Thawra_Lubnan (The Lebanese revolution) By May Haddad Dedicated to my friends, 5 November 2019 Just a day after the massive fires outburst in over 200 forests and places in Lebanon, the Thawra started… It is unbelievable, hundred thousands people marching and protesting on a daily basis since 17 October till today all over the country including unexpected villages and towns that have risen up demanding that every one in the government steps down and ending the era of corruption. “All means All” has unified all the people. As a witness to the happenings, here are few word-press posts that can be of interest to my friends and acquaintances. The posts are (for links kindly click on title):

1. Thawra_Lubnan (The Lebanese revolution)
By May Haddad
Dedicated to my friends, 5 November 2019
Just a day after the massive fires outburst in over 200 forests and places in Lebanon, the Thawra
started…
It is unbelievable, hundred thousands people marching and protesting on a daily basis since 17
October till today all over the country including unexpected villages and towns that have risen up
demanding that every one in the government steps down and ending the era of corruption. “All
means All” has unified all the people.
As a witness to the happenings, here are few word-press posts that can be of interest to my friends
and acquaintances. The posts are (for links kindly click on title):
Scenes I witnessed includes photos and videos from 4 days of the thawra (days 4, 7 , 9 and 11). The
images are about people’s enthusiasm to unite and end corruptio

2. Who leads?Who funds? three short videos reflect people’s responses, every person is the leader,
every person is the funder… Among the amazing events that I witnessed were people recycling all
the garbage at the protest areas (Lebanon has never been cleaner), people cooking for the protesters
and distributing water and several other acts of solidarity…
Among People’s stories: moving stories of people’s realities and actions during the protest are
displayed in this post…
Better Future: People’s aspiration for freedom and better times are expressed in an artistic poster
and a bilingual video for the deaf…

3. Creative Road Closures: Among the slogans “Closure, country under maintenance”. Several creative
means have been used including: yoga, singing, putting furniture, human chain etc…
Tune of Bella Ciao: Four short videos about the thawra are posted…

4. Thawra videos and songs/selections: the videos reflect the creative ambiance of the thwara
and its realities.
Thawra arts: articles about the arts are compiled, included are synopsis and selected
images.