Dont Give Up Stand Up Instead
during my upbringing in lebanon i was
always amazed by the beauty of the
sunrise and the ocean appearing from my
apartment balcony
the thought of people all knowing each
other in the town i grew up in
aoka i thought that lebanon was the most
beautiful country in the world
i was a kid with no worries living the
life that every child deserves to have
now when i was a kid i wasn’t aware that
the government would impose
access or disrupt communication amongst
the lebanese people
however as i grew up learn and matured
more
i started to notice the numerous acts of
government committed
i first started to learn about the
government and the ins and outs of it
in my civics class and the history of
the government
and what led to its current formation
this
allowed me to get a basic idea of the
government
however i still wasn’t invested enough
in it
but that soon changed thereafter when i
came to the united states i was
very much homesick for the first couple
of weeks to cope with that
i used to call my friends back home and
would ask them what’s going on in
lebanon
i was taken aback after what they said
so i decided to dig deeper and do my own
research
during the parliamentary elections on
may 2018
many people protested the government and
the leaders ruling it
yelling out curse words to them and
shaming them to what they did to their
beautiful country
now instead of this eliciting a positive
reaction
the opposite happened lebanese
protesters were met with persecution for
peaceful speech
and detainees continued to report cruel
treatment from officers of the law
furthermore lebanon’s lack of waste
management has led to millions of trash
bags
and other unsanitary items to be left
with on the streets
causing massive health effects over
local citizens
in terms of women’s rights women still
face discrimination
under 15 separate religion-based laws
and child marriage and marital rape is
still legal in lebanon
for education more than 300 000 syrian
refugees
have been denied access to it since
their parents were not able to afford
for
transport school fees lack of linguistic
support
and more more than 1.5 million syrian
refugees
have been denied access to education
health care
or work and then on october 14 2019
the government implemented attacks on
essential goods such as
tobacco patrol and most importantly
voice calls to whatsapp this crushed
and infuriated the people of lebanon and
took away the one thing that made them
forget about
everything that was happening in their
country communicating with their loved
ones across the globe
now even though the government did
repeal the act after several days
this would not have been possible if the
lebanese people did not vigorously
protest
against this act now
i could go on and on about the
continuous acts that the government
implemented
on the lebanese people but i think you
guys have heard enough tonight
and solve the people of lebanon in
recent times the lebanese people have
been vigorously protesting for a change
in government to happen and
something finally did the prime minister
of lebanon
has recently stepped down and people
were given a sigh of relief
but the people want other legislative
bodies to resign from their respective
occupations
though the answer is still not clear as
to what holds for lebanon
and the future of its government they
are still continuing to fight to create
change one of the biggest ways to
expedite this process
is by informing people about what’s
happening in lebanon and to other
countries around the world
such as north korea somalia
south sudan and more
after the lebanese protests began many
big cities such as paris
sydney miami chile hong kong and
catalonia
began setting up their own protests and
efforts to help fight the lebanese
government
and to create change with all
communication has allowed lebanon and
other respective countries
to fight off their respective
governments and to create change
through acts of education courageous
protests
and communication we are inspired not to
give up
but stand up instead thank you all have
a great night