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أخبـار الجالية اللـبنانية
"جريدة لبنـــان في العالم"
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Publishers' Note:

 "... Je refuse même le principe de cette question!... Je suis Le President de la République Libaniase... nous sommes tous des Libanais... il y aura la liberté, la securité... et chacun recevera son droit et son due"...

Another message from the grave!... Dignified words eloquently spoken by Shaikh Bachir Gemayel over 25 years ago....Now such  mystifying grandeur, courage, clarity of purpose and dignity have all faded away as Lebanon is held hostage once again to terror... external evil forces... internal evil forces... corruption...  theft of public funds... the self interest of politicians... the never ending cycle of  childish bickering by feuding political factions...  the senseless political assassinations... and Lebanon finds itself at a very dangerous crossroads in its history... tangled in Presidential election politics that threatens the very existence of this small country of ours.

What Lebanon needs now more than ever is President Bachir Gemayel reincarnated...  A powerful President who has true love for Lebanon... who wants to work in Lebanon's best interest... most importantly, one who wants to preserve the "Lebanese way of Life"...

A President who will lead Lebanon to victory in this Presidential election...

A President who has the courage to speak loud and clear against external interference in Lebanon's affairs... 

A President that will uproot terror and the terrorists in all their forms... disarm illegitimate militias, foreign and domestic...  empower the Lebanese Army to be the sole legitimate military force in Lebanon and give it 100% unhindered, non-politicized access to every inch of the Lebanese soil... and defend every inch of the Lebanese soil...

A President who will follow a calling greater than his self interest... and "choose" to leave a legacy whereby the Lebanese... ALL Lebanese... can live in harmony, freedom, security, dignity and prosperity....

and then... I woke up!...

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It's Raining in Lebanon!

Lebanon fire

It might as well be acid rain even though it was not!... They are burning the quaint villages of Lebanon.  Close to 220 forest fires scorched broad swaths of Lebanon.  

The land of splendor, forests and beauty is put on fire... While it is not unreasonable for anyone to suspect terrorism in this day and age, the reality is that a senseless practice among local communities in Lebanon is the use of fire to clear land of dried grass.

The accumulation of bio-mass and long periods of drought fuel these fires.

Several people suffered from smoke inhalation. Thousands of Lebanon's pine trees were charred, several cars were burned, and many of homes damaged or destroyed.  Firefighters battled wildfires in steep valleys in mountainous areas of Lebanon.

In certain areas, fires cut all means of communication to the centers -- no telephones and no internet.

Civil Defense workers and Lebanese Army helicopters, struggled endlessly to extinguish blazes in the North and in the Shouf Mountains.

Firefighting planes from Italy, Cyprus and Jordan

The fires were started overnight in the Shouf Mountains and in North and South Lebanon.

Over 3.5 Million square meters of woodland were destroyed in the Shouf and over 200,000 square meters in North Lebanon.

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Silver Jubilee for Bishop Gregory Mansour
 Bishop Gregory Mansour مطران

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Humor
Bridal Registry

Jacob, age 92, and Rebecca, age 89, living in Sunrise Florida, are all excited about their decision to get married. They go for a stroll to discuss the wedding, and on the way they pass a drugstore. Jacob suggests they go in.


Jacob addresses the man behind the counter: "Are you the owner?"

The pharmacist answers, "Yes."

Jacob: "We're about to get married. Do you sell heart medication?"

Pharmacist: "Of course we do."

Jacob: "How about medicine for circulation?"

Pharmacist: "All kinds."

Jacob: "Medicine for rheumatism and scoliosis?"

Pharmacist: "Definitely."

Jacob: "How about Viagra?"

Pharmacist: "Of course."

Jacob: "Medicine for memory problems, arthritis, jaundice?"

Pharmacist: "Yes, a large variety. The works."

Jacob: "What about vitamins, sleeping pills, Geritol, antidotes for

Parkinson's disease?"

Pharmacist: "Absolutely."

Jacob: "You sell wheelchairs and walkers?"

Pharmacist: "All speeds and sizes."

Jacob: "We'd like to use this store as our Bridal Registry.

Previous 2007 Lebanese Newsletters

Sep  - Aug  - July  - June  - May  - April - March  - Feb - Jan

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Cri de de désarroi, Perte d'identité
 par Nayla

Y a-t-il des oreilles qui écoutent nos cris de souffrances? Y aurait-ils des yeux qui lisent nos lettres de désarroi?

 

Je lis et relis tous les matins l’Orient-le-Jour, qui nous rapproche du Liban., en quelque sorte.

 

Nous, les libanais de l’étranger, exilés, expatriés, de propre gré ou parfois obligés. Une diaspora de plus de 12 millions de libanais sur plusieurs générations, éparpillés dans tous les coins de la planète : de l’Afrique jusqu’aux Amériques, en passant par l’Asie et l’Europe.

 

Nous avons tous le même language : POURQUOI? QUAND? COMMENT?

 

Le Liban serait-il entrain de changer d’identité?

 

Je m’installe pour regarder la télé LIBANAISE par satellite. J’entends de tout sauf du libanais. Zappant, je tombe sur des séries syriennes, égyptiennes, des chanteuses libanaises chantant en khaligy, en égyptien, etc…

 

Je n’ai rien contre ces dialectes, mais, lorsque tout le monde arabe, depuis le Maroc jusque l’Arabie Saoudite nous ont toujours enviés notre accent LIBANAIS, aujourd’hui, pour une petite poignée de dollars, le LIBANAIS se perd. POURQUOI?

 

Que se passe-t-il? La vie et les principes de certains ne tournent-ils  plus qu’autour de l’argent?

 

Pourquoi systématiquement les chaînes de television libanaise nous annonce les horaires en fonction de l’horaire de la Mecque??

 

Pourquoi  certains artistes libanais chantent les louanges à Bashar el Assad, et les médias libanais continuent de les promouvoir?

 

Pour de l’argent?? uniquement et simplement l’argent?

 

Où sont les principes LIBANAIS? Existent-ils encore?

 

Quand le libanais aimera-t-il son Liban plus que l’argent?

 

Comment faire pour arrêter ces bêtises humaines qui nous font perdre notre patrie?

 

Un cours de nationalisme dans les écoles, dès le plus jeune âge ne serait pas de trop dans toutes les écoles libanaise.

 

Apprendre à aimer le Liban, plus que l’argent  et la religion, c’est le point de départ d’un Liban libre, fort, et souverain.

 

Quel Liban est-on entrain de construir?  Quel Liban laisserons-nous aux prochaines générations??

 

On nous détruit notre  propre histoire pour nous inculquer la leur.

 

On nous détruit nos quartiers historiques typiques pour nous construir leurs tours fantômes.

 

On nous achète nos chaînes de télé  avec une poignée de dollars, pour  après imposer leurs programmes et leurs languages.

 

Si les libanais étaient vraiment unis et amoureux de leurs pays, aucune puissance ne pourrait s’amuser à jouer sur leur terrain. Mais hélas, les yeux de beaucoup de libanais, sont rivés vers la religión, et  ceux d’autres vers l’argent.

 

Reste ce petit nombre de libanais, fiers de leur libanisme, de leur ancienne Phénicie, fiers d’être né libanais.

 

Mais, nos cris sont-ils entendus? Nos lettres sont-elles lues?

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