{"id":34376,"date":"2026-05-26T12:07:15","date_gmt":"2026-05-26T15:07:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bambisafkar.ca\/?p=34376"},"modified":"2026-05-26T12:07:15","modified_gmt":"2026-05-26T15:07:15","slug":"honouring-beirut-with-a-puzzle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bambisafkar.ca\/index.php\/2026\/05\/26\/honouring-beirut-with-a-puzzle\/","title":{"rendered":"Honouring Beirut with a puzzle"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"964\" height=\"294\" src=\"https:\/\/bambisafkar.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/BeirutLebanonDrawing.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-26555\" style=\"aspect-ratio:3.278956035942738;width:446px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bambisafkar.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/BeirutLebanonDrawing.jpg 964w, https:\/\/bambisafkar.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/BeirutLebanonDrawing-300x91.jpg 300w, https:\/\/bambisafkar.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/BeirutLebanonDrawing-768x234.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>On the 27th of December 2025, Bambi thanked her sister Roula for her most moving Christmas gift, a puzzle of Beirut, in an older post shown below.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Today, with a heavy heart of worries about Beirut, it means a lot to Bambi to honour her birth place by sharing this beautiful puzzle with you, dear readers. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Thanks again Roula \u2764\ufe0f. May God protect you (et al.) as well as Beirut and Mr. Carlos Mounir Haidamous, so he can continue with his creative business (<a href=\"https:\/\/tinyurl.com\/2tp65jx5\">https:\/\/tinyurl.com\/2tp65jx5<\/a>).  His innovative product is of high quality and it was a PURE pleasure to complete it.  Bravo and &#8220;shoukran&#8221; or merci :)!<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"418\" src=\"https:\/\/bambisafkar.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/IMG_9651.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-34378\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bambisafkar.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/IMG_9651.jpeg 640w, https:\/\/bambisafkar.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/IMG_9651-300x196.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 984px) 61vw, (max-width: 1362px) 45vw, 600px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/bambisafkar.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/IMG_9653.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-34379\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bambisafkar.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/IMG_9653.jpeg 640w, https:\/\/bambisafkar.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/IMG_9653-300x225.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 984px) 61vw, (max-width: 1362px) 45vw, 600px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\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=\"Enrico Macias &quot;Beyrouth&quot; ... beautiful Beirut....\" width=\"840\" height=\"473\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/IXA8COPkRmo?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>&#8212;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-wp-embed is-provider-bambi-039-s-afkar wp-block-embed-bambi-039-s-afkar\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"CslokWNpcy\"><a href=\"https:\/\/bambisafkar.ca\/index.php\/2025\/12\/27\/a-christmas-moment-of-love-and-talent-starting-in-lebanon-via-china-to-end-under-bambis-christmas-tree-in-atlantic-canada-thanks-to-roula-and-bravo-to-mr-carlos-mounir-haidamous\/\">A Christmas moment of love and talent, starting in Lebanon, via China, to end under Bambi&#8217;s Christmas tree in Atlantic Canada: THANKS to Roula and BRAVO to Mr. Carlos Mounir Haidamous!<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; visibility: hidden;\" title=\"&#8220;A Christmas moment of love and talent, starting in Lebanon, via China, to end under Bambi&#8217;s Christmas tree in Atlantic Canada: THANKS to Roula and BRAVO to Mr. Carlos Mounir Haidamous!&#8221; &#8212; Bambi&#039;s Afkar\" src=\"https:\/\/bambisafkar.ca\/index.php\/2025\/12\/27\/a-christmas-moment-of-love-and-talent-starting-in-lebanon-via-china-to-end-under-bambis-christmas-tree-in-atlantic-canada-thanks-to-roula-and-bravo-to-mr-carlos-mounir-haidamous\/embed\/#?secret=rubK6mgsPG#?secret=CslokWNpcy\" data-secret=\"CslokWNpcy\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/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:206px;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>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On the 27th of December 2025, Bambi thanked her sister Roula for her most moving Christmas gift, a puzzle of Beirut, in an older post shown below. 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