{"id":30470,"date":"2024-10-06T00:00:06","date_gmt":"2024-10-06T03:00:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bambisafkar.ca\/?p=30470"},"modified":"2024-10-06T00:24:21","modified_gmt":"2024-10-06T03:24:21","slug":"oh-beirut-bambi-sends-her-love-across-the-miles-through-five-songs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bambisafkar.ca\/index.php\/2024\/10\/06\/oh-beirut-bambi-sends-her-love-across-the-miles-through-five-songs\/","title":{"rendered":"Oh, Beirut: Bambi sends her love across the miles through five songs"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"248\" src=\"https:\/\/bambisafkar.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/BeirutCandleLebanonDrawingMusic-1024x248.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7710\" style=\"width:628px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bambisafkar.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/BeirutCandleLebanonDrawingMusic-1024x248.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/bambisafkar.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/BeirutCandleLebanonDrawingMusic-300x73.jpg 300w, https:\/\/bambisafkar.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/BeirutCandleLebanonDrawingMusic-768x186.jpg 768w, https:\/\/bambisafkar.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/BeirutCandleLebanonDrawingMusic-1200x290.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p>It is both heart-breaking and worrisome to hopelessly see Beirut aching and burning. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It is also sad, beyond words, to see tiny Lebanon being destroyed once again.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Bambi sends her heart to the injured, displaced, lost, scared, tired, frustrated, and grieving citizens and\/or residents of the land of cedars.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Last but not least, it is surreal to hear the STRONG Israeli shelling in the background of a voicemail with her sister in the middle of her sleepless night. May God protect her et al.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This being said, this post will now offer five songs to the Lebanese capital, which is Bambi&#8217;s beloved place of birth.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol>\n<li>A first song for Beirut in Standard Arabic (with beautiful images):<\/li>\n<\/ol>\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=\"Fairouz - Beirut \u0644\u0628\u064a\u0631\u0648\u062a - \u0645\u0646 \u0642\u0644\u0628\u064a \u0633\u0644\u0627\u0645 \u0644\u0628\u064a\u0631\u0648\u062a - \u0627\u0644\u0633\u064a\u062f\u0629 \u0641\u064a\u0631\u0648\u0632\" width=\"840\" height=\"473\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Ad_Beqkvoh8?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>2. A second and moving patriotic Lebanese-Arabic song with a ray of hope for Beirut:<\/p>\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=\"Joseph Attieh - El Haq Ma Bimout [Aghani Men Hayati] (2021) \/ \u062c\u0648\u0632\u064a\u0641 \u0639\u0637\u064a\u0647 - \u0627\u0644\u062d\u0642 \u0645\u0627 \u0628\u064a\u0645\u0648\u062a\" width=\"840\" height=\"473\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/JRuddrZlKWQ?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>3. A third, older, and powerful song for Beirut in Standard Arabic (with English sub-titles):<\/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=\"Lady of the World O Beirut -  Ya Beirut- Lady Majida el Roumi (English subtitles).\" width=\"840\" height=\"630\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/NLkS3rXM7tM?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>4. A fourth, old, and heart-warming French song from a lover of Beirut, Mr. Enrico Macias:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube\"><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\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>5. A fifth and lovely Lebanese-Arabic song dedicated to Beirut:<\/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=\"Ctaenalik Ya Beirut\" width=\"840\" height=\"630\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Y9VT63wIqek?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/bambisafkar.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/heart-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-29990\" style=\"width:236px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bambisafkar.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/heart-2.jpg 300w, https:\/\/bambisafkar.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/heart-2-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 85vw, 300px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It is both heart-breaking and worrisome to hopelessly see Beirut aching and burning. It is also sad, beyond words, to see tiny Lebanon being destroyed once again. Bambi sends her heart to the injured, displaced, [&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\/30470"}],"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=30470"}],"version-history":[{"count":19,"href":"https:\/\/bambisafkar.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30470\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":30490,"href":"https:\/\/bambisafkar.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30470\/revisions\/30490"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bambisafkar.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=30470"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bambisafkar.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=30470"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bambisafkar.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=30470"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}