“So we don’t forget… MADE IN LEBANON STAMP 2020 The memory for generations to come… Price 0.50 lb pound (listed on the bottom) a coin no longer used in Lebanon AS THE VALUES OF THE CORRUPT LEADERS & THE PRICE OF HUMANITY IN OUR COUNTRY” #MOI Shall never forget
Author of *Where is My Angel? Book by #MOI and Read about the role of Faith in my life
*Mommy, I am a PACER! Book by #MOI because I believe that children are the future, the change…
“August 4, Beirut Blast… it was just another day until it became Z day! I recall waking up very energetic after a set of lockdown days. I put the alarm on, although I had enough time to sleep in and chill, but I wanted to feel the fresh air and water, and swim. I started the day with coffee, and rushed to the beach, as if this day was escaping from under my feet, I got there, I was chatting with people here and there, and laughing, I was happy… I swam, had lunch, and around 4:00 pm I left, came home to change into clean clothes, and went to see my cousins. I got there around 5:00 pm, we were sitting and chatting by the window, and suddenly, at 6:07 pm Beirut Time, we heard a bomb depart, followed by airplane, we looked at each other with wonder, then the earth started shaking from under our feet, for few seconds, and 6:08 pm, the BLAST ! Life stopped, in my world, memories of all the wars I survived flashed in front of my eyes, and I just wanted to scream the name of my eldest daughter, she is a Chief Resident Emergency Room at the hospital in the heart of Beirut, to know where she was! I tried to remain calm, and calming those around me, I was, but only when lines were disconnecting when trying to call my daughter, I would jump… I opened the app Live 360, to locate her, she was home, yet I couldn’t contact her, and did not know whether I should be happy she was or not, since no one knew what truly happened, and then again I couldn’t connect with her. We were hearing random messages about the explosion location, all were near her, and with every message received I was calling God and her name, nothing else, out loud, and pain circulating my veins… TVs weren’t broadcasting yet the explosion, and news were not accurate, other than a blast, explosion, in Beirut… Finally, I was able to talk to her, she was very emotional, all she said my room exploded, I had just stepped out, I was by the door of my room entering the bathroom, and the earth started shaking, I thought it was an earthquake, but seconds later came the blast and the shock! I left to go to her, and from the car, I called her sister in Cyprus to reassure her that we were all ok, she confirmed hearing and feeling the blast. While driving, and still not knowing the facts, all shops within the drive that was supposed to take 10 minutes and took past an hour, had broken glass, buildings were in a devastating situation, people were standing and driving looking at each other, but really no words could express our shock, then again not knowing what was happening. Finally, I was close to my daughter’s house, when I receive a call from her telling me she received a call from the hospital as a Disaster Code, and she would be leaving. Luckily, I reached her house before she left, I parked the car, walked on glass, and with every step, all I could tell myself, God please have mercy upon your people and protect them. I reach her, hugged her, remembering the first hug I gave her at birth, thanked God for saving her, took pictures of the room and we both left. I tried to reach Beirut, to help, calls starting coming to stay away in order to allow the red cross and fire department and all needed to pass, traffic was horrible, I came back home, opened the TV to see where and what happened, kept calling people in Beirut to check on them, while my daughter and all those healthcare givers did not have time to catch a safe breath nor patch their wounds whether emotional or physical. According to my daughter, the hospital was a war zone… According to the media, the pictures are the truth, but too graphic to post many… According to me, this story is just another story were the untold and unseen is the bare truth! According to the truth, basically buildings shall rise again and politicians shall sleep tight, external wounds shall heal, but the trauma of the pictures, the sounds and screaming of the wounded, and the loss of a loved one, shall remain in our mind until eternity”
#MOI A mother, like many other… A parent, like many other… A child, like many other… A healthcare giver, doctor, like many other… Beirut, Lebanon, where the truth was buried under the ashes, Beirut, Lebanon, the country that crashed under the blast of political conflict, Beirut, Lebanon, we were blessed because the blast and explosion were sucked in the sea, Beirut, Lebanon, will you ever be Home again…
Hand in Hand we make the world a better place with the Ambassadors of Change Riya Yadav from India & Riad Tahan from Lebanon Livestream session Saturday August 15, 2020 @ 6:30 pmOn Service Learning & Culture Exchange
Announcing the Livestream session of Saturday, August 15, 2020, @ 6:30 pm Beirut Time On Service Learning & Culture Exchange Join us with your questions on the facebook link below.
Livestream with speech therapist Sophie Kilzi discussing speech & hearing problemsThank you Speech Therapist Sophie Kilzi:Livestream session with the speech therapist Sophie Kilzi discussing speech and hearing problems especially during our traumatizing period! Stay tuned for tomorrow and get your questions ready, let’s hear from Sophie about her contribution to the Lebanese community! Speech Therapist Sophie Kilzi81 011 011Full stream available on Youtube, follow and subscribe for free for this session and prior ones https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCoglfZSFPbGrjbLRX8ST5bA/videos?view_as=subscriber
Announcing Live @ 6:05pm Beirut Time on https://www.facebook.com/Badiaa.Hiresh/ Thursday 13th of August 2020 with Sophie Kilzi the speech therapist discussing speech and hearing problems especially during our traumatizing period!Stay tuned for tomorrow and get your questions ready, let’s hear from Sophie about her contribution to the Lebanese community! Speech Therapist Sophie Kilzi
Video in Arabic and then English
Author of *Where is My Angel? Book by #MOI and Read about the role of Faith in my life
*Mommy, I am a PACER! Book by #MOI because I believe that children are the future, the change…
They stole my dream… That Tuesday, August 4th, 2020, was a chill day. The first day after 5 days Government Confinement due to Covid-19, all I wanted was to go to the beach and chill.
So I did, I sat under the sun… I looked up to the clear blue sky… What is happening to this world of mine… It shall heal, and reboot I say… I miss life and my life… I miss peace and that piece of the day… When children could safely go out and play… When neighbors could really trust self & others… What if we all spoke one language I say… What if we all had one passport I say… What if we all had water, food, and shelter I say… What if we all could pray our own way… What if we could love self enough to be able to love others… What if we could be good people. Good people, I miss that, I miss good people.
I stayed under the blue sky, smiling at the sun, and enjoying a fresh day… I started taking selfies and smiling, but in my heart, I was smiling, happily dreaming, until, they stole the dream of mine!
See the picture I shared, that day, right before the Blast in Beirut, with the status DREAMING OF BETTER DAYS!
Sometimes we ignore the importance of our dreams. My friends, dream big, live big, enjoy the moment, and every moment, enjoy my non-rhyming poem, but who sets the rules?! Have a non-rhyming life, it’s those moments that flavor our day!
#MOI Memories, Tears, & Prayers for the lost souls on August 4, 2020 blast of Beirut! & Tears for the living who were blessed with life but cursed with the memory that aches the heart from the inside!
Stay Safe everyone, and remember to smile…
HOW COUlD THOSE PICTURES BE TAKEN ON THE SAME DAY!
Author of *Where is My Angel? Book by #MOI and Read about the role of Faith in my life
*Mommy, I am a PACER! Book by #MOI because I believe that children are the future, the change…
“Hello Summer… Whether willingly or due to the world circumstantial COVID 19 crisis, our life has changed, and our summer days have extended. Many among us are no longer in the job, many among us are no longer in the same job conditions, many among us are living with concern about their jobs, and many among us are still fine!
Well, define FINE, the word we use constantly. Let me tell you how fine I currently am. We live in a corrupt country, in a country where people take advantage of situations to backstab others, in a country where the bread price is increasing because they cannot contain and protect the prices of the basic life needs, in a country where we don’t know whether we will have fuel tomorrow to run our cars and generate electricity, in a country that is so beautiful but I think people breastfed corrupted milk, therefore, they became naturally corrupt.
This is the sad truth about our beloved Lebanon, the land of Saints, History, beaches, nightlife, day road trips, food and cuisine, religious sites, culture, archeology, adventures, architecture, and much more… Whatever you hear is an understatement.
So, Hello Summer, the season I love, Hello days of sun, and beach, and long nights… except, now, the long nights are the concern about Tomorrow in Tomorrowland!”
#MOI Stay Safe everyone!
Author of *Where is My Angel? Book by #MOI and Read about the role of Faith in my life
*Mommy, I am a PACER! Book by #MOI because I believe that children are the future, the change…
Heart Broken but not Broken! It is me lately, and my feelings…
Could you please ease my pain… I cannot see injustice… I love ethics, I ache for rightfulness, I charge on happiness of others, I make sure I help others, I stand by words of honor, but I am indignant… What ever happened to humanity… What ever happened to human race… People lost something, they dropped it along the way, I miss those humans, I miss knowing they are around, will they ever find themselves again, or are they lost in the flow of nowadays!
You cannot have two faces in life, your shadow shall reveal the true you!
#MOI Words will define humans & humanity, while actions will define how humane one is… not everyone is expected to fit in!
Author of *Where is My Angel? Book by #MOI and Read about the role of Faith in my life
*Mommy, I am a PACER! Book by #MOI because I believe that children are the future, the change…
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