Abbes Arzoun

If I had no God, then Lebanon will be my God. ʔim bal yikūn libaʕal, ʔaf Libnūn yikūn baʔali. 𐤀𐤌 𐤁𐤋 𐤉𐤊𐤍 𐤋𐤁𐤏𐤋، 𐤀𐤐 𐤋𐤁𐤍𐤍 𐤉𐤊𐤍 𐤁𐤏𐤋𐤉 - Saïd Akl

🚨STATEMENT FROM LEBANESE CHRISTIAN VILLAGES IN THE SOUTH ENGLISH TRANSLATION: “History Repeats Itself In 1975, the army disintegrated and disappeared from the border region, which faced dangers with bare bodies. The tragedy unfolded in all its dimensions: unarmed civilians besieged, with no supporter or aid. Today, the army remains cohesive, numbering eighty thousand soldiers, and its readiness is incomparable to what it was in the 1970s. Yet, the expected farce has begun to unfold, as army units withdraw from the towns of Rmeish, Ain Ebel, and Debel, abandoning their duty, leaving thousands of Lebanese behind to face their fate on their own, to manage the necessities of life as best they can, in a state resembling a struggle for survival. As citizens, we do not know whether the withdrawal orders are political, military, or both. In either case, betrayal of trust is an unforgivable sin, it is a conscious act born of prior intent and design. And in the midst of this shameful scene, we cannot say, as was once said, Forgive them, Father, for they know not what they do. We, the Lebanese people, and the world at large, are watching how the state abandons its responsibilities and its role in the darkest of times. Faced with this reality, we say to those who must hear, the people of the border villages, Christian, Druze, and Sunni, have decided to remain on their land and in their villages. We had hoped that the Shiite villages would be included in this decision, but we know that this Lebanese community is captive, facing a fate it did not choose of its own will. Yes, as throughout our history, we will remain on our land. We will manage our affairs with God’s help and our firm Lebanese will. We will defend ourselves with whatever means are available, and we will not hesitate to do what is necessary to achieve this rightful goal, recognized by all laws and norms. From now on, let the failing state and the corrupt, conspiring authorities know that the war will end, the darkness will fade, and the sun of truth will rise, bright and burning. And then, we, standing with truth and justice, will establish courts and hold every traitor, agent, and corrupt individual accountable. Know this, we will change the course of history, and we will not allow it to repeat itself. The People of the Border Villages March 21, 2026”

@ilyatopper @rrrrr_adrian Tho I agree w the sentiment to an extent, the downside is having to dictate other's closely held notions of identity. If Norwegian is basically a part of 1 Scandi lang, why even get off the Danish standard? It gets messy down the line bc lang, like identity, is fickle & amorphous

@AdoniLabanon @rrrrr_adrian > but for anybody speaking about language, and not about politics, it should be more than obvious that we can't just buy that concept. It would take away any empirical ground from lingüistics. Language criteria are never strict, but there must be some common-sense criteria.

Spoken Arabic has grammar

@ilyatopper @rrrrr_adrian What I'm trying to say is: Empirically, Arab vernaculars are different enough to stand alone. That doesn't matter, it's decided by society, culture, and politics. Our myths. How do we change that if we see it fit? By believing it into existence. I'm a proponent of that aswell

@ilyatopper @rrrrr_adrian What Adrian is addressing is the lack of a glottopolitical shift to recognise them, despite the clear speciation they’ve undergone That being said, when speaking of what OUGHT to be, esp in cases where recognition triggers reification, I'd also speak in the prescriptive present.

@rrrrr_adrian Thank you! Yes. Also that language vs dialect is defined socio-politically, not by mutual intelligibility

POV فتحت ورشة

@DavidADaoud Even if that were false (no compromise) it means little if the Embassy stays open and in business

Act surprised

How did you not get that Assymetrical Warfare *is* the problem? You HAVE to hide in/under/around civi infrastructure. You HAVE to incur disproportionate losses then claim victory. You HAVE to mercilessly crush dissent to sustain yourself. These are structural flaws by design.

@_libanaiise @realhzakaria Eh afdal ma hek? Eslem 3and Eslem ta ymouto kellun sawa. Ma fesh bashar baynetun la2anno. Allah la ysemehkun

@realhzakaria To Akkar & Tripoli too, but nobody seems to care. I give them a couple months to start crying about it

All the Arab refugees who are fleeing the south, escaping the war, should be confined to the Beqaa. Distributing them across all regions is extremely dangerous, and they must be kept away from the areas of free Mount Lebanon.

@realhzakaria Ana fa2adet l amal mennak kulliyyan. Ma 3ad fi tebrir.. Allah yehdikun the "Free State of Mount Lebanon" ba2a w nukhlas

Pushing Hezbollah north of the Litani River looks like a bold pivot toward security. But history shows temporary buffer zones only postpone the next war. Why South Lebanon must be transformed into the Levant's West Germany to secure a durable peace. Read our latest.

@shadikhalloul @realhzakaria Christians weren't ethnically cleaned from the South, imbecile.

@realhzakaria What about relocating to south Lebanon. All these towns were once Aramaic Christian Maronites before the ethnic cleansing of our people by Islamic forces. Now they are empty. Bring back diaspora there , build peace with Israel and strengthen your security forces

No one has a vision for the future of the Christians of Mount Lebanon. No one. Not the Lebanese Forces, not the Tayyar, not the Kataeb. None of them has a plan for separation, a real divorce from the political entity that has been causing our emigration for more than a century. None of them is fighting for an independent Christian homeland. None of them is fighting for a Christian Lebanon. #FuckThemAll

@ThangorodrimXC What I realised after years of experimenting: 1 to 1 sound to letter correspondence doesn't matter aslong as it is internally consistent Not every phonemic value needs to be represented

Ć: ا B : ب P : پ T : ت Ț : ث Ț : ط J : ج X : ح K : خ D : د Ḍ : ذ Ď : ض R : ر Z : ز Ẓ̌ : ظ S : س Ś : ص C : ش Ỳ : ع G : غ Ǧ : ق F : ف V : ڤ Q : ك L : ل M : م N : ن H : ه W : و Y : ي

@MarioLeb79 😓 Thanks mate

@AdoniLabanon Cant Confirm but near karout Mall

@MarioLeb79 Strike in Jamous. Please geolocate 🙏🙏

@3lfares Unfortunately what's bound to happen.

Lmao what’s happening on Lebanese sectarian twitter

A powerful message from Lebanese political activist Saleh Machnouk, who comes from a politically active Sunni family from Beirut, on the current war. (His father, Nohad Machnouk, was a close ally of the Hariri family and served as Minister of Interior about a decade ago.) He has become known in recent years for his fiery videos, typically in Arabic, in which he scathingly criticizes Hezbollah. Here, however, he expresses in English what is on the minds of a large majority of Lebanese, in a message to the outside world: this is not our war, and we are fed up with being pawns in the wars of others.

Lebanon was never a "Christian country". Lebanon, however, has fared relatively well under a specific strand of Maronitism. Do not confuse the two.

ما يستحقّ الغضب في قضية السجون السرية التابعة لحزب الله ليس أن قناة MTV أشارت إلى مواقعها. من الصعب تصديق أن إسرائيل تحتاج إلى MTV لتعرف بوجودها أصلًا. الفضيحة الحقيقية هي وجود مراكز اعتقال وتعذيب أصلًا. هذا هو الأمر الذي يجب أن يثير الغضب والصدمة، لا مسألة من كشف عنها. فوجود مثل هذه السجون بحدّ ذاته انتهاك فاضح للحقوق والحريات، وهي القضية التي ينبغي أن تكون في صلب الإدانة، خصوصًا من قبل أولئك الذين يرفعون راية الدفاع عن الحقوق والحريات