{"id":32851,"date":"2025-08-04T00:01:57","date_gmt":"2025-08-04T03:01:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bambisafkar.ca\/?p=32851"},"modified":"2025-08-04T01:13:29","modified_gmt":"2025-08-04T04:13:29","slug":"beirut-blasts-fifth-commemoration-with-zero-accountability-is-there-anything-more-powerful-than-majida-el-roumys-voice-and-nizar-kabanis-pen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bambisafkar.ca\/index.php\/2025\/08\/04\/beirut-blasts-fifth-commemoration-with-zero-accountability-is-there-anything-more-powerful-than-majida-el-roumys-voice-and-nizar-kabanis-pen\/","title":{"rendered":"Beirut blast&#8217;s fifth commemoration with zero accountability: is there anything more powerful than Majida El Roumy&#8217;s voice and Nizar Kabani&#8217;s pen?"},"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\/08\/BeirutCandleLebanonDrawingMusic-1-1024x248.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6328\" style=\"width:536px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bambisafkar.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/BeirutCandleLebanonDrawingMusic-1-1024x248.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/bambisafkar.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/BeirutCandleLebanonDrawingMusic-1-300x73.jpg 300w, https:\/\/bambisafkar.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/BeirutCandleLebanonDrawingMusic-1-768x186.jpg 768w, https:\/\/bambisafkar.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/BeirutCandleLebanonDrawingMusic-1-1200x290.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p>It is often said that &#8220;<em>justice delayed is justice denied<\/em>&#8220;. Sadly, the latter saying is pervasive in Lebanon to the point of being known as the &#8220;land of impunity&#8221;. When will the unfair history\/culture of impunity end there? While waiting for what looks like an impossible dream, Bambi thanks Ms. Majida El Roumy for having shared this brief video excerpt on her Instagram account: <a href=\"https:\/\/tinyurl.com\/43ww4wf6\">https:\/\/tinyurl.com\/43ww4wf6<\/a>. May the memory of all those who lost their lives in the surreal Beirut explosion be eternal. May all the injured, grieving, and\/or traumatized survivors be heard and healed. May truth and accountability finally prevail. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-video aligncenter\"><video controls src=\"https:\/\/bambisafkar.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/AQPZ-MraFqQbEAF0rt4amfizhfVvfrdiFnMnux20YhZ2o5KZS-QTcUst3JMCO7ZoPOxY2TB_AOLZywqT4UK8AVSiHd5K0yHmLVefuyY-1.mp4\"><\/video><\/figure>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/bambisafkar.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/heart.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-31085\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bambisafkar.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/heart.jpg 300w, https:\/\/bambisafkar.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/heart-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 85vw, 300px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It is often said that &#8220;justice delayed is justice denied&#8220;. Sadly, the latter saying is pervasive in Lebanon to the point of being known as the &#8220;land of impunity&#8221;. When will the unfair history\/culture of [&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\/32851"}],"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=32851"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/bambisafkar.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32851\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":32856,"href":"https:\/\/bambisafkar.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32851\/revisions\/32856"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bambisafkar.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=32851"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bambisafkar.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=32851"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bambisafkar.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=32851"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}