{"id":30961,"date":"2024-12-15T00:00:04","date_gmt":"2024-12-15T04:00:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bambisafkar.ca\/?p=30961"},"modified":"2024-12-15T01:08:45","modified_gmt":"2024-12-15T05:08:45","slug":"to-doudou-roula-long-live-their-love","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bambisafkar.ca\/index.php\/2024\/12\/15\/to-doudou-roula-long-live-their-love\/","title":{"rendered":"To Doudou &#038; Roula: long live their love!"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"468\" height=\"453\" src=\"https:\/\/bambisafkar.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Soleil.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-29987\" style=\"width:290px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bambisafkar.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Soleil.jpg 468w, https:\/\/bambisafkar.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Soleil-300x290.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 468px) 85vw, 468px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Vive l&#8217;amour!<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p>Roula met Doudou when she was only 13.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>They were both biking in their Beirut neighbourhood&#8217;s public garden during civil war. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Yes, love can blossom even in the middle of blood and fire.   <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ten years later, Doudou and Roula got married on a snowy day in Qu\u00e9bec&#8217;s Montreal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>They have two adorable adult children, Michael and Nicolas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In addition to family and friends, they also have eternal Kayla, their dog in heaven, along with their cutest cat Dino who lightens up their lives.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>And today happens to be their wedding anniversary. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>They are highlighting it in Beirut, which has seen darkness once again. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Yes, love can survive multiple Lebanese tragedies as well as migration in both directions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Another reason for the Douglas to celebrate is that they are on the way to become grandparents for he first time in early 2025. YAY!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As for Bambi, she is blessed in many ways by their presence in her life, as her family.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Yes, Roula is her sister since she came to the world while Doudou became her brother since she was 9 years old.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Another exciting blessing for her is that, thanks to their son Michael (and his beautiful wife St\u00e9phanie), she will soon become a great aunt. Can you imagine her joy and pride?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;Mabrouk&#8221; [congrats] to Doudou and Roula \u2764\ufe0f! Long live their growing family of love \u2764\ufe0f!<\/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=\"Bonnie Tyler - Total Eclipse Of The Heart (lyrics)\" width=\"840\" height=\"473\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/X6VD7Mzb_I4?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=\"\u064a\u0627 \u0627\u0646\u0627 \u064a\u0627 \u0627\u0646\u0627 - \u0641\u064a\u0631\u0648\u0632 | Ya Ana Ya Ana - Fairuz\" width=\"840\" height=\"473\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/BTICpPmf1yA?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-4-3 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe title=\"michelle torr - emmene moi danser ce soir.wmv\" width=\"840\" height=\"630\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/12wtxcUfdTI?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=\"Mabrouk - Live \u0631\u0627\u0645\u064a \u0639\u064a\u0627\u0634  - \u0645\u0628\u0631\u0648\u0643 - \u062a\u0648\u0632\u064a\u0639 \u062c\u062f\u064a\u062f\" width=\"840\" height=\"473\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/qkeMh2nEFgI?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\/07\/heart-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-29850\" style=\"width:250px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bambisafkar.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/heart-1.jpg 300w, https:\/\/bambisafkar.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/heart-1-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 85vw, 300px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Roula met Doudou when she was only 13. They were both biking in their Beirut neighbourhood&#8217;s public garden during civil war. Yes, love can blossom even in the middle of blood and fire. Ten years [&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\/30961"}],"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=30961"}],"version-history":[{"count":14,"href":"https:\/\/bambisafkar.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30961\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":30975,"href":"https:\/\/bambisafkar.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30961\/revisions\/30975"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bambisafkar.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=30961"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bambisafkar.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=30961"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bambisafkar.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=30961"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}