Hello you, the Beirut Junkies!
I have been absent for a while and until this morning, I had absolutely no concrete reason as to why. An epiphany hit me when I woke up today: the reason is a city I never knew and never gave a chance, her name is Beirut...
To say I am in love with Beirut is an overstatement. I have always had a certain love/hate - hate to love - love to hate relationship with Beirut. However, it truly is the Phoenix city. I will not bother going into its history, past or recent, but I will say that Beirut is getting a new blood flow.
Beirut is breathing again.
Who or what is this new blood? Simply, it is the YOUNG! It is my generation and the ones surrounding it. In a country where no one moves out from the unbelievable nest Lebanese mothers have so intricately designed unless they get married, travel away or die, this is changing. Look all over the greater Beirut area and you will see the youngsters living with others.
Cohabitation at its best.
Generations are clashing in buildings and buildings are clashing with generations. The Young are pumping a new life into the city and doing a good job at it. Beirut used to present a certain tattered and old vibe to me on all my other trips. Don't get me wrong, I always frequented the hotspots with my generation, but this new wave of young people literally running and running around the city is mind-boggling.
Everywhere you look there are youngsters doing something, creating something, saying something, EXPRESSING SOMETHING! The young are going to clash with the old soon, the question is when.
This new generation is sick of corruption and just wants to BREATHE! We want to run our city.
We are going to run our city.
Forget the city that never sleeps, forget the city of angels, forget all the other cities and focus on Beirut because soon the world will be and not for the usual suspects.
Syria, Iran, Hisbolla, Hariri Legacy, Tuaini Remembrance, International Court Proceedings, etc... They are all SMOKE!! What the powers that be should be worrying about in Lebanon are the young... We are sick of you and yes without us you will be sick, Beirut might fall victim to your pillaging once again, but we are the new blood of this city and we want to protect it fiercely.
We will protect it fiercely from both within and 'with-out'.
To you the oldies, I say watch out, the youngsters have a new drug, its called Beirut.
High on this new city I leave you today, for Beirut here we stay!
C
I have been absent for a while and until this morning, I had absolutely no concrete reason as to why. An epiphany hit me when I woke up today: the reason is a city I never knew and never gave a chance, her name is Beirut...
To say I am in love with Beirut is an overstatement. I have always had a certain love/hate - hate to love - love to hate relationship with Beirut. However, it truly is the Phoenix city. I will not bother going into its history, past or recent, but I will say that Beirut is getting a new blood flow.
Beirut is breathing again.
Who or what is this new blood? Simply, it is the YOUNG! It is my generation and the ones surrounding it. In a country where no one moves out from the unbelievable nest Lebanese mothers have so intricately designed unless they get married, travel away or die, this is changing. Look all over the greater Beirut area and you will see the youngsters living with others.
Cohabitation at its best.
Generations are clashing in buildings and buildings are clashing with generations. The Young are pumping a new life into the city and doing a good job at it. Beirut used to present a certain tattered and old vibe to me on all my other trips. Don't get me wrong, I always frequented the hotspots with my generation, but this new wave of young people literally running and running around the city is mind-boggling.
Everywhere you look there are youngsters doing something, creating something, saying something, EXPRESSING SOMETHING! The young are going to clash with the old soon, the question is when.
This new generation is sick of corruption and just wants to BREATHE! We want to run our city.
We are going to run our city.
Forget the city that never sleeps, forget the city of angels, forget all the other cities and focus on Beirut because soon the world will be and not for the usual suspects.
Syria, Iran, Hisbolla, Hariri Legacy, Tuaini Remembrance, International Court Proceedings, etc... They are all SMOKE!! What the powers that be should be worrying about in Lebanon are the young... We are sick of you and yes without us you will be sick, Beirut might fall victim to your pillaging once again, but we are the new blood of this city and we want to protect it fiercely.
We will protect it fiercely from both within and 'with-out'.
To you the oldies, I say watch out, the youngsters have a new drug, its called Beirut.
High on this new city I leave you today, for Beirut here we stay!
C
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