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"I love Beirut for its opposites.
I love Beirut because I see a girl in a Mini skirt and her sister in a
Tchador.
I love Beirut because it is neither West nor East it is both. I
love Beirut because one can party till 6 in the morning and not realize
that it is tuesday morning. I love Beirut because Beirut is live as if
they are going to die tomorrow and party as if they are going to live
forever.
I love Beirut because I can be swimming in the morning and 30 minutes
later I'm on the slopes skiing or doing after ski. I love Beirut because I
have never seen the sun this strong anywhere in the world.
I love Beirut because I can see 6,000 years of history. I love
Beirutbecause Christians and Muslims are living an understanding and do
not need to have Christian Muslim understanding classes. I love
Beirutbecause every Beiruti has a political opinion and will share it with
you even if you could care less about his and you want to share yours with
him.
I love Beirut for all the
conspiracy theories and how many people actually believe them.
I love Beirut because any night I can find a friend to go out with.
I love Beirut because I do not
need to call my friends to go and see them at their houses I just stop by.
I love Beirut because as soon as I arrive at one of my friends houses his
mom takes me to the kitchen & becomes the spokesperson of therefrigerator.
I love Beirut because one can
smell gardenia , and jasmine.
I love Beirut because strawberries taste like strawberries & fruits taste
like fruits.
I love Beirut because the food is so good that one gains so many pounds
even if she tries to lose .
I love Beirut because although the Lebanese women at times look alike as
some did their surgeries at the same plastic surgeon they are the most
elegant women I have ever seen.I love Beirut because when I go out at
night I don't know at which womento look at as each one is gorgeous in her
own way.
I love Beirut because everyone knows me by name.
I love Beirut because I don't have to explain myself. I love Beirut
because of the traffic jams and the people you meet because of them.
I love Beirut because of the noise pollution from cars honking.
I love Beirut for the spirituality of the people wether Muslim or
Christian. I love Beirut because I'm the first to call my Muslim friends
on Ramadan and they are the first to call me on Easter.
I love Beirut because on May 1st I see Muslims visiting Harissa ( Virgin
Mary ) just like I see Christians
.
I love Beirut because we can differentiate between a Jew and an Israeli.
I love Beirut because on the 22nd of every month I see Muslims going to
St.Charbel and believing that a miracle will happen.
I love Beirut because women look
like as if they are out of a Vogue magazine.
I love Beirut because you eat to
live and live to eat.
I love Beirut because one leaves
one cafe to go to another and one does this all day.
I love Beirut because all the
Lebanese living outside want to come back and the Lebanese who are in
Lebanon envy the ones who are living abroad not realizing what it means to
live away from Beirut.
I love Beirut because a girl or a guy can easily tell you I just had a
couple of Lexo or Xanax as if they just had a chewing gum.
I love Beirut because for every
Lebanese we have a singer.
I love Beirut because the Lebanese star singers sing in nightclubs.
I love Beirut because women go into the swimming pool with full make up.
I love Beirut because guys go in with their cigars.
I love Beirut because it has been destroyed 7 times in History and has
risen.
I love Beirut because since 1975
the Beirutis have withstood the PLO , Syrians , and the Israelis.
I love Beirut because the Beirutis
will not accept anyone to occupy them and rule over them. I love Beirut
because we feel that it is better to die on our feet than to live on our
knees.
I love Beirut because each street is a two ways street even if it is a one
way officially. I love Beirut because one can park anywhere and not get a
ticket. I love Beirut because one can go as fast as his speedometer.
I love Beirut because MEA lands there. I love Beirut because on MEA we can
clap in unison when we are about to land.
I love Beirut not because it is my
city , but because it is the city of EveryOne.
I loveBeirut because it welcomes
every exile freethinker,independent mind of the Arab world.
I love Beirut because we have hundreds of newspapers and our press is
finally Free. I love
Beirut because most Arabs dreams
of coming to Beirut and wishes his capital was more like Beirut.
I love Beirut because when I explain Beirut to my Western friends, my
friends see the passion of Beirut in my eyes. I love Beirut because there
is so much misconception about Beirut in the media and in the minds of
people who have never visited.
I love Beirut because when I tell my friends that I'm going to Beirut they
tell me can you take me with you.
I love Beirut because we argue over who is going to pay the bill at a
restaurant as everyone wants to pay it. I love Beirut because although
many complain about "not making enough money" everyone is living.
I love Beirut because if I do the cross before I start driving the person
next to me does not ask me if I fear that I'm going to get into a car
accident but instead does his cross as well.
I love Beirut because we accept our differences as we disagree with each
other. I love Beirut because it serves as a beacon of freedom to the
rest of the Arab world. I love Beirut because to praphrase what Gibran
said about Lebanon " Had Beirut not been my city I would have chosen it to
be."
I love Beirut because there is no city like it.
I love Beirut because even if Beirut is being destroyed you are still
beautiful and will remain beautiful no matter how disfigured you are.
I love Beirut because you are always on my mind.I love Beirut for no
reason. I love Beirut for all the reasons of the
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