عيد المقاومة و التحرير

23/05/2000:

SMS from a friend : 3am biysir shi bil jnoub
SMS to friend : 3amaliyét?
SMS from friend : la2, 2akbar min heik bi ktir...

You go to the computer room to check news sites, CNN, Jazeera. News talk of abandoned posts in advanced strategic areas by the SLA and the Israelis. Stuff one couldn't imagine being possible just few months earlier. Hizballah fighters sweeping the area and occupying the army posts, one after the other.
Cross fingers, you hope everything will go right. The last thing we need now is frictions that would lead to an explosion.


24/05/2000 :

Oh god it is really happening. They said July. You were going to be in lebanon in July. They waited for you to leave, and they began withdrawing. But hey, you should be happy. All the stuff you did on March 14th (pre 2000 March 14th, of course). The flyers you were handing to passer by, the activities you organised. Well here it is, the Israelis are leaving. A bigger (much bigger) Arnoun is being freed.

25/05/2000 :

It is now official. They completed withdrawal (or at least they thought they did).

Walla w talla3nahoum barra.


(Now you would think the song is Walla w tala3nahoum barra - Ahmad Ka3bour. Well not really. I'm sure you won't be deceived.)

و يلّي نسي جمّول يمّي
يعدم حياتو