's no one to fill the vacuum and the south is still being carpet-bombed as we all ask the same question. Whole neighborhoods have been wiped, what are they still bombing exactly?
Actually, it took nearly 1000 murdered people, countless women and children, 100,000 people displaced, a mass IED attack across Lebanon, the violation of countless foundational articles of international law, and terrorising an entire sovereign country.
Yalla, someone please correlate the outrage percentage per sect to please Mohammed over here. Ayre bel priorities while people are fucking evaporating into thin air.
The videos from my hometown are haunting - familiar streets are reduced to ruins, teachers, neighbors, and friends lost in an instant. I've never felt as powerless as I do now.