{"id":1960,"date":"2018-11-24T08:17:15","date_gmt":"2018-11-24T06:17:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/abyadaswad.com\/_en\/?p=1960"},"modified":"2018-11-24T08:17:15","modified_gmt":"2018-11-24T06:17:15","slug":"a-red-white-red-by-gaby-fata","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/abyadaswad.com\/_en\/a-red-white-red-by-gaby-fata\/","title":{"rendered":"A Red White Red &#8211; by Gaby Fata"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I am Lebanese\u2026 it\u2019s a holy fact isn\u2019t it dear? (Looking at the flag)<br \/>\nI was born to hit the books that convey myth about these mighty travelers in light, our forefathers, these stalwart and determined men, whose weapon was freedom embodied in a fancy national ballad.<br \/>\nThe thought was their shield and when it needed they armored it\u2026 and yet invaders tried to annihilate our words, for our valor and history have been always the envy of the ages.<\/p>\n<p>I was born to wander under your sky and through your remaining green spaces; and with sorrowful eyes witnessing the constant vandalizing of your sacred godly nature!<\/p>\n<p>For certain you are all in touch with our most beloved Lebanese anthem, whose words that were splattered with letters of gold on our unique history\u2019s pages, with its melody that cannot go on unheeded. The words, my friends\u2026 I can see them closing in every time I happen to be faced with our national banner, A RED WHITE RED; always ready to choke my breath that dies to cry for help. Eventually I knew that these words had a message, that I, no matter when, was ignoring their call.<\/p>\n<div class=\"e3lan e3lan-in-post1\"><p><script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- Responsive below details pages -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-5312900198931270\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7850515581\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>So Here I am, standing before you, arms, thoughts and heart wide open , raised up like Goosebumps with no fear to deter me but a sparkling flag to hearten me.<\/p>\n<p>Flag \u2026 the colors of you, the touch of you so tender that makes even dreams remember.<\/p>\n<p>On the verge of saving our country, our homeland, millions of menfolk have defied existence by giving life away, hundreds have resigned from their given days and all of them, have become a part of Lebanon\u2019s soil! This very soil that has become a mixture of blood and sand mingled with dust and honor. They were enamored of the land leaving a poignant memory for those who remained\u2026when they reached the last horizon on the limits of the unknown where people of our world may rarely get to know the greatness of love \u2026 it is there\u2026 where their love has come back to us all.<\/p>\n<p>The red, on the two edges have always been waiting for a sign to nourish the great cedar, a blessed one, that used to carry a message of peace and I shall call it the cedar\u2019s hoary love.<br \/>\nAllow me to remind you of your duties, on behalf of the great eternal cedar\u2026<\/p>\n<p>Let\u2019s be positive regarding our educational contradictions for one color of thinking cannot promote our Lebanon\u2026 but with our differences WEALTH WE EARN, and this, characterizes our cosmopolitan features.<\/p>\n<div class=\"e3lan e3lan-in-post1\"><p><script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- Responsive below details pages -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-5312900198931270\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7850515581\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Let\u2019s translate our striving into an amendment of a better tomorrow<br \/>\nAnd finally let\u2019s stand up all and say WE ARE THE HIGHBORNS of freedom! Sure thing fellows, you and I ARE THE HIGHBORNS OF LEBANON.<\/p>\n<p>So cross every t, dot every i , all of us for one nation, for Lebanon, we do it all\u2026<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAfter God has shaped the universe he wished to decorate it, to embellish it, so he created LEBANON.<br \/>\nThe devil felt jealous, so he sneaked stealthily and created the Lebanese just to fail Lebanon\u2026<br \/>\nThis might seem in a way sarcastic and even absurd but this saying unfortunately carries certain actual facts, although I have a strong belief that we Lebanese have been created by GOD not the DEVIL and this saying must and should go to many of our so cold leaders and politicians.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I am Lebanese\u2026 it\u2019s a holy fact isn\u2019t it dear? (Looking at the flag) I was born to hit the books that convey myth about these mighty travelers in light, our forefathers, these stalwart and determined men, whose weapon was freedom embodied in a fancy national ballad. The thought was their shield and when it &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":1961,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[97],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1960","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","","category-social"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/abyadaswad.com\/_en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1960","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/abyadaswad.com\/_en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/abyadaswad.com\/_en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abyadaswad.com\/_en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/11"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abyadaswad.com\/_en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1960"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/abyadaswad.com\/_en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1960\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abyadaswad.com\/_en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1961"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/abyadaswad.com\/_en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1960"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abyadaswad.com\/_en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1960"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abyadaswad.com\/_en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1960"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}