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    How The Lebanese Reacted To Lebanon’s 77th Independence Day

    By Christie K.November 23, 2020Updated:November 23, 2020
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    This anniversary will undoubtedly go down in the history of Lebanon as the most controversial ever. Unlike last year, when people took over the government’s usual celebration in a massive parade of the people of the revolution, this year held no joy and no hope.

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    The hashtag Lebanon Independence Day #عيد_الاستقلال_اللبناني was indeed trending all day on Twitter until past midnight but their messages from the people weren’t as celebratory as it used to be.

    Here are the most notable reactions, reflecting how the Lebanese people truly felt and what they thought about Lebanon’s Independence this year.

    Despair and refusal to celebrate

    https://twitter.com/MariaMaritta94/status/1330598335426727939

    لما نتحرر من الزعما لحاكمتنا ومن طائفيتنا منبقى نحكي بالاستقلال
    تصبحون على استقلال قوي من الخارج والداخل. #عيد_الاستقلال_اللبناني

    — Nour💤 Zainab (@77zhay) November 22, 2020

    “When we get liberated from the leaders who are governing us and from our sectarianism, we will then speak of independence.”

    What would an independent #Lebanon look like? Sovereignty? Equality? Justice? Transparency? One can only dream…

    I feel sorry for our ancestors that fought so hard to give us a country, and we have neglected their gift to us. What an embarrassment! #عيد_الاستقلال_اللبناني

    — Tamara (@tamararafeh) November 22, 2020
    https://twitter.com/LilianHamze/status/1330507070425149448

    “I would lie to myself and to you if I wish you greetings for the independence …
    Let us be free from the rampant political corruption and the heaviest burden of colonialism, then we will really have built an independent nation!
    I say it and with pain in my heart, for slogans without action do not build but rather destroy.”

    لا في عيد ولا استقلال
    كان في بلد حلو اسمو لبنان
    بس حكامه استغلوه
    باعوه
    سرقوه
    نهبوه
    فجروه
    قتلوه
    و مشيوا بجنازته 💔#عيد_الاستقلال_اللبناني 🇱🇧

    — 🍓🍓 Mįrõ🍓🍓 (@MrMr31242863) November 22, 2020

    “There is no celebration and no independence. There was a beautiful country called Lebanon but its rulers abused it, sold it, stole it, plundered it, exploded it, killed it, and walked in its funeral.”

    When denial was too much to swallow

    Is this for real???????#لبنان #عيد_الاستقلال #عيد_الاستقلال_اللبناني https://t.co/Fb3lN2wQ20

    — carine salameh (@SalamehCarine) November 22, 2020

    The cleric addressed president Aoun with a statement that sounded from a parallel world, claiming Lebanon proud of its smart leaders.

    No Independence without justice

    #عيد_الاستقلال_اللبناني

    لا استقلال حقيقي دون استقلال القضاء،
    لا عيد دون معرفة من فجّر مرفأ بيروت مشاركاً كان او متواطئاً.
    لا كيان للبنان دون التدقيق الجنائي لمعرفة من أكل الحرام في حقوق الناس.

    — Ahmad | أحمد طه (@ahmadtaha_at) November 22, 2020

    “No true independence without the independence of the judiciary,
    There is no Eid without the knowledge of who blew up the port of Beirut, whether participants or complicit.
    There is no existence for Lebanon without criminal investigation to find out who has eaten the forbidden of people’s rights.”

    No Independence under the Iran-backed party

    #عيد_الاستقلال_اللبناني
    هل هذا هو الاستقلال؟؟!
    #لبنان_منكوب بظل عهد الذل pic.twitter.com/176Ah2Z0f9

    — 🎨—HaYaT (@oil____painting) November 22, 2020

    “Is this the Independence? Lebanon is plagued by the shadow of the era of humiliation.”

    And those who voiced it out with anger and bitterness:

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    Some are holding on to hope

    Encha’Alah we’ll rise again 🇱🇧 #IndependenceDay #lebanon #عيد_الاستقلال_اللبناني

    — Dana Saad 🦋 (@danassaad) November 22, 2020

    “God willing we’ll rise again.”

    " بفقرك بحبك وبعزّك بحبك " #عيد_الاستقلال #عيد_الاستقلال_اللبناني pic.twitter.com/h5NtmDBQcz

    — Mona Abou Hamze (@MonaAbouHamze) November 22, 2020

    “I love you in your poverty and I love you in your glory.”

    شو ما صار رح يضل عندي امل بلبنان لحتى ينال استقلاله الحقيقي. #لبنان اللي بيستاهل هو وشعبه يعيشوا بسلام وكرامة 🇱🇧 #عيد_الاستقلال_اللبناني

    — Rasha khatib رشا الخطيب (@KhatibRasha) November 22, 2020

    “Whatever happened, I will always have hope in Lebanon until it obtains its true Independence. The Lebanon that it and its people deserve to live in peace and dignity.”

    بحبك يا لبنان يا وطني 🇱🇧
    سامحنا.. #لبنان #عيد_الاستقلال #عيد_الاستقلال_اللبناني pic.twitter.com/QNAKZuQEIw

    — Youmna Sherry (@YoumnaSherry) November 22, 2020

    “I love you, Lebanon, my homeland. Forgive us.”

    Happy Independence Day 🇱🇧❤️ we will rise again 🙏 #Lebanon #لبنان #عيد_الاستقلال_اللبناني #LebanonIndependenceDay

    — MARITTA (@marittahallani) November 22, 2020

    Wishing for a better time… one day

    I'm embarrassed to say that I always struggle to remember the date of Lebanon's independence. I won't wish Lebanon a happy independence today, but I do wish us a speedy recovery from the cancer that is our current ruling class of warlords.#كلن_يعني_كلن#عيد_الاستقلال_اللبناني 🇱🇧 pic.twitter.com/v5UhW6RSN4

    — Dan H. (@dan87) November 22, 2020

    Hopefully next year we will be prouder with our Independence Day and flag.. When we will get rid of the bastards who are ruining this beautiful country.. Thank you @Google #عيد_الاستقلال_اللبناني #لبنان pic.twitter.com/4TVpmOhvFu

    — nadine majzoub (@nadinemajzoub) November 22, 2020

    A mix of both

    One day we’ll celebrate you…#عيد_الاستقلال_اللبناني pic.twitter.com/qCDuTouQSH

    — leadagher (@leadagher1) November 22, 2020

    Lebanon Independence Day 2020 was indeed a day of sadness, anger, and bitterness. It was also a day of protests with people defying the lockdown and suspending brooms and wreaths of basil, which are usually placed on the graves of the dead, on the walls of government institutions.

    The Economic Times

    These symbolic statements were seen at the headquarters of the government, the parliament, the Ministry of Economy, the Palace of Justice, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Central Bank, the Association of Banks, the Ministry of Health, the Ministry of Finance, the Electricity of Lebanon, and the Port of Beirut.

    Arab News

    The Thawra continues…

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