{"id":28154,"date":"2023-12-22T04:51:13","date_gmt":"2023-12-22T08:51:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bambisafkar.ca\/?p=28154"},"modified":"2023-12-22T04:51:13","modified_gmt":"2023-12-22T08:51:13","slug":"beiruts-sunset-through-the-clouds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bambisafkar.ca\/index.php\/2023\/12\/22\/beiruts-sunset-through-the-clouds\/","title":{"rendered":"Beirut&#8217;s sunset through the clouds"},"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\/Beirut.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-28155\" width=\"233\" height=\"155\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bambisafkar.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Beirut.jpg 930w, https:\/\/bambisafkar.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Beirut-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/bambisafkar.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Beirut-768x510.jpg 768w, https:\/\/bambisafkar.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Beirut-720x480.jpg 720w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 233px) 85vw, 233px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p>Bambi took two pictures yesterday evening before her third airplane landed in Beirut. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Beirut of her youth and of her loved ones, those on earth and those in heaven. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Beirut she worries about from very far away is still there, as always, eternal somewhere under the beautiful clouds. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Yes, the same Beirut she will always cherish even through darker moments of love-hate. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>May the clouds of instability finally move away to let a sustainable sunshine of healing, love, and prosperity shine on everyone in Beirut and beyond across the entire world.<\/p>\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\/Airplane1-BeirutDec2023.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-28156\" width=\"480\" height=\"640\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">A picture taken by Bambi above Beirut upon landing (December 21, 2023)<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"480\" height=\"640\" src=\"https:\/\/bambisafkar.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Airplane2-BeirutDec2023.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-28157\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bambisafkar.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Airplane2-BeirutDec2023.jpg 480w, https:\/\/bambisafkar.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Airplane2-BeirutDec2023-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 480px) 85vw, 480px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">A picture taken by Bambi above Beirut upon landing (December, 2023)<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\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=\"beyrouth.wmv\" width=\"840\" height=\"630\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/PazvP_8AIeU?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\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe title=\"Rodge &amp; Pascale Sakr - Shta&#039;nalik Ya Beirut (2021) \/ \u0631\u0648\u062f\u062c \u0648\u0628\u0627\u0633\u0643\u0627\u0644 \u0635\u0642\u0631 - \u0627\u0634\u062a\u0642\u0646\u0627\u0644\u0643 \u064a\u0627 \u0628\u064a\u0631\u0648\u062a\" width=\"840\" height=\"473\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/i0OkC-v5GpQ?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-14.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-28158\" width=\"184\" height=\"184\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bambisafkar.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/heart-14.jpg 300w, https:\/\/bambisafkar.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/heart-14-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 184px) 85vw, 184px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bambi took two pictures yesterday evening before her third airplane landed in Beirut. The Beirut of her youth and of her loved ones, those on earth and those in heaven. The Beirut she worries about [&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\/28154"}],"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=28154"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/bambisafkar.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28154\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":28164,"href":"https:\/\/bambisafkar.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28154\/revisions\/28164"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bambisafkar.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=28154"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bambisafkar.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=28154"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bambisafkar.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=28154"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}