{"id":30829,"date":"2024-11-16T21:02:45","date_gmt":"2024-11-17T01:02:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bambisafkar.ca\/?p=30829"},"modified":"2024-11-16T21:36:11","modified_gmt":"2024-11-17T01:36:11","slug":"a-tribute-to-lebanon-with-its-national-anthem","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bambisafkar.ca\/index.php\/2024\/11\/16\/a-tribute-to-lebanon-with-its-national-anthem\/","title":{"rendered":"A tribute to Lebanon with its national anthem"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"798\" src=\"https:\/\/bambisafkar.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/LebanonBeach-1024x798.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-26372\" style=\"width:245px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bambisafkar.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/LebanonBeach-1024x798.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/bambisafkar.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/LebanonBeach-300x234.jpg 300w, https:\/\/bambisafkar.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/LebanonBeach-768x598.jpg 768w, https:\/\/bambisafkar.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/LebanonBeach.jpg 1064w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">A picture taken from the internet posted earlier on this blog.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p>As older or newer immigrants, we leave Lebanon yet it does not leave us.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>From crisis to crisis, from war to war, from tragedy to tragedy, it follows us.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It is constantly in our hearts and prayers, even when we take an emotional distance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>How will Lebanon survive the current absurd yet CRUEL war of others on it? When and how will the latter end?  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Will a settlement to end war in the Middle East be at the expense of Lebanon? <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>So many questions awaiting answers. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In the meantime, the shelling is intensifying and the people of the land of the Cedars cannot take it anymore. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It is Bambi&#8217;s hope that the spirit of the Lebanese anthem, entitled &#8220;<em>All For The Homeland<\/em>&#8221; [<em>Kuluna Lil Watan<\/em> in Arabic], will prevail when the cannons will fall silent and the skies of Lebanon will be free from drones and military airplanes. <\/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=\"Musicians from all over Lebanon sing Kulluna lil-watan - Giving Voice to Music\" width=\"840\" height=\"473\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/5azuF9M8Z6U?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<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=\"National Anthem of Lebanon - An-Na\u0161\u012bd al-Wa\u1e6dan\u012b al-Lubn\u0101n\u012b - \u0627\u0644\u0646\u0634\u064a\u062f \u0627\u0644\u0648\u0637\u0646\u064a \u0627\u0644\u0644\u0628\u0646\u0627\u0646\u064a\" width=\"840\" height=\"473\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/N1q67MvWAuc?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-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-29970\" style=\"width:230px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bambisafkar.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/heart-1.jpg 300w, https:\/\/bambisafkar.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/heart-1-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 85vw, 300px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As older or newer immigrants, we leave Lebanon yet it does not leave us. From crisis to crisis, from war to war, from tragedy to tragedy, it follows us. It is constantly in our hearts [&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\/30829"}],"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=30829"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/bambisafkar.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30829\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":30835,"href":"https:\/\/bambisafkar.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30829\/revisions\/30835"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bambisafkar.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=30829"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bambisafkar.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=30829"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bambisafkar.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=30829"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}