Tag: revolution
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Daily Coffee Talk~ 66/365
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On November 13, 2019, I was in Tripoli during the height of what had come to be known as the October Revolution in Lebanon. During those months, Tripoli was given the name ‘ the bride of the revolution’, because its people rose with power, with hope, and with an undeniable spirit to right what was…
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Day Two Hundred Thirty Two, September 11, 2011
re·bel·lionNoun/riˈbelyən/ 1. An act of violent or open resistance to an established government or ruler. 2. The action or process of resisting authority, control, or convention: “an act of teenage rebellion“. A fascinating phenomenon, most certainly on the rise in our world today, rebellion is a symptom of the young rejecting the control of the…
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Day One Hundred Thirty Two, June 3, 2011
This particular and ancient truth has been quite upfront lately in world affairs. Somehow this ancient lesson is being applied and demonstrated repeatedly in the last few years from events in Iran, to Egypt, to Yemen, and to most recently the current events in Syria. I am normally not someone who is drawn to writing,…
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Day Twenty Seven, February 18, 2011
Today I was very overwhelmed with the state of the world, wars, revolutions, poverty, instability, pollution, global warming, solar flares, and a general sense of unsettlement. Then in the afternoon we had Lea’s twin friends over for a play date then sleep over and I watched them play, laugh, sing, dance and be in the…