tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2914408138577047847.post2932054155234729042..comments2023-08-30T07:46:07.435+08:00Comments on Tabouleh: The BlastTaboulehhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01207053179340767332noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2914408138577047847.post-67852480459145858302012-01-01T23:27:33.897+08:002012-01-01T23:27:33.897+08:00I agree with you Hakim... I am a proud third gener...I agree with you Hakim... I am a proud third generation AUBite and I have never viewed a campus such as breathtakingly beautiful as AUB's where the atmosphere is ever changing but always refreshing.<br />AUB fil Qalb! :)Taboulehhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01207053179340767332noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2914408138577047847.post-86199628555823276072011-12-31T15:59:21.666+08:002011-12-31T15:59:21.666+08:00No college influences us like AubNo college influences us like AubHakimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02638853939272271945noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2914408138577047847.post-6496574080058886762011-09-19T21:15:12.364+08:002011-09-19T21:15:12.364+08:00Your words are gems dear Paula... and there is not...Your words are gems dear Paula... and there is nothing I could add to them...Taboulehhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01207053179340767332noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2914408138577047847.post-26256431359857956782011-09-19T09:39:40.551+08:002011-09-19T09:39:40.551+08:00It's true Lana about deeper issues. That may ...It's true Lana about deeper issues. That may be true but it may also not be so complicated and complex. It becomes so when hearts are hard toward the other. When we are blind to the greater truth that what we want and need for ourselves is just what the "other" wants and needs for themselves. It is a matter of "Do unto others....". This is really something simple. All of us in our area have danced with the devil and it is the same devil. He's a mixer of the stew (I don't know how to say that exactly in English.) We are blinded by our need for power, a stronger shout, a bigger ego - and by fear. And people die and suffer. We all suffer alike, we all die alike, we all bleed alike and we all grieve alike. <br />All of us deserve so much more that what we are doing to ourselves.<br />The more we see the complexity, the less we looe touch with each other. The more we allow ourselves to hide beind deeper issues. I don't know Lana. Who am I to speak about it. When my son comes out of the army a stranger to me and to himself do I grieve more than a mother in our neighboring countries does about her son. No. The answer is no. It will always be no. God help us all to open our hearts to each other. I have to stop now. I am crying. Do I cherish your sisterhood and friendship less because you live over a border. No. I am grateful for the blessing to have found you. Okay. That's enough. I send you kisses and love dear Lana.nazelethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00711794777364747269noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2914408138577047847.post-1419703433882253862011-09-19T08:16:47.580+08:002011-09-19T08:16:47.580+08:00I'm sorry you both went through what you did, ...I'm sorry you both went through what you did, and sorrier still for those that still do, and even more for those that didn't survive, and for their loved ones that did and have to live with the loss.<br /><br />We all have to keep trying in every way we can manage, to encourage peace and discourage violence. <br /><br />It is very nice to have you two back from Blank; There is so much to be expressed and done, like College Hall was rebuilt. The bell is back in it, the clock was remade by students, and it is back to being a beacon and a compass for the students, Beirut and perhaps the world.<br /><br />Thank you.dancingbrookhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10841666187378937284noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2914408138577047847.post-85826730700812109642011-09-19T08:03:40.394+08:002011-09-19T08:03:40.394+08:00So True Paula... but I believe it is because there...So True Paula... but I believe it is because there are deeper issues when it comes to our area... and that maybe why people are experiencing so many hurtful and horrific moments... <br />As for the man killed... it was actually one of the guard ... he had been working at the university since he was 13 years of age...he used to tag along with his father... he was supposed to sleep at another hall that night as usual but there was a party and the students had kindly asked him to sleep at the College Hall so that they would not disturb him... <br />What I experienced was nothing like what many people around the world are having to experience every second of the day now... Sorry that you had to go through that experience yourself...Taboulehhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01207053179340767332noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2914408138577047847.post-69994074089125891872011-09-19T04:15:16.845+08:002011-09-19T04:15:16.845+08:00I remember when this happened and how saddened I w...I remember when this happened and how saddened I was by the senslessness of all this destruction. I remember reading that the one death was the librarian. Is my memory correct? <br /><br />Lana, how sorry I am that this became part of your life experience. Sadly, as you know, I have lived through too much of this horror, months in shelters with my children, bombs, noises and smells that will never diminish in my mind. So much more that I can't speak about. It's still too close. All of us living in these beautiful countries of our area, just wanting to live our lives. So senseless, no real meaning to all this carnage and suffering and loss and pain that really never leaves us - why do we as humans choose violence? How are we capable of inflicting such things on each other? May God take pity on us all and lift us out of the hell we create for ourselves. Inshallah.nazelethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00711794777364747269noreply@blogger.com