Missing people since the explosion in Lebanon, please share
with all my heart and soul, fuck them.
Constantly gaslighting victims, ignoring ongoing issues that have destroyed the lives of so many people for so many years, unceasing discrimination, a never ending speach fulled of shitty lies who's only purpose is victimizing the people in power. More than half of the population has immigrated, run away in desperation and exhaustion, no one wants to leave their country but they have no longer left any choice for the people. We go to school that our parents pay with their blood, sweat and tears and bust our asses going to the best universities to not find any jobs. Fuck you. Fuck you. Fuck every politician supporter that's ready to die for those assholes when in reality they don't give a fuck about anybody and anything besides themselves. Their only goals is to fill their pockets, steal from the already poor citizens and stay as long as possible in the government. They refuse to leave, refuse to give us anything, refuse to help.
Laws should be updated, we no longer live in the 1500, women have rights, the LGBTQ+ deserves to exist, domestic workers should be fairly treated and payed, racism and colorism should be abolished, civil marriage should be an option and religion shouldn't control every single one of our actions. The poor wants to eat, the homeless wants a shelter, kids want an education, it it really that much to ask?
Lebanon is fighting a health, political and economic crisis. Lebanon has collapsed. I don't know if this country has a future.
I know christians love to blame it all on muslims, but as a christian myself, let me tell you that every single person in power in that fucking government doesn't reflect a single christian value let alone humanity.
They love to use religion as an excuse for everything, "we are the only christian country left in the middle east", well neither the churches or the government help anyone so how the fuck do you expect us to stay. We live in misery, everyone regardless of their religion lives in misery. Muslims and christians are tired of this fucking government. No one gives a fuck about anybody.
The revolution that happened in late 2019 was I think the first time in the history of this country when every sex, gender, religion, sexuality, race and colour stood side by side, and you wanna know why? To tell the government to fuck off.
People died yesterday, people were left injured, homeless, traumatized. We pay the price to their shitty actions. The joke is always on us and I'm tired of it.
I don't want to leave, but you are making me run away. And guess what, even after the massive explosion yesterday, the political system will survive, but the public didn't even get a chance.
tw// explosion
Hello, hope all of you are safe and doing well.
You may have heard of what happened in Lebanon today and if not, basically, there was a big explosion in Beirut that affected many cities, destroyed shops, homes, cars, caused many injuries and deaths. The cause is uncertain.
As a fellow lebanese myself (that also lives there), today was absolutely terrifying, probably the scariest moments of my life. We heard a deafening sound as the floors were shaking. Some of us thought it was an attack, others thought it was an earthquake. As soon as it ended many expected a second one, which luckily never happened.
Here's a video of what happened that was sent to me, there are also many others that you can find online.
Windows were broken, doors wrecked, cars flipped over, buildings collapsed, people hit by flying or falling objects, and unfortunately, many didn't make it out alive.
We were one of the lucky ones, our families and friends were all safe and our homes were fine.
Some people couldn't even get out of the crumbling builings, so we saw corpses being pulled out, although some people survived the crash. But wherever we looked, there was blood, poeple were half covered in it, their shirts, pants, hair, everything. And that sight was traumatizing.
We watched the news with elders severely injured, children with blood-spattered shirts and people in pain that couldn't get in the hospitals because they were full.
Some people are missing. Just try to imagine the pain and fear their families and friends are feeling.
Articles about what happened, there are a lot more
Not only are we in the middle of a pandemic, but Lebanon is also going through a very serious economical crisis. To give you an example, before, $1 equaled 1 500 lebanese pounds. Nowadays, $1 equals more than 7 000 lebanese pounds. Not to mention that we obviously don't have any dollars at disposition, so yeah we're fucked.
People are hungry, homeless, unemployed. And even if they are getting paid, it'll be useless since the prices of everything went up because they were affected by the economical fiasco.
Important additional information
Today, I heard my 7 year old cousins scream in fear that they were going to die. I saw my aunt shaking, worried that her children won't survive. I saw my dad freak out while trying to reassure us when we both knew that we were uncertain about the next minutes of our lives. I heard the panic in the trembling voices of my family and friends as they couldn't believe what had just happened. I thought my loved ones and I were going to die in the next seconds.
I'm never forgetting those moments and feelings.
I don't think signing petitions will help, i don't even know if the following links will help either, I just know Lebanon and it's people are desperate for anything because the future of this country is extremely uncertain.
https://helplebanonnow.carrd.co/
https://lebanoncrisis.carrd.co/
https://www.gofundme.com/f/lebanonneedsorg?utm_source=customer&utm_campaign=p_cp+share-sheet&utm_medium=copy_link
https://helplebanon.carrd.co/
http://redcross.org.lb/SubPage.aspx?pageid=1370&PID=158
http://www.caritas.org.lb/get_involved/donate
https://www.justgiving.com/crowdfunding/lebanon-relief?utm_term=PYp7gXzyD
I think donating to the red cross would be the most helpful, so if you are considering it, it'd be great.
There are so many great threads on twitter about what you can do to help, just search help lebanon or something to find them. Also if you can, please donate, and as I said, the lebanese pound is pretty much worthless currently so USD is way more useful to us.
Also a big thank you to everyone using their platform to educate people on the subject and donate because God knows Lebanon needs it. I've seen celebrities such as Ariana Grande, Jameela Jamil, Dylan Minette, Zane Hijazi, Mia Khalifa, Elijah Daniel, The regrettes, Sofia Bryant, Emma Chamberlain and Chris Klemens raise awareness about the ongoing issues and I wish to see more people share donation links and donate themselves if they can because they do make a big difference. Thank you once again and please share.
If you need a place to stay in Lebanon:
Advice for everyone
Additional help:
https://lebanonscrisis.carrd.co/#lobby
I have many more petitions in my last post please check it out and share, people's lives are in danger.
tw// explosion
Hello, hope all of you are safe and doing well.
You may have heard of what happened in Lebanon today and if not, basically, there was a big explosion in Beirut that affected many cities, destroyed shops, homes, cars, caused many injuries and deaths. The cause is uncertain.
As a fellow lebanese myself (that also lives there), today was absolutely terrifying, probably the scariest moments of my life. We heard a deafening sound as the floors were shaking. Some of us thought it was an attack, others thought it was an earthquake. As soon as it ended many expected a second one, which luckily never happened.
Here's a video of what happened that was sent to me, there are also many others that you can find online.
Windows were broken, doors wrecked, cars flipped over, buildings collapsed, people hit by flying or falling objects, and unfortunately, many didn't make it out alive.
We were one of the lucky ones, our families and friends were all safe and our homes were fine.
Some people couldn't even get out of the crumbling builings, so we saw corpses being pulled out, although some people survived the crash. But wherever we looked, there was blood, poeple were half covered in it, their shirts, pants, hair, everything. And that sight was traumatizing.
We watched the news with elders severely injured, children with blood-spattered shirts and people in pain that couldn't get in the hospitals because they were full.
Some people are missing. Just try to imagine the pain and fear their families and friends are feeling.
Articles about what happened, there are a lot more
Not only are we in the middle of a pandemic, but Lebanon is also going through a very serious economical crisis. To give you an example, before, $1 equaled 1 500 lebanese pounds. Nowadays, $1 equals more than 7 000 lebanese pounds. Not to mention that we obviously don't have any dollars at disposition, so yeah we're fucked.
People are hungry, homeless, unemployed. And even if they are getting paid, it'll be useless since the prices of everything went up because they were affected by the economical fiasco.
Important additional information
Today, I heard my 7 year old cousins scream in fear that they were going to die. I saw my aunt shaking, worried that her children won't survive. I saw my dad freak out while trying to reassure us when we both knew that we were uncertain about the next minutes of our lives. I heard the panic in the trembling voices of my family and friends as they couldn't believe what had just happened. I thought my loved ones and I were going to die in the next seconds.
I'm never forgetting those moments and feelings.
I don't think signing petitions will help, i don't even know if the following links will help either, I just know Lebanon and it's people are desperate for anything because the future of this country is extremely uncertain.
https://helplebanonnow.carrd.co/
https://lebanoncrisis.carrd.co/
https://www.gofundme.com/f/lebanonneedsorg?utm_source=customer&utm_campaign=p_cp+share-sheet&utm_medium=copy_link
https://helplebanon.carrd.co/
http://redcross.org.lb/SubPage.aspx?pageid=1370&PID=158
http://www.caritas.org.lb/get_involved/donate
https://www.justgiving.com/crowdfunding/lebanon-relief?utm_term=PYp7gXzyD
I think donating to the red cross would be the most helpful, so if you are considering it, it'd be great.
There are so many great threads on twitter about what you can do to help, just search help lebanon or something to find them. Also if you can, please donate, and as I said, the lebanese pound is pretty much worthless currently so USD is way more useful to us.
