{"id":17896,"date":"2022-03-10T00:05:36","date_gmt":"2022-03-10T04:05:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bambisafkar.ca\/?p=17896"},"modified":"2022-03-10T00:05:36","modified_gmt":"2022-03-10T04:05:36","slug":"a-surprise-to-roula-happy-birthday-dear-sister","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bambisafkar.ca\/index.php\/2022\/03\/10\/a-surprise-to-roula-happy-birthday-dear-sister\/","title":{"rendered":"A surprise to Roula: Happy Birthday dear sister!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/bambisafkar.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/FinalRoulaBirthday.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-17900\" width=\"539\" height=\"176\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bambisafkar.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/FinalRoulaBirthday.jpg 499w, https:\/\/bambisafkar.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/FinalRoulaBirthday-300x98.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 539px) 85vw, 539px\" \/><figcaption>Happy Birthday (&#8220;Akbel el Mieh&#8221;) to Bambi&#8217;s sister!<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Bambi is blessed in life. She has two wonderful sisters, not just one. She misses them both so much&#8230; beyond words.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>One of Bambi&#8217;s sisters, the eldest, is celebrating her birthday today.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Happy birthday, &#8220;<em>ma grande<\/em>&#8221;  et&#8230; &#8220;<em>mon amie, pas juste ma soeur<\/em>&#8221; :). May you have a wonderful day!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Roula, your birthday comes two days after International Women&#8217;s Day. This is a  beautiful coincidence for a talented woman who has excelled in her advocacy for women&#8217;s rights not just in Lebanon, but also in the Arab world (via the UN and other international leadership agencies where you have mentored talented men and women (like you, trying to make our world a better place). Thank you for all that you do. Please keep up the inspiring work!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To conclude this post on a musical note, here are a few songs for you from Bambi&#8230; with love \u2764\ufe0f!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe title=\"Roula   Wishes &amp; Mensajes\" width=\"840\" height=\"473\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/2wTsF8EE068?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><figcaption>Thanks to the generous person who made this personalized birthday wishes public on <em>YouTube<\/em> \ud83d\ude42<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe title=\"Grand Corps malade - Une s\u0153ur ft. V\u00e9ronique Sanson (Paroles\/Lyrics)\" width=\"840\" height=\"473\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/YchQ_TrKLNE?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><figcaption>A moving French song about sisters (Duo: Grand corps malade &amp; V\u00e9ronique Sanson)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe title=\"Elissa ... Bokra Btechroq Shams ElAied - 2019 | \u0625\u0644\u064a\u0633\u0627 ... \u0628\u0643\u0631\u0627 \u0628\u062a\u0634\u0631\u0642 \u0634\u0645\u0633 \u0627\u0644\u0639\u064a\u062f - \u0628\u0627\u0644\u0643\u0644\u0645\u0627\u062a\" width=\"840\" height=\"473\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/jbF4xfdDezE?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><figcaption>This is a song of the Lebanese diva Sabah. Bambi had fun posting its translation into English on her blog in an older post about Mr. Mike Massy  <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The joyful yet deep lyrics of the song about the feast&#8217;s sun, shown above, can be summarized as follows: \u201c<em><strong>Be happy today, not tomorrow (as it is far away<\/strong>)\u201d<\/em>. Thanks to Ms. Elissa for her nice version!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201c<em>Tomorrow the feast\u2019s sun will rise<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>With the promise of a new day<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Live today<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Love today<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Today is here\u2026 Tomorrow is far away<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>If life feels like all wounds<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Your tears won\u2019t do you any good<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Let the sad song<\/em> <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Sing in your feast\u2019s evening<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Don\u2019t let the days slip away<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Slip away from your hands<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Live today\u2026 Love today<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Today is here\u2026 Tomorrow is far away<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Don\u2019t blame the garden\u2019s flowers<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>It\u2019s not their fault their thorns are big<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>And thank your God, human<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>For he has made you see those thorns<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Flowers are picked up in April<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Flowers don\u2019t last a day<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Like flowers live the day<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Today is here\u2026 Tomorrow is far away\u201d<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe title=\"Julio Iglesias &quot;Vous les femmes&quot; [Paroles]\" width=\"840\" height=\"473\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/wzwNyxyl2xA?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><figcaption>Mr. Julio Iglesias&#8217; old and famous song meant for women<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe title=\"( \u0641\u064a\u062f\u064a\u0648 \u0643\u0644\u064a\u0628 ) \u0647\u0634\u0627\u0645 \u0627\u0644\u062d\u0627\u062c - \u064a\u0644\u0627 \u0646\u0641\u0631\u062d | Hisham El Hajj - Yala Nefrah ( Video Clip )\" width=\"840\" height=\"473\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/gJX6Eh0zHOc?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><figcaption>Mr. Hisham El Jajj&#8217;s &#8220;Yalla Nifrah&#8221; [Let&#8217;s rejoice] song is a must today :). May Roula have fun today!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/bambisafkar.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/heart-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-17912\" width=\"155\" height=\"155\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bambisafkar.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/heart-2.jpg 300w, https:\/\/bambisafkar.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/heart-2-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 155px) 85vw, 155px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bambi is blessed in life. She has two wonderful sisters, not just one. She misses them both so much&#8230; beyond words. One of Bambi&#8217;s sisters, the eldest, is celebrating her birthday today. Happy birthday, &#8220;ma [&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":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bambisafkar.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17896"}],"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=17896"}],"version-history":[{"count":29,"href":"https:\/\/bambisafkar.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17896\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17928,"href":"https:\/\/bambisafkar.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17896\/revisions\/17928"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bambisafkar.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17896"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bambisafkar.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17896"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bambisafkar.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17896"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}