This morning, upon opening her eyes, Bambi watched a surreal video shared by her sister. As you can see with your own eyes, an airplane of Lebanon’s Middle East Airlines (MEA or Air Liban) landed in Beirut at the same time of the nearby intense Israeli shelling.
This post is meant to pay tribute to the highly professional team of the Lebanese airline company. Related to the latter, a couple of weeks ago, Bambi listened to a news interview with a passenger returning to Beirut from Doha at the time of airstrikes around the airport. This passenger who happened to be a journalist spoke highly about the legendary calm of the MEA crew and the excellence of their service. Despite the intense shelling, for MEA, it was business as usual with the smiling faces of its crew members. Indeed, the airplane landed safely to the soothing voice of Fairuz. Bravo to the pilot/co-pilot (et al.).
Much love and healing to Beirut with Ms. Hiba Tawaji’s BEAUTIFUL voice. May God protect all the travellers and residents of the Lebanese capital. May reason and peace prevail not only in Beirut, but also in each village of tiny and traumatized Lebanon as well as in all of its aching neighbourhood. Enough of senseless wars in the region. Enough of death, destruction, and displacement in Lebanon. ENOUGH!
