Broken Phoenix
Reason I’ve not been able to write anything these past days is because I’ve been feeling numb. Every time I sit down to type anything I feel ill and the words don’t go anywhere. I start thinking about the situation currently going on in Lebanon and I feel this sorrow and it takes over my entire body. I’ve been avoiding many of my friends because I don’t want to depress them. They can’t help the situation and the problem for me is that at the moment, neither can I.
All I can do, like the millions of Lebanese around the world is see my country brought down to it’s knees and it’s landscapes razed to the ground. I’ve been feeling numb but that feeling is slowly subsiding because like the Lebanese people, my resolve is strong. My faith in my people and my country is even stronger. We shall walk proud again and the country shall be rebuilt once more, of that I have no doubt.
However in order for the country to be rebuilt it will need work and it will need help. I’m currently going to begin work on various ways in which I can personally help Lebanon get back on it’s feet. I’m not going to say bringing it back to how it was, I’m going to say better than how it was. I’m beginning to feel anger and with that feeling comes a flurry of ideas. Some of these ideas will either take shape and bear fruit or will be lost and forgotten in the caverns of my mind. However I will see Lebanon free and beautiful once again. You see the bastards (I’m not going to specify which ones, because in this situation they are LEGION) seem to forget that the sun always rises after the night and that…
a phoenix NEVER dies.
:-|
↓ Quote | 23/7/2006
You have my sympathy. I feel ashamed that I live in one of only three major countries (UK) not to have publicly condemned this action. Lebanon was a rising star in the Middle East where democracy was taking root, where good was starting to come following the years of turmoil. We should be their friend and now I fear we may have lost them for another generation.
↓ Quote | 23/7/2006
And here I was thinking this post was going to be about the problems with 9rules’s new site codenamed Phoenix. I’m always watching CNN to see what’s happening overseas. I’m still in shock at what’s happening. My sympathies with you Khaled.
↓ Quote | 24/7/2006
Khaled: What happened was indeed terrible. I am sorry that the world is as it is, and that we as capable people and countries cannot find a way to peacefully co-exist. I pray for peace, and look forward to seeing your ideas come to fruition.
↓ Quote | 24/7/2006
This is going to disturb you/ shock you but it is important to see this:
http://www.fromisraeltolebanon.info/
↓ Quote | 24/7/2006
Thanks guys, really appreciate the support. Hopefully everyone will be able to spread the word when I’m ready.
Khaled, I’ve already had a look at that site. I couldn’t take more than 10 seconds of it. I’m going to refrain from talking about it on the site for much longer as it’s important to keep your head up and start thinking about the struggle ahead.
↓ Quote | 24/7/2006
Sure I agree with you!
this is so sad! :(
none is moving to stop the pain!
↓ Quote | 25/7/2006
I am a South African though I feel a similar numbness which has been growing over the past days. It seems the divide is growing by the day and the eyes of the casual observers become more blinded by the propaganda. The truth is nothing Happens without the will of Allah, and in the end He will judge who are the aggressors and who are the victims. These days have been forewarned by Muhammad(saw), when the nations will descend on the muslims like people calling each other to a banquet. Allah be with us all. After difficulty, comes ease.
↓ Quote | 27/7/2006
Khaled, I have been numb and unable to function either, because of my deep depression over what is happening in our home land. The world is seeing what the Arabs have known for decades that the Israeli government is capable of worse crimes to humanity than those committed in the Second World War! Here in Canada, we only see one side of the story, and it’s mostly a very narrow minded view of the situation in Lebanon.
I worry for the Lebanese who had to stay behind. Their fate lies in the hands of their executioners, while the world allows this rape and massacre of a country and people to continue. I for one know how strong the Lebanese people are, so this is a small prayer for all of those left behind.
↓ Quote | 30/7/2006