{"id":34079,"date":"2026-03-21T20:19:50","date_gmt":"2026-03-21T23:19:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bambisafkar.ca\/?p=34079"},"modified":"2026-03-21T20:19:50","modified_gmt":"2026-03-21T23:19:50","slug":"lorient-le-jour-beirut-a-florist-retrieves-his-bouquets-from-the-ruins-beyrouth-un-fleuriste-reprend-ses-bouquets-dans-les-ruines","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bambisafkar.ca\/index.php\/2026\/03\/21\/lorient-le-jour-beirut-a-florist-retrieves-his-bouquets-from-the-ruins-beyrouth-un-fleuriste-reprend-ses-bouquets-dans-les-ruines\/","title":{"rendered":"L&#8217;Orient Le Jour: Beirut: A florist retrieves his bouquets from the ruins [&#8220;Beyrouth: un fleuriste reprend ses bouquets dans les ruines&#8221;]"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"164\" height=\"137\" src=\"https:\/\/bambisafkar.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/FlowersHearts.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-27331\"\/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p>Thank you L&#8217;Orient Le Jour for this moving short video featuring the beauty created by Mr. Ali Rida in the middle of the rubble in Beirut, Lebanon. Bambi&#8217;s heart goes to Mr. Rida after the loss of his flower shop. She thanks him for his inspiring words and gesture of both beauty (flowers) and compassion (cat). <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For your convenience dear readers, and with the assistance of her online companion Mr. Google Translate, Bambi will now share a quick English translation of the content of the video at the end of the post:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>A florist in Beirut returned to the site of his destroyed shop by Israeli strikes in the early days of the war.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>This week, Ali Rida took to the road to the southern suburbs of Beirut to arrange bouquets amidst the ruins of her neighbourhood.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>For him, \u201c<em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">war destroys walls, but not the hand that creates bouquets and beauty<\/span>\u201d.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>While crossing devastated neighbourhoods, he came across abandoned cats among the rubble.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>He fed them, preserving a little life amidst the disaster.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>On social media, Ali wrote: &#8220;<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>the shop may be destroyed but the flower continues to live in the spirit of the city<\/em>&#8220;<\/span>.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-9-16 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe title=\"Beyrouth : un fleuriste reprend ses bouquets dans les ruines\" width=\"563\" height=\"1000\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/SU1KF3t8a5w?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=\"Mike Massy - Ya Achikata Lwardi [Official lyrics video]\" width=\"840\" height=\"473\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/YaMIKz2Evt4?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=\"Quand les hommes vivront d\u2019amour par \u00c9ric Lapointe\" width=\"840\" height=\"473\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/1c1NesyknpQ?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\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/bambisafkar.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/heart.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-29905\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bambisafkar.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/heart.jpg 300w, https:\/\/bambisafkar.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/heart-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 85vw, 300px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Thank you L&#8217;Orient Le Jour for this moving short video featuring the beauty created by Mr. Ali Rida in the middle of the rubble in Beirut, Lebanon. 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