{"id":11579,"date":"2021-07-04T00:00:58","date_gmt":"2021-07-04T03:00:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bambisafkar.ca\/?p=11579"},"modified":"2021-07-04T00:03:29","modified_gmt":"2021-07-04T03:03:29","slug":"usa-happy-independence-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bambisafkar.ca\/index.php\/2021\/07\/04\/usa-happy-independence-day\/","title":{"rendered":"USA: Happy Independence Day"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/bambisafkar.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/USA_flag.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-11580\" width=\"210\" height=\"162\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bambisafkar.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/USA_flag.jpg 600w, https:\/\/bambisafkar.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/USA_flag-300x232.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 210px) 85vw, 210px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Last summer, Bambi&#8217;s post honoured one of her childhood friends who runs an annual marathon for her country in which she is famous for her jump at the final destination :):<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-wordpress wp-block-embed is-type-wp-embed is-provider-bambi-039-s-afkar\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"amy2wEtN8E\"><a href=\"https:\/\/bambisafkar.ca\/index.php\/2020\/07\/04\/her-name-is-ms-joelle-melki-she-is-bambis-childhood-friend-and-favourite-american-citizen-happy-4th-of-july-to-her\/\">Her name is Ms. Jo\u00eblle Melki. She is Bambi&#8217;s childhood friend and favourite American citizen! Happy 4th of July to her!<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; clip: rect(1px, 1px, 1px, 1px);\" title=\"&#8220;Her name is Ms. Jo\u00eblle Melki. She is Bambi&#8217;s childhood friend and favourite American citizen! Happy 4th of July to her!&#8221; &#8212; Bambi&#039;s Afkar\" src=\"https:\/\/bambisafkar.ca\/index.php\/2020\/07\/04\/her-name-is-ms-joelle-melki-she-is-bambis-childhood-friend-and-favourite-american-citizen-happy-4th-of-july-to-her\/embed\/#?secret=amy2wEtN8E\" data-secret=\"amy2wEtN8E\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>This year, if she may, Bambi will share an older message in Arabic from the Ambassador of the USA in Lebanon (July 4th, 2020): \u201c<em>Like the Lebanese people, we are resistant. We face challenges in a direct way. We keep growing, adjusting, and learning<\/em>\u201d (by Ms. Dorothy Shea who remains the US Ambassador in Beirut). <\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/bambisafkar.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Twitter_DS_BeirutUSEmbassyJuly4-2020.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-11581\" width=\"369\" height=\"208\"\/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Finally, to conclude this post on a joyful musical note, here is a French song from Bambi to all her American friends and relatives (hello if you are reading now :)). This song, by Mr. Joe Dassin (<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Joe_Dassin\">https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Joe_Dassin<\/a>), is entitled l<em>\u2019Am\u00e9rique<\/em>. Well, you may notice or know that <em>l\u2019Am\u00e9rique<\/em> is <em>Yellow River<\/em>, which was written by Mr. Elton John and turned into a worldwide hit by a British band, called <em>Christie<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Best Wishes to the USA and&#8230; Happy 4th of July ?! <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-4-3 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe title=\"Joe Dassin - L&#039;Amerique\" width=\"840\" height=\"630\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/aowlqthVo8c?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Last summer, Bambi&#8217;s post honoured one of her childhood friends who runs an annual marathon for her country in which she is famous for her jump at the final destination :): This year, if she [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11579","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sackvillesmemorialpark"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bambisafkar.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11579","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bambisafkar.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bambisafkar.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bambisafkar.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bambisafkar.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11579"}],"version-history":[{"count":13,"href":"https:\/\/bambisafkar.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11579\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11594,"href":"https:\/\/bambisafkar.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11579\/revisions\/11594"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bambisafkar.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11579"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bambisafkar.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11579"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bambisafkar.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11579"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}