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Single Mama. August 4 #Beirut Bombing survivor. Dangerous combo, you've been warned. Part time muse. Follow @KilnaYa3ni and @GEM_Leb
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I have realised that my mother's grave is all that binds me to Lebanon.
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No diesel at EDL.
No bread at bakeries.
No paper in ministries.
No money in the ATMs.
No power at the airport.
No meds in pharmacies.
No petrol at gas stations.
No treatment at hospitals.
No water in the goddamn dams.
No goods on supermarket shelves.
Should I go on?
#Lebanon
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Last year my son failed Brevet, twice. He was crushed.
I hugged him and said it was fine and bought him a gaming PC as a reward for trying.
My daughter, a straight A student, couldn't understand why.
It took a year to prove to her that encouragement goes farther than fear.
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Last night my dad saw my face and said: Rayan, you can't carry all of Lebanon on your shoulders baba.
And I burst into tears. How do I explain to him that the Lebanon I carry is him, my children, their future, the evicted, the sick, the hungry, the jobless... Lebanon is fear.
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بتكون قاعد بالمكتب مركِّز وشغل وهيك، بيتفضل ابنك بفوت من الباب مع وحدة "ماما شو في اكل" 🤣🤣❤❤
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So people from Ras Beirut have broken into EDL Raouche and promised the area electricity.
Guess what? We just got electricity!!
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@ANDREW1ALBERTT
Oh those eyes, the little paws
😭😭😭
He's just hanging on to you for dear life 💔💔💔
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My dad is staring at the TV, on mute, because I told him I'd sit with him only if he turns the volume down.
I catch him stealing glances at me every few minutes. His eyes look wet.
I said "what baba?"
He said: "my wounds are reopened."
(تجدد الجرح)
#BeirutBombing
#August4
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It's her birthday tomorrow 💔
In Sept 2014, we learned about her cancer. It was the saddest birthday ever... or so we thought.
In 2015 and 2016, she spent her birthdays in chemo and we said it can't get worse.
In Sept 2017, we took flowers to her grave...
I miss you Mama.
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Hi, I’m R! I’m an HR Manager for a group of companies and a single mom of 2 teenagers! I also run a humanitarian movement in Beirut. I have Generalized Anxiety Disorder and PTSD following the August 4
#BeirutBombing
. I live in fear of sudden explosions but I'm ok.
Hi, I’m Fin! I’m a multimedia journalist based in Beirut. I was prescribed anti anxiety medication 6 months ago after my anxiety was getting too much to bear. It sucked, but the anxiety is better after 6 months of treatment and therapy
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All of u bitching that people protesting bcos of whatsapp calls, it's not the case! It's the straw that broke the camel's back!
You can't tax us for what's free! We can't afford more goddamed taxes, especially when we get nothing in return, you incompetent idiots!
#اجا_وقت_نحاسب
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When mama was on her deathbed, a day before she no longer woke up, I climbed onto her bed and lay by her side.
In a weak voice she whispered: I'm sorry mama.
I said: for what?
She said: I can't move to make more space on the bed for you.
She was a mother to her last breath.
لأن هني الوحيدين الشي الحلو بالحياة التعيسة لعم نعيشها، خبرنا عن لحظة حلوة لوالدتك ما بتنساها
#عيد_الام
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Lebanese twitter went from
"You are living abroad you have no right to an opinion in Lebanon" every time an expat tweeted about Lebanon?
To
"You are living abroad and you MUST register to vote because it affects our lives and we need your help!"
Bas hek.
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After the
#Beirut
blast, as one doctor held me down and another shaved my head to stitch it, I watched my hair fall to the floor.
And a light switch fell from my hair too.
And between the screams and the tears, I couldn't stop staring at that light switch. I can still see it.
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Let this sink in:
The dead and dying and the missing from the
#Akkar
massacre were lining up for free petrol to be able to make it to their jobs tomorrow.
Many of the dead and missing are Lebanese Army soldiers, getting petrol so they can go back to their work after leave.
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I have to say this and I don't care who gets insulted.
Last night, I drove through a major street in Beirut around midnight. The street was completely dark, not a single light in any window in any house.
And the mosque in that street was completely lit up. That's it.
#Lebanon
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...his father knew how to love and support and encourage him towards success.
I teach my children that this is life, there are ups and downs and I just need them to quietly bear the downs and humbly relish the ups.
If you're going to be a parent, watch your every single word.
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Excuse me?
Did we just bring down the Kafala system and the Bisri Dam in one day?!
Is this true???
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I find notes in my mother's handwriting all around the house.
Hurriedly scribbled recipes, a shopping list, phone numbers.
She's been gone over four years and these are like little gifts to me. I touch them and I treasure them as if they were letters from an old forgotten love.
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So I'm recently discovering the (new) dangers of living in Lebanon.
Feel free to add your own 👇
1- Traffic lights no longer work. You literally have to stop at crossroads and check all sides before you can make a turn. Or you just smile at the others until one stops for you.
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When someone loses a parent, and I have to comfort them, I say it will get better. Time will make you forget. It gets easier.
Lies.
Today marks the 4th year since my mama's passing and I still mumble "I want my mommy" with every day and every month and every year that passes.
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I've been to hell and back in the past few years. Watching my mama die and living through August 4 are events that are invisibly tattooed all over me.
Yet today was the first time I call my brother and cry for an hour and repeatedly say: "I don't think I can do this anymore".
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Ok, it seems to be contagious! We might call it "The Title Complex".
Be careful everyone, please.
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I put this on my dad's finger to measure his oxygen and came back later only to notice it wasn't an oxymeter.
It was my daughter's ukulele tuner.
Good news, dad's in tune 🤦🏻♀️
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Yesterday, my son passed Brevet and I can see his new found confidence for his future.
My happiness is only shadowed by the story of the little boy who preferred to commit suicide rather than face his father's anger.
I can't stop thinking how different it would be for him if...
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I played Monopoly with my daughter last night.
And every time I'd go broke, she'd lend me the money to pay her or the bank.
And everytime I'd try to pay her back, she'd make me keep it in case I need it.
I've done a horrible job raising her 🤦🏻♀️
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The Daughter // The Mother 💔
RIP my angel.
I die everytime strangers at weddings and funerals stop me to ask if I am her daughter. They say I look just like her now.
They don't know I sometimes hold my breath when I catch my reflection in glass and think she was passing by.
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I seem to have met a really nice guy. He's fun and sweet and smart and very attentive and can cook!
Keep an eye on my tweets for when I find out what the hell is wrong with him because clearly this can't be right.
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9 months to the day since I got back from hospital and my neighbour took one look at me and just dropped onto the stairs and hid his face and cried.
He said: It's a blessing your mother isn't alive to see you like this.
Don't stop. Remember to
#TalkAboutAugust4
#BeirutBlast
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A man just showed up to my office with two envelopes and asked for me by name.
Inside each envelope was 500,000LL, clearly for the
@KilnaYa3ni
campaign.
So if you are reading this, thank you for the 1,000,000LL donation.
🙏🏻❤️
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My daughter and I have played around with acrylic for a couple of years now.
I just walked in to find that she'd painted this and I am so proud!!!
My heart ❤
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Wait, did Lebanese twitter miss the news today about us no longer having the anesthesia that is used in surgery? And the measly reserve we do have will only be used for emergency surgeries?
No? We good? Ok, now go back to your war drums.
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UPDATE:
SOMEONE PAID FOR THE ORDER AND ASKED
@GhinaSeddik
TO DISTRIBUTE THE TREATS TO KIDS ❤❤❤❤
DAY MADE!
Guys, someone made a HUGE order from our fellow tweep Ghina on zomato and then disappeared on her so she's stuck with a lot of really delicious treats that she's prepared.
How about you check them out and see if there's something you might like to order? 👇
Thanks ❤
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I have childhood memories of my dad carrying me to the kitchen in the night to soothe my cough with a spoonful of honey.
Today, he's sleeping restlessly, and I'm up listening for his breathing and checking on him as he coughs.
Your parents are no more than your future children.
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For months, every time I say "bye" to the kids on my way to work, my daughter makes me say "see you later" instead.
I've just understood that since the blast, she worries I won't come home at the end of the day and so the word "bye" gives her anxiety.
Keep an eye on family.
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I can smell my mother's perfume all around me right now. I keep looking around my office to see where this heavenly scent is coming from but I am all alone, all doors closed.
So I just close my tearful eyes and breathe in.
The brain plays tricks on us sometimes.
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So Riad Salameh's excuse for not declaring the cash he was carrying into France was: I forgot I had money (90,000€) in the suitcase.
Imagine being so rich that you forget the extra 90 thousand euros you're carrying.
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I just parked on the side of the road and burst into tears.
Here's a reminder to stop and look at the sky. Unclench your jaw. You're carrying the weight of the world. Put it down and rest your shoulders.
And in between breaths, make sure to curse them for what they did to us.
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Sometimes, you meet someone, and from the moment you lay eyes on them, you just know you want to spend your whole life without them.
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On this day, in the battle between BB cream and freckles, the freckles won 💁🏻♀️
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How dare you give an opinion about his mental state, hours after he committed suicide? How dare you speak of halal and haram as if you were his god?!
How dare you judge how strong or how weak he was?!
Respect him. Respect his family.
SHUT UP AND SIT DOWN!
#داني_ابو_حيدر
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Being a single parent means you can't be sick or hurt or sad or tired because you're always needed, because there's only one of you. And because there's only one of you, you're needed twice the time.
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I miss my days as Head of Human Resources. Never even had to dress up for Halloween 😔
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Thinking of attending uni or sending your kids to school tomorrow? Please stop and remember George Zreik.
Remember that he set himself on fire because he could not afford his daughter's school fees.
Remember that you are the only voice George has now.
#لبنان_يتنفض #ثوره
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So it's my birthday! Again!
Since I spent my actual birthday in isolation, the gang has taken me out tonight.
The whole birthday, birthweek, birthmonth concept really worked out this year! Going to push for birthquarter this year!
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My kids think I'm sleeping and every few minutes I wake up to an sms that my card is being charged. Now I have to act surprised when my gifts arrive.
Happy mother's day to me 🤭🤭
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I've realised that a woman's greatest enemy is other women.
If we could all have a sis code like the guys have the bro code, we'd probably rule the world but noooooo let's be petty and envious and competitive.
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My son has talked of nothing for days except joining the protest, standing by the families of the victims of the
#BeirutBombing
.
My daughter is against it because she is scared and she is emotionally scarred by this day.
And me? I have said yes to him and yes to her...
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I know I said we’re adopting a cat. But when we met our rescue, we realized he had a brother and that they have been inseparable since they were found after their mother died. So we’ve promised to give both a try for a week but we’re already in love.
Here are our new babies!
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Woke up not feeling well today so I decided to skip making my lunch for work.
But my son spent an hour in the kitchen, steaming rice and grilling a fish fillet, and even made me a sauce!
I must have done something right in some past life to have the honour of being his mom ❤
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@CllrBattley
Torn between responding and subjecting my friends to these traumatizing images, or making sure it gets on my timeline so we can have group therapy later.
I don't like being alone.
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PERSONAL NEWS
I am leaving my job of 11 years this week 💔
Upside? I no longer have to deal with
@shb3arifni
I will spend this week sending out memos of less working hours, more paternal leave, and giving everyone a day off on their bday.
What are they going to do? Fire me?
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So I either have a secret admirer or I've been marked by the generator ishtirak guy (see previous tweet)
Good morning!
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My son got his first vaccine shot last week and I prayed and prayed he wouldn't get a fever or any painful side effects because we had less than one sachet of Panadol left at home you absolute bastards!
الجيش دهم مستودع أدويه في منطقة الاشرفية والزم اصحابه ببيعها خلال ٤٨ ساعة وذلك بناءً على طلب وزارة الصحة العامة.
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I have promised. And I will deliver. And I can be persuasive...
Polly will come back in December!
Merry Christmas 🎅
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Its a new painting everyday. I could turn 100 years old and my heart will still sigh at the sight of a sky like this one.
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Sorry about the long thread, but there are heroes walking among us and they need to be seen. So I decided to show their faces to you...
Left to Right... Joao, (ignore me there), Jasper, and
@olakhazaal
.
Rebuilding the damaged homes, one selfless act at a time ❤️
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She tripped while leaving the wedding ceremony, and her new husband called her an IDIOT, so she marched right back into court and demanded a divorce... And got it!
This woman is EVERYTHING a woman should be:
strong, dignified, knows her worth, and fearless!
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I've been on a diet for 9 days.
I've lost 3 kilos and all of my friends.
Also my will to live.
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These days, it's becoming impossible to balance between work and mental health and family and, as a single mom, I don't want my kids to be affected!
And when I slack off at home, I have this little cheerleader to keep me going 👇
I must have done something right raising her.
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Ok all jokes aside now, I'm realising that having COVID (mildly of course) is a single mom's heaven!!
Like I'm in the same house with them but they can't come into my room!!!
Do you people understand how huge that is? I'm here. They're here. They can't ask me for anything!🤣🤣
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I don't know how we still find the strength to wake up in the morning and the motivation to sit behind our screens for 9 hours.
You all ok?
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People at The Ring in 100 years time still calling for change in Lebanon
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I have decided that I no longer want to be a strong independent woman... in this economy.
I have chosen to accept my destiny and become a trophy wife.
You can apply here 👇
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10pm.
Finally got water.
The things we took for granted. Like getting home after a long day and just jumping in the shower.
Every day this godforsaken country pushes my limits and then I step back, regroup, and start a new battle the next day.
All I wanted was a shower.
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🆘 BREAKING:
#BEIRUT
: 217 people were killed TODAY while over 7,000 people were wounded and maimed TODAY and over 330,000 families were displaced TODAY... AGAIN!
Judge Tarek Bitar has been FORCED to suspend the investigation into the
#BeirutBlast
.
#BeirutBombing
#August4
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Let's make a deal shall we?
No sculptures. No photoshoots. No music videos. No goddamned handbags made of shattered glass. No human chains and hand holding. No kumbaya!
How about...
Anger, rage, protest, justice!!
Let THEM be afraid for a change!
#August4
#BeirutBombing
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To
@Mark_Darido
and
@Roudy_Hanna
Guys, you are the soul of the new Lebanon.
We all shouted Thawra Thawra a couple of times while you guys slept in the streets for what you believed in!
We still have jobs. You lost yours and yet you dusted yourselves off and started over.
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