{"id":18188,"date":"2022-03-26T20:27:06","date_gmt":"2022-03-26T23:27:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bambisafkar.ca\/?p=18188"},"modified":"2022-03-26T20:27:06","modified_gmt":"2022-03-26T23:27:06","slug":"19-months-after-the-surrealistic-beirut-port-explosion-may-ms-julia-awdehs-memory-be-eternal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bambisafkar.ca\/index.php\/2022\/03\/26\/19-months-after-the-surrealistic-beirut-port-explosion-may-ms-julia-awdehs-memory-be-eternal\/","title":{"rendered":"19 months after the surrealistic Beirut port explosion: may Ms. Julia Awdeh&#8217;s memory be eternal"},"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\/FinalJuliaBeirutBlastRestinPeace.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-18190\" width=\"473\" height=\"191\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bambisafkar.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/FinalJuliaBeirutBlastRestinPeace.jpg 349w, https:\/\/bambisafkar.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/FinalJuliaBeirutBlastRestinPeace-300x121.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 473px) 85vw, 473px\" \/><figcaption>A picture taken from <em>An Nahar<\/em>. <br>Rest in peace Ms. Julia Awdeh&#8230; Will just ever know how to prevail in Beirut?<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Ms. Julia Awdeh is most likely the 219th victim of the Beirut port explosion. The latter woke up from her coma one month following the surrealistic human-made and still unpunished tragedy. However, tragically, she died today after one year and seven months since that doomed August 4, 2020. Bambi&#8217;s heart goes to her son, Samuel, and to the rest of her family, friends, and by extension the entire Lebanon. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>From An<em> Nahar<\/em> (Arabic content), Bambi learned with much sadness how Samuel&#8217;s hope increased exponentially, day after day, since his mother woke up from the coma. Unfortunately, he lost her at a hospital in Sidon [or Saida], south of the capital where she died in her sleep (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.annahar.com\/arabic\/section\/77-%D9%85%D8%AC%D8%AA%D9%85%D8%B9\/26032022042504982\">https:\/\/www.annahar.com\/arabic\/section\/77-%D9%85%D8%AC%D8%AA%D9%85%D8%B9\/26032022042504982<\/a>). The sad news also appeared in English on the <em>LBCI<\/em>&#8216;s news website (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.lbcgroup.tv\/news\/d\/lebanon-news\/638536\/two-years-on-beirut-port-explosion-claims-new-vict\/en\">https:\/\/www.lbcgroup.tv\/news\/d\/lebanon-news\/638536\/two-years-on-beirut-port-explosion-claims-new-vict\/en<\/a>).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Anyhow, this post is meant to honour Ms.  Julia Awdeh&#8217;s memory. If she may, Bambi would like to offer her son and loved ones two songs. The first is a beautiful French-Canadian one, entitled <em>Tu trouveras la paix <\/em>[<em>You will find peace in your heart<\/em>] interpreted by the talented Ms. M\u00e9lissa B\u00e9dard. The second song about the Beirut explosion, by Mr. Ghassan Saliba, is entitled <em>Maakouly shi nhar<\/em>? [<em>Is it possible one day?<\/em>]. Bambi has translated the lyrics of this song into English in an earlier post shown further below.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As for the Lebanese political dinosaurs (some are still in power for over 40 years!), Bambi has no word and no song for them. Nothing. May God forgive them for having destroyed their country and killed their own people (and many residents or guests originally from other countries), whether voluntarily or by negligence. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Once again, may your memory be eternal Ms. Julia Awdeh&#8230;<\/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=\"Tu trouveras la paix\" width=\"840\" height=\"630\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/g_nDMFzfg6c?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/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=\"Ghassan Saliba Maakouli Chi Nhar Beirut - Official Lyric Video 2021 \u0628\u064a\u0631\u0648\u062a \u063a\u0633\u0627\u0646 \u0635\u0644\u064a\u0628\u0627 \u0645\u0639\u0642\u0648\u0644\u0629 \u0634\u064a \u0646\u0647\u0627\u0631\" width=\"840\" height=\"473\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/1TD0F-xze0Y?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p> <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8212;<\/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=\"FOPEIAH43Y\"><a href=\"https:\/\/bambisafkar.ca\/index.php\/2021\/12\/24\/the-honourable-tarek-bitar-isnt-his-continuous-resistance-to-corruption-and-impunity-inspiring\/\">The honourable Tarek Bitar: Isn&#8217;t his continuous resistance to corruption and impunity inspiring?<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; clip: rect(1px, 1px, 1px, 1px);\" title=\"&#8220;The honourable Tarek Bitar: Isn&#8217;t his continuous resistance to corruption and impunity inspiring?&#8221; &#8212; Bambi&#039;s Afkar\" src=\"https:\/\/bambisafkar.ca\/index.php\/2021\/12\/24\/the-honourable-tarek-bitar-isnt-his-continuous-resistance-to-corruption-and-impunity-inspiring\/embed\/#?secret=FOPEIAH43Y\" data-secret=\"FOPEIAH43Y\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/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-10.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-18200\" width=\"143\" height=\"143\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bambisafkar.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/heart-10.jpg 300w, https:\/\/bambisafkar.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/heart-10-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 143px) 85vw, 143px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ms. Julia Awdeh is most likely the 219th victim of the Beirut port explosion. The latter woke up from her coma one month following the surrealistic human-made and still unpunished tragedy. However, tragically, she died [&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\/18188"}],"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=18188"}],"version-history":[{"count":18,"href":"https:\/\/bambisafkar.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18188\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18209,"href":"https:\/\/bambisafkar.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18188\/revisions\/18209"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bambisafkar.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18188"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bambisafkar.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18188"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bambisafkar.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18188"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}