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I love Beirut
By: A supporter from Beirut
"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 Beirut
because Christians and Muslims are living an understanding
and do not
need to have Christian Muslim understanding classes. I
love Beirut
because 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 the
refrigerator.
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 women
to 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
love
Beirut 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
"world. "
By: A supporter from Beirut
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