Beirut on August 5, 2006

Beirut, da7yeh around 00.30


a zoom on da7yeh around 00.30


Beirut towards mazraa at the same time


Beirut, towards ashrafieh at around the same time too



yesterday i was worried beirut would be hit again.
my suspicions were substantiated at around 4 in the morning.

Beirut this morning


the pic is bad but one can discern some hangin smoke and dirt in two spots...

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yesterday we received a call home from the israeli government. the recorded messages have been sent to a lot of people here. it's always the same thing; hezbollah bad, israeli good sermon.
my mum answered the phone. she freaked out obviously. she said they referred to hezbollah as rats infesting our streets and they addressed us asking why we give em shelter...

a77a.
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i woke up hopeful today. after a long stretch of depression and gloom, a tiny sunshine.
dunno y, maybe is it coz i managed to sleep a stretch of 6 hrs after the 4 o'clock raid—longest i've had in weeks.
maybe it's coz i had nineyeh on the phone yesterday, i bummed the hell out of her... poor soul.. and she still asks about me...
i miss her and i miss chica, and i miss meemee, and i miss sooni and rooji and evb else.
i do.
i keep recalling moments together, good times.

look where we're at now...
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i've been listening to seu jorge's life aquatic sessions all morning.
from now on i'll have music sessions everyday. i need it. i hadn't been listening to anything since the shit hit the fan.
yesterday night, when we lost the power, i had a hail to the thief session; it had been really long since i had listened to it. man it's good, akhoo maniookeh hal album.

maybe that's y i woke up feeling good (or better, let's not push it).
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underwater... i love you...