{"id":28049,"date":"2023-12-02T15:16:43","date_gmt":"2023-12-02T19:16:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bambisafkar.ca\/?p=28049"},"modified":"2023-12-02T15:27:18","modified_gmt":"2023-12-02T19:27:18","slug":"picture-of-the-day-a-wish-for-hope-on-a-christmas-tree-in-beirut","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bambisafkar.ca\/index.php\/2023\/12\/02\/picture-of-the-day-a-wish-for-hope-on-a-christmas-tree-in-beirut\/","title":{"rendered":"Picture of the day: a wish for &#8220;Hope&#8221; on a Christmas tree in Beirut"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/bambisafkar.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Hope.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-28050\" width=\"395\" height=\"189\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bambisafkar.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Hope.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/bambisafkar.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Hope-300x144.jpg 300w, https:\/\/bambisafkar.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Hope-768x369.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 395px) 85vw, 395px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"624\" height=\"352\" src=\"https:\/\/bambisafkar.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/A-wish-for-hope-in-Beirut-on-Dec-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-28052\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bambisafkar.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/A-wish-for-hope-in-Beirut-on-Dec-2.jpg 624w, https:\/\/bambisafkar.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/A-wish-for-hope-in-Beirut-on-Dec-2-300x169.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 984px) 61vw, (max-width: 1362px) 45vw, 600px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">A picture of a Christmas tree in Beirut. Taken from <em>An Nahar<\/em> Lebanese newspaper.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p>The last time Bambi passed by this place in Beirut was on August 30, 2023. Thanks to Abouna [or Father] Elias who kindly drove her in his car, which followed the funeral hearse taking her mom in a coffin to her resting place. It was like a last tour of final good-bye for her in the familiar streets of her beloved city before reaching her final destination. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Today, Bambi saw the picture shown above in a Lebanese newspaper. The same place now has a beautiful Christmas tree. A few people gathered to see it light up (<a href=\"https:\/\/shorturl.at\/aKLU4\">https:\/\/shorturl.at\/aKLU4<\/a>). Bambi was touched to read the word &#8220;<em><strong>HOPE<\/strong><\/em>&#8221; on the tree in a country where the latter is much needed. May hope for better days at all levels (economy, security, tolerance, peace, health, etc.) shine on Lebanon, its neighbourhood, and on all our beautiful planet. May love, and hope of more love, along with healing and peace, enlighten people&#8217;s hearts while opening their minds.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-4-3 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe title=\"Fairouz - Christmas Song \u0641\u064a\u0631\u0648\u0632 - \u0643\u0646\u0627 \u0646\u0632\u064a\u0651\u0646 \u0634\u062c\u0631\u0629 \u0635\u063a\u064a\u0631\u0629\" width=\"840\" height=\"630\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/kpSNl8XH6dc?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/bambisafkar.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/heart-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-28054\" width=\"190\" height=\"190\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bambisafkar.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/heart-1.jpg 300w, https:\/\/bambisafkar.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/heart-1-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 190px) 85vw, 190px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The last time Bambi passed by this place in Beirut was on August 30, 2023. Thanks to Abouna [or Father] Elias who kindly drove her in his car, which followed the funeral hearse taking her [&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\/28049"}],"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=28049"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/bambisafkar.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28049\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":28057,"href":"https:\/\/bambisafkar.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28049\/revisions\/28057"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bambisafkar.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=28049"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bambisafkar.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=28049"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bambisafkar.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=28049"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}