{"id":2586,"date":"2020-03-05T20:45:36","date_gmt":"2020-03-06T00:45:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bambisafkar.ca\/?p=2586"},"modified":"2020-03-05T20:47:16","modified_gmt":"2020-03-06T00:47:16","slug":"bravo-mr-amine-maalouf-lebanese-french-author-for-being-awarded-the-prestigious-national-order-of-merit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bambisafkar.ca\/index.php\/2020\/03\/05\/bravo-mr-amine-maalouf-lebanese-french-author-for-being-awarded-the-prestigious-national-order-of-merit\/","title":{"rendered":"Bravo Mr. Amine Maalouf, Lebanese-French author, for being awarded the prestigious \u201cNational Order of Merit\u201d!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/bambisafkar.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/AmineMaalouf.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2587\" width=\"641\" height=\"302\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bambisafkar.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/AmineMaalouf.jpg 624w, https:\/\/bambisafkar.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/AmineMaalouf-300x141.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 984px) 61vw, (max-width: 1362px) 45vw, 600px\" \/><figcaption>Mr. Amine Maalouf<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Congratulations to Mr. Amine Maalouf, Lebanese-French author, for having been awarded the \u201cNational Order of Merit\u201d by Mr. Macron, President of the French Republic!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Eight years ago, Mr. Amine Maalouf was inducted into the elite \u201cAcad\u00e9mie Fran\u00e7aise\u201d (or French Academy) as one of 40 still living members to represent the French language.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Three days ago, Mr. Maalouf received this most prestigious distinction, which recognizes an individual who represents the civic \u201cspirit\u201d of France, a bit like our own \u201cOrder of Canada\u201d, but with an important emphasis on the French culture.<\/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=\"Amin Maalouf awarded National Order by France\" width=\"840\" height=\"630\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/y2qYZ3CYMWI?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Mr.\nMaalouf was born in Lebanon (like Bambi ?) in 1949:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Amin_Maalouf\">https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Amin_Maalouf<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>An inspiring talent: What a brain and what a pen! <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Below you can watch an interview conducted with him by a journalist from <em>Euronews<\/em> (translated into English). <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Thank you Mr. Maalouf! Merci du fond du coeur (Shukran \u0634\u0643\u0631\u0627)!<\/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=\"Euronews - Interview - Amin Maalouf\" width=\"840\" height=\"630\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/kagjl0uBxX4?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Congratulations to Mr. Amine Maalouf, Lebanese-French author, for having been awarded the \u201cNational Order of Merit\u201d by Mr. Macron, President of the French Republic! Eight years ago, Mr. Amine Maalouf was inducted into the elite [&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\/2586"}],"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=2586"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/bambisafkar.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2586\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2591,"href":"https:\/\/bambisafkar.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2586\/revisions\/2591"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bambisafkar.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2586"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bambisafkar.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2586"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bambisafkar.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2586"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}