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    This Is How The Lebanese Are Reacting To Lebanon’s 79th Independence Day

    By Karine KeuchkerianNovember 22, 2022
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    The Lebanese people have come to harbor a conflicting relationship with their homeland.

    Each year, on November 22nd, they go on expressing their mixed emotions, ranging from pride and love to distaste and dissatisfaction about belonging to a country managed by dysfunctional politics.

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    Despite all the circumstances, they still raise their country’s flag high to show their joy and honor their homeland.

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    So this is how the Lebanese reacted in celebration of Lebanon’s 79th Independence Day:

    Despite the imperfections, they are still loyal

    Despite its harshness, the coldness of its rooms, the poverty of its dining table, the darkness of its corridors, and the conflicts of its internal members, #Lebanon remains my imperfect home in which I grew up… and my loyalty forever remains for it.
    Happy Independence Day. pic.twitter.com/YGIiOOCfR3

    — Elio George Jabra, MD (@eliojabraMD) November 21, 2022
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    “I love you the way you are. I love you my country Lebanon. I love you until the end of time. Happy Independence to Lebanon and its beloved people.”

    For 79 years, they are still gathering under one flag

    One flag, one land, one heart, one hand.
    Happy Independence Day!🇱🇧❤️#22november #lebanon #qatar2022 pic.twitter.com/jIVPwFRvn7

    — Clara Daoud (@claradaoud_) November 22, 2022

    لو بحبك شعبك ما كنت وصلت لهون بس تأكد انو انت قضيتي ووطني وبفديك بدمي🇱🇧🇱🇧

    صح تغربنا بس تغربنا لتضل صامد قدام يلي سرقوك واستغلوك وتأكد انو حترجع تنور العالم بجمالك وابداعاتك 🇱🇧🇱🇧

    بحبك يا لبنان يا وطني بحبك❤️🇱🇧❤️🇱🇧#عيد_الاستقلال_اللبناني 🇱🇧#لبنان 🇱🇧 pic.twitter.com/W41JFhAt2f

    — JihadAD 🇱🇧 (@Jihad_AD1999) November 22, 2022

    “If your people loved you, you wouldn’t have reached this point, but make sure that you are my cause and my homeland, and I will ransom my blood for you.”

    “It is true that we emigrated but we did so you remain steadfast in front of those who stole and exploited you and make sure that you will return to enlighten the world with your beauty and creativity. I love you, Lebanon, my country, I love you.”

    officially 22 Nov in Lebanon which means, Happy Independence Day to my home 🇱🇧 to the most beautiful & resilient country in the world, i am blessed to call myself Lebanese. the deep history & the faith that is represented through the many Saints continues to inspire us daily 🤍 pic.twitter.com/TCtNomZBRo

    — care🌷 (@msnmaniaa) November 21, 2022

    And some are just wishing for unity

    Hoping that this day hones our solid roots and posture of pride, deepens our sense of unity, and one day, fulfills a revolution many hearts have been crying for. . . #lebanese_independence_day #استقلال_لبنان pic.twitter.com/mVgY86bgSK

    — Tamara Abou Zainab (@Tamara_AbZainab) November 22, 2022

    بعرف كلامي يمكن ما بيعني لبعض الناس بس اذا ما كنا ايد وحدة منحب بعض ومنحترم بعض ومنقبل بعض ومنبدّي المصلحة الوطنية على طوايفنا واحزابنا ما بحياتنا رح نبني وطن#عيد_الاستقلال#عيد_الاستقلال_اللبناني pic.twitter.com/YCtrqnJXUu

    — Mazen Moadam مازن معضَّم (@mazenmoadam) November 22, 2022

    “I know that my words may not mean much to some people, but if we are not one hand, loving each other, respecting each other, accepting each other, and expressing national interest over our sects and parties, we will never build a homeland in our lives.”

    Even after a deep economic crisis, a global pandemic, a 15-year-old civil war, and the Beirut port explosion, independent Lebanon is standing strong enough to defend itself and stay resilient, challenging all the odds of survival for 79 years now.

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