This is How Twitter Reacted to Nasrallah’s Speech on Friday (With A Whole Lot of Sass)

On Friday, January 30, I was working on my PC when a loud boom interrupted my Coldplay song ‘Magic’ (love that tune). The boom was followed by another boom, and another, and another… by the time the fourth explosion’s echo subsided I got kind of worried. So as any other adult in Lebanon would have done, I opened Twitter to check out what the hell was going on. Turned out Hezbollah chief Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah was giving a speech. Here are some of my favorite tweets in response to the celebratory firework, gunfire, and RPGs. Warning: a lot of sass ahead.

3 Booms… let me guess, Nasrallah ?

— Shalash Dragonborn (@Shalashtein) January 30, 2015

You know we probably misunderstand Hezbollah miltia men, what if they’re saying I love you in morse code, by firing rockets at us ?

— Shalash Dragonborn (@Shalashtein) January 30, 2015

Na2essna faza3

— Rita Kamel (@ritakml) January 30, 2015

(In English it Reads: “As if we need the horror”)

Heavy celebratory gunfire from nearby shiite #Beirut neighborhood as we wait for #Hezbollah‘s Nasrallah to speak.

— Alexander Marquardt (@MarquardtA) January 30, 2015

There a few bad apples in the Middle East. Hizballah’s Nasrallah, about to give a speech, is close to the worst of them

— Paul Hirschson (@paulhirschson) January 30, 2015

If anticipation of #Nasrallah‘s speeches is measured in gunfire heard in #Beirut ahead of time, this is his most anticipated in a while

— Sara Hussein (@sarahussein) January 30, 2015

Sorry bas shu khass lebnen bkel hayda?

— Alice (@ElissaAlawieh) January 30, 2015

(In English it Reads: “Sorry, but what does all this have to do with Lebanon?”)

*mom calls my brother* : “Eh mama ma t2awees”

— buttercup (@Faggotienne) January 30, 2015

(In English it Reads: “mom calls brother: Yeah, honey don’t shoot”)

i woke up to the sound of gunshots what is going on

— lynn (@immobileen) January 30, 2015

Sha3b me3iz.

— Saad (@RnRDamnation) January 30, 2015

(In English it Reads: “Sheep”)

Funny how you guys move from arguing about football to arguing about politics in the blink of an eye.

— Anis Tabet (@AnisTabet23) January 30, 2015

عم يسحبوا الاسرائيلي من زلاعيمه، ما قادرين يسحبوا هالزعران يللي عم تقوّص.

— Taleb (@TalebKabbara) January 30, 2015

(In English it Reads: “They’re puling Israelis by the throat yet can’t take down these hooligans that are firing”)

Ana khayfene yenfejir fina el balad bel ghalat

— batata (@aydafakhro) January 30, 2015

(In English it Reads: “I’m afraid this country will blow up by acident”)

Nasrallah’s speech summarized: resistance, allah, zionist, Israel, martyrs, Iran, Syria #teamassad #USAisbad, divine victory, missiles.

— Elie Fares (@eliefares) January 30, 2015

nasrallah is abt to go on screens also known as khallina nbejj l dahye 2wass

— FarahNasr♔ (@FarahNasr1) January 30, 2015

(In English it Reads: “Nasrallah’s about to go on screen, in other words lets light up dahye with gunfire”)

الحمدلله طلعت من طريق الجديدة عايش

— Mazen Sh (@MazenShatila) January 30, 2015

(In English it Reads: “Thanks god I made it out of Tarik Al Jadideh alive”)

Respect for Hezbolla and Lebanese Forces…. Their songs are better than 99% of the crap we hear on the radio. 😂

— Charly (@MenGherCharles) January 30, 2015

I wanna graduate and be successful and move out and live in the middle of hamra with a cute puppy. Can a war not happen please.

— The Idiot (@BooksAndBurgers) January 28, 2015

Lik nshala yalle bi 2awis bimout bi rsas tayish

— badluck shaltaf (@karim_shaltaf) January 30, 2015

(In English it Reads: “I hope the that the people shooting die by stray bullets”)

“Ma3lesh beb2a be7daro ba3den 3a Youtube aw shi khaline khalis hal meshten ba3d.”

— Charly (@MenGherCharles) January 30, 2015

(In English it Reads: “I’ll watch the speech later on YouTube I still need to finish up my ammo”)

and that’s why I’ll never care about politics

— Ahmad (@AhmaddOssaily) January 30, 2015

Loud gunfire across #Beirut as the shebab celebrate #Nasrallah. Wonder what the death toll is…

— Ruth Sherlock (@Rsherlock) January 30, 2015

@mariebaleo funny how you just tweeted that while gunfire can be heard all over Beirut before Nasrallah s speech.

— Najib@blogbaladi (@LeNajib) January 30, 2015

Sound of gunfire pretty much constant as #Nasrallah speaks -what goes up, comes down- Anyone optimistic they’re firing over the sea..?

— Joseph Ataman (@JosephAtaman) January 30, 2015

Layko l blat 3end l jiran 3am bi far2i3
#RsasTayish

— ruan (@RyanIssa8) January 30, 2015

(In English it Reads: “My neighbor’s floor is popping up #StrayBullets”)

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