The war on Lebanon is it over?!!!! as millions of Lebanese abroad i wish it's, but why it stops, and who stops it??? is it the UN 1701 Resolution. Is it the persistance of Lebanese? or a claimed victory from here or there????? questions and questions but no single answer..
it's time for truth now. Since yesterday i'm trying to understand what happened during the last month, the news yesterday shocked me, but i cannot pass by it like that. the most important thing that i noticed is the attachement of southern citizens to the resistance (Moukawama), it's really amazing. it shows a deep faith, even under the worst circunstances, physical and moral one. the latest is much important, to see a mother who lost her 3 kids and still insisting "Fida el Sayyed Hassan..." it's really incredible, and amazing. yes houses we can build again, but, and here i insist to one question, "What's next???"....
i was planning to travel to Lebanon mid of July, to attend a friend's wedding see my sister, after she's recovering from her surgery, discuss some future plans... but this war changes all the plan, and makes me stuck on my TV screen, searching for a good news... praying for Peace...
what's Next? Lebanon is distroyed, we will build it again... huh... ok let's start, as an Architect i'm learned that a building must be on good foundation. on what kind of foundation we will rebuild Lebanon, our beloved country? well from my humble point of view i can assure that new Lebanon must be build on something similar to the tight relation between southern citizens and the islamic resistance. i mean, we Lebanese must trust our goverment, the same as we trust our political leader. Let's start from here, i can notice how people are attached to a leader who leads them to a full distruction, but they are still loyal to him. i respect this, but let's move this loyality to the unified strong Goverment of Lebanon. this is one point, the other point must be a national Dialogue, not to disarm Hizbullah only, but also to put a real vision for Lebanon. what we want from this sacred land... where we want to take it, shall it be always a ring for world Axis conflicts... we want & need to live in peace between ourselves, and in harmony... when a sect suffers all the others sects suffer too, it's a fact...
our ancestors dreamed to have and independent land, Lebanon was always the land of free thinkers in this region, it was a shelter, but let's find the way and right path to keep this land, a land of freedom, a land of peace and harmony...
now the war reachs its end, but is it a section of a large book of war and conflicts that we have always to read it with death and distruction... or we shall acheive the overlasting peace...
let's be unified and loyal to our govermemnt now... it's time to become Lebanese rather than christians, muslims... let's be unified, Enough war!!! enough distruction!!! enough arrogancy!!! at war there's no winner but looser... no gain but pain... no joy but suffer... no calmness but terror and fear...
The only way to defend Lebanon is to be unified behind a cause & a vision for a "Lebanon land of beauty and peace...."
long life for Lebanon... and may God rest all our martyrs soul in peace...
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I understand that our country lost a lot from this war. We lost lives, homes, economic stability, tourism for this and the next 5 years.. And most important we lost our sense of security. But maybe we never really had one. I am 33 years old, and I never remember a time when I could call my Beirut safe! Hence I have great doubts “Everlasting peace” is a realistic goal.
Lebanon is small country whose neighbors have always wished to destroy. Israel, although is ready to make peace treaties with its neighboring countries is not an existence to be trusted. It is difficult for me and for lots of other Lebanese to believe that a Peace treaty will secure Lebanon from Israeli bombs and terrorism.
To look on a bright side, I think we discovered a power in Southern Lebanese we didn't realize before. Whether we fancy this fact or not, it is time to make peace with it. Let’s do with whatever we have. And build on it. That is why I urge the Lebanese to find a way to join Hizbullah in the Lebanese army, in an agreement suitable for both sides. I am sure that the leader of Hizbullah, who I believe is very smart and the only man in Lebanon I can call LEADER is capable of finding a solution to prevent a future war with Israel.
If we want to unite and find “love and peace” , we must first embrace Hizbullah, accept it, find common grounds with it. If we didn’t… well see u in Dubai!
I really agree with your points made here about real unity, not on the religion level but on a national level, as LEBANESE first and foremost.
The only thing though is that this thought process is still very difficult to infuse into the entire lebanese society, when we in 'modern times' still have christian-only and muslim-only towns all over lebanon where many don't 'allow' multi-religion integration. Not to mention the continuing inequalities/unfair practices to the society by our government such as underallocation of electricity to christians vs muslim areas of the country, etc.
So it is just tough to convince the common person to think like you and I do about this whole issue.
Keep up the great writing Gaby, I know it is all coming from your heart and passion for our homeland. I will keep reading your posts from all the way in Los Angeles. :)
Friends Always,
Marianne
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