Will we go back to Lebanon?

[Armenian]

Will we go back to Lebanon?

Every night I dream... Dream of my family, dream of my friends, dream of my home... Dream of Lebanon...

Every night I feel the pain of being away... away from the beloved ones...

Every night I feel like I want to curse the situation that let me take the decision to leave everything behind...

I had to be Armenian for me to be away from my homeland... And i had to be Lebanese to be away from my country... is it fair?

I miss my family, I miss my mom, dad, sisters, I miss my friends, I miss all the beach and mountains, I miss going downtown... for sure I miss Lebanon...

I left Lebanon on a very tragic day... A black day for all Lebanese and Armenians... I left my house 5 minutes after Amin Jemayel's famous insult to the Armenians...

Before hearing what I heard I was crying... but after I heard it I was smiling, that I will leave all of that behind and go after my future...

Now I am in one of the best countries on this World... But do I want to go back?

I think about it everyday, every minute... Should I leave all of this work, and safety, and laws, and social benefits, and and and... to go back to My beloved country Lebanon?

Do I want my kids to grow up in a place where we don't have 24/24 electricity? Do I want them to be traumatized from airplane noise? Do I want them to see war every 5 years? Do I want them to be victim of some assassination? Do I want them to barely find work? Also Do I want them to live away from Lebanon?

Or I want them to be in a safe country with all the facilities?

Do I want to go back? Will the change on June 7 change my mind too?

Will you go back? Will we go back?

Thank you!!

[Libnene Qu7]

All who left Lebanon did so with the intent of returning. However, the majority did not due to the lifestyles they got used to. Lebanon offers nothing in terms of security, opportunities, and growth. Sure, it has its charms, but always remember that your emotions that tug you to go back only exist because your family is there. If your entire family went with you to Canada, you wouldn't even dream of returning to the araf and ta3tir called Lebanon.

Lebanon is only beautiful in itself when one visits it for a 2 week vacation with lots of cash. That's it. Beyond that it is unbearable, and forces us to think how on earth we lived here before. So thank your lucky stars for leaving because you and your children are surely living a much better, safer, and enjoyable life.

[Leb-Can]

I missed my friends too... beaches and mountains...
I will go to Lebanon on June 7 to vote for change...
But I have to see and feel the change, to change my mind and stay there!

[shevchenco]

but the question is what will you offer to Lebanon when you come back? will you still vote for someone who robbed your money? will you still vote for someone who humiliated you? or you will just forget it all this when you see some $100 bills?

[Mar1K]

Originally Posted by Armenian

Will we go back to Lebanon?

Every night I dream... Dream of my family, dream of my friends, dream of my home... Dream of Lebanon...

Every night I feel the pain of being away... away from the beloved ones...

Every night I feel like I want to curse the situation that let me take the decision to leave everything behind...

I had to be Armenian for me to be away from my homeland... And i had to be Lebanese to be away from my country... is it fair?

I miss my family, I miss my mom, dad, sisters, I miss my friends, I miss all the beach and mountains, I miss going downtown... for sure I miss Lebanon...

I left Lebanon on a very tragic day... A black day for all Lebanese and Armenians... I left my house 5 minutes after Amin Jemayel's famous insult to the Armenians...

Before hearing what I heard I was crying... but after I heard it I was smiling, that I will leave all of that behind and go after my future...

Now I am in one of the best countries on this World... But do I want to go back?

I think about it everyday, every minute... Should I leave all of this work, and safety, and laws, and social benefits, and and and... to go back to My beloved country Lebanon?

Do I want my kids to grow up in a place where we don't have 24/24 electricity? Do I want them to be traumatized from airplane noise? Do I want them to see war every 5 years? Do I want them to be victim of some assassination? Do I want them to barely find work? Also Do I want them to live away from Lebanon?

Or I want them to be in a safe country with all the facilities?

Do I want to go back? Will the change on June 7 change my mind too?

Will you go back? Will we go back?

Thank you!!

Here's my point of view:

I left in July 2007 to Sydney, when i first landed i told family and friends that i will go back home in 5 years. No one believed me, they said you will change your mind in few days, few weeks, few months... It's been nearly 2 years now and I am looking for an apartment in Leb.

If your heart truly is in Lebanon, you will come back even if you will live under a tree.

I visited my family last year for few days and i discovered that my heart is still there, i can do without the luxuries

It's a matter of choice...

[Orange Patriot]

the best chance you have from feeling the above is if we can have change on june 7th. you get that...you get around 8 times the work tht gebran bassil did with 1 ministry. it will be the beginning of the type of lebanon we want to go back to with confidence, and not just for vacations.

its not going to be an overnight change, but i'll take that over having the same **** that i've had for the last 30 yrs. gebran in a mater of months turned communications on its head, what would he have done in a full term? what would 7 or 8 or however many C+R ministers do with a full term?

in conclusion, this isnt a question that can be answered now. june 7th is my last hope. then you can throw me in the same basket of q7 if we dont win.

[Positive Balance]

My romantic dreams of how wonderful Lebanon is are usually painfully shattered before I even enter the country, when hordes of people, men, women, and children, push themselves in front of me in the line before the passport check at Beirut airport.

Cynicism aside, I am also moving back in a few months, hoping that after elections we will finally begin to move forward again.

[Libnene Qu7]

Originally Posted by Orange Patriot

the best chance you have from feeling the above is if we can have change on june 7th. you get that...you get around 8 times the work tht gebran bassil did with 1 ministry. it will be the beginning of the type of lebanon we want to go back to with confidence, and not just for vacations.

its not going to be an overnight change, but i'll take that over having the same **** that i've had for the last 30 yrs. gebran in a mater of months turned communications on its head, what would he have done in a full term? what would 7 or 8 or however many C+R ministers do with a full term?

in conclusion, this isnt a question that can be answered now. june 7th is my last hope. then you can throw me in the same basket of q7 if we dont win.

I must stress that I did not incorporate the June 7 election into my post. I left Lebanon in 2005 and I've grown used to this type of thinking. However, if we really do get the change we are all hoping for, and finally get rid of the filthy Hariri legacy that destroyed our economy, then Lebanon actually stands a chance for recovery; and that is something I will definately want to be part of.

[SISCO]

I left 5 years ago and for time to time i think of coming back but when i look back and think about what i had to pass through and what i had and very easily outside my Lebanon, i change my mind and think that i don't want my children to pass through the same experience.

For those who are waiting the change in June, i think you will wait so long that you will never come back.
Or you come back and you accept Lebanon as it is or you don't. Change is only a an "electoral" word.

Regards,

[GMA forever]

For all the people who are dreaming of coming back to Lebanon for good (like me), the june 7th elections is a crucial date for their decision.

Millions of Lebanese are waiting for the chance to see some hope in Lebanon in order for them to go back. Noone is asking for all the benefits that some might get abroad, all they are asking for is just to have a clean government, which won't steal them and burn their future.

Change and reform is a major issue, it will define our near future, and our near future decisions.