{"id":2127,"date":"2020-01-30T21:37:26","date_gmt":"2020-01-31T01:37:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bambisafkar.ca\/?p=2127"},"modified":"2020-01-30T21:49:46","modified_gmt":"2020-01-31T01:49:46","slug":"how-to-keep-hope-alive-in-times-of-bank-runs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bambisafkar.ca\/index.php\/2020\/01\/30\/how-to-keep-hope-alive-in-times-of-bank-runs\/","title":{"rendered":"How to keep hope alive in times of bank runs?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/bambisafkar.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Ban-run.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2128\" width=\"529\" height=\"160\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bambisafkar.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Ban-run.jpg 489w, https:\/\/bambisafkar.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Ban-run-300x91.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 529px) 85vw, 529px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>There are times when collective life becomes too difficult. One of them is when we hopelessly see the economy of one\u2019s country suddenly beginning to collapse (i.e., its supposedly strong banking sector). This what happened in Lebanon on October 17, 2019. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As a result, people panicked; a bank run occurred, which means that people tried to withdraw more money than the banks can provide them. The population took the streets, revolting against ALL their corrupt politicians; with the clever slogan of \u201c<em>Everyone means everyone<\/em>\u201d. Frustrated by capital control, some turned their anger on the banks. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Three months later, no serious measure seems to have\nbeen officially taken (yet?) by Lebanon to navigate its way out of the crisis. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Even with a new government in place, the situation\nremains ambiguous as Lebanon\u2019s debt clock ticks (March, 2020). <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>How do the people of Lebanon keep hope alive? How do\nthey keep faith in their country in such circumstances? Bambi wondered when reading\nthe news. With this question in mind, she received two interesting links from\nher sisters living in Beirut.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In the first one, she enjoyed the lucid explanation about the Lebanese bank run by Mr. Pierre Jovanovic (French content), even if it is sad to hear:<\/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=\"&quot;Bank run&quot; \u00e0 Beyrouth ! - Le Zoom - Pierre Jovanovic - TVL\" width=\"840\" height=\"473\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/OtGSxtGnqXQ?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The second link is a brief video, by Ms. Dana Hurani, more fun to watch called \u201c<em>Do not worry. This is Lebanon<\/em>\u201d. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To conclude this post, Ms. Hurani\u2019s artistic production reminded Bambi that hope is a choice. Hope is process (re-choice over and over, even after moments of despair). Hope is a risk\u2026 yet it is a must.<\/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=\"Do not Worry. This is Lebanon.\" width=\"840\" height=\"473\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Z_ipDVmGzZo?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There are times when collective life becomes too difficult. One of them is when we hopelessly see the economy of one\u2019s country suddenly beginning to collapse (i.e., its supposedly strong banking sector). This what happened [&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\/2127"}],"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=2127"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/bambisafkar.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2127\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2131,"href":"https:\/\/bambisafkar.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2127\/revisions\/2131"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bambisafkar.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2127"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bambisafkar.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2127"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bambisafkar.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2127"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}