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25 Images To Keep In Mind Ahead Of Lebanese Elections
May 15th 2022 is fast approaching. Here are 25 images you may want to keep in mind as you assess whether or not you’d like to vote.
1. Members of state security guarding subsidized goods at supermarkets:
2. This Lebanese mother’s heart-breaking message to the former Minister of Education, Tarek Majzoub. “We don’t have money to buy shoes for our kids.”:
3. The insane lines of hundreds of cars standing still outside gas stations, waiting to refuel. This sadly was a regular sight for months on end:
4. This photo of a young man who was shot and killed at one of Akkar’s gas stations due to a fight over fuel lines:
5. Heartbreaking photos of terrified children taking cover at their schools amid Tayouneh clashes:
6. This video of multi-millionaire Yassin Jaber complaining about being forced to ask his daughter to send him medication from Switzerland because he couldn’t find it in Lebanon:
7. The heartbreaking image of Joe Andoun’s two daughters and his wife visiting the site of the Beirut explosion with a cake in celebration of Father’s Day:
Joe was killed during the August 4 explosion.
8. People flocking to the banks at night as the 3,900 LL rate was at risk of being revoked:
9. This street food vendor setting his cart on fire after being arrested by security forces yesterday for “illegally” selling corn on the cob:
10. This family of four that was killed in a car crash due to fuel lines on the Jiyyeh road:
11. This message revealing that the state had not supplied Civil Defense trucks with fuel nor diesel for over 6-months now, with volunteers being forced to fuel the firefighting trucks with their own money.
12. The families of the hundreds of victims who died during the August 4 explosion being attacked by security forces outside Berri’s residence:
13. Heartbroken parents of students abroad beating down the doors of banks, pleading to access their money:
14. These three souls who died due to Lebanon’s medication and fuel crises:
Details here.
15. Rawan Misto’s sisters’ heartbreaking birthday tribute:
Rawan was killed during the August 4 explosion.
16. PM Najib Mikati saying, “ma 2ilna 3ein nimshi bil sheri3, beddi erja3 rou7 3al mat3am”:
17. Insane passport queues:
18. The Tleil-Akkar fuel tanker explosion victim being identified by his engagement ring:
19. Trash piling up repeatedly on our streets:
20. General Security banning a play that referred to an unidentified figurehead and their effect on our daily lives, calling for a thawra:
21. This video of two girls who had been shot at for not stopping for a convoy of an unnamed politician who was passing through Corniche El Mazraa:
22. Crowds outside this army supermarket due to slightly cheaper prices:
23. This heartbreaking notice that was sent to parents of students at Tripoli’s Al Nahda School for Girls asking them to avoid giving their children extra food and “treats” in order to shift attention away from the fact that other students could no longer afford to bring in juice boxes and chocolate bars:
24. This shocking video showing many people traveling from Deir Ammar to Tripoli on foot due to the fuel crisis:
25. The tragic death of Mohamad Samir Ahmad, who was unable to see the blockades placed for the parliamentary session and drove his motorcycle into the cement, leading to his death.
1. Members of state security guarding subsidized goods at supermarkets:
— Larissa Aoun (@LarissaAounSky) March 17, 2021
2. This Lebanese mother’s heart-breaking message to the former Minister of Education, Tarek Majzoub. “We don’t have money to buy shoes for our kids.”:
3. The insane lines of hundreds of cars standing still outside gas stations, waiting to refuel. This sadly was a regular sight for months on end:
— Salman Andary (@salmanonline) May 11, 2021
4. This photo of a young man who was shot and killed at one of Akkar’s gas stations due to a fight over fuel lines:
5. Heartbreaking photos of terrified children taking cover at their schools amid Tayouneh clashes:
# # # # pic.twitter.com/qWQafH24xG
— Larissa Aoun (@LarissaAounSky) October 14, 2021
6. This video of multi-millionaire Yassin Jaber complaining about being forced to ask his daughter to send him medication from Switzerland because he couldn’t find it in Lebanon:
— Mehsen Mekhtfe (@MehsenMekhtfe) May 24, 2021
7. The heartbreaking image of Joe Andoun’s two daughters and his wife visiting the site of the Beirut explosion with a cake in celebration of Father’s Day:
— Elize khoury (@Elizekhoury) June 21, 2021
Joe was killed during the August 4 explosion.
8. People flocking to the banks at night as the 3,900 LL rate was at risk of being revoked:
Life in #Lebanon
— Houshig K. (@houshigk) June 2, 2021
2 different queues on the Jal al-Dib highway at 9PM today: one to get rationed gas from a fuel station & one to get cash from an almost empty ATM pic.twitter.com/wdUk9UzUBl
9. This street food vendor setting his cart on fire after being arrested by security forces yesterday for “illegally” selling corn on the cob:
The vendor burned his food stall in protest … #Lebanon https://t.co/nWGEga6Hrr pic.twitter.com/IHCrHARHd9
— Zeina Khodr (@ZeinakhodrAljaz) June 9, 2021
10. This family of four that was killed in a car crash due to fuel lines on the Jiyyeh road:
— YASA for Road Safety www.yasa.org (@yasalebanon) June 22, 2021
11. This message revealing that the state had not supplied Civil Defense trucks with fuel nor diesel for over 6-months now, with volunteers being forced to fuel the firefighting trucks with their own money.
12. The families of the hundreds of victims who died during the August 4 explosion being attacked by security forces outside Berri’s residence:
— Salman Andary (@salmanonline) July 9, 2021
13. Heartbroken parents of students abroad beating down the doors of banks, pleading to access their money:
— (@TheLebanonDream) March 30, 2021
14. These three souls who died due to Lebanon’s medication and fuel crises:
#انقذوا_لبنان #Save_Lebanon pic.twitter.com/KngWN09KC4
— (@lebprotests) July 11, 2021
Details here.
15. Rawan Misto’s sisters’ heartbreaking birthday tribute:
Rawan was killed during the August 4 explosion.
16. PM Najib Mikati saying, “ma 2ilna 3ein nimshi bil sheri3, beddi erja3 rou7 3al mat3am”:
“We are ashamed to walk on the streets… I want to go to a restaurant… we want to live…”
— Halim Shebaya () (@halimshebaya) July 30, 2021
If anything good came out of the October 17 movement, it was this: making politicians think twice before being seen in public. Small victories. pic.twitter.com/nfX1rj7nNv
17. Insane passport queues:
This is the line to get a passport or a renewal, it is now 2 am and we need to wait till 3 to get a number. pic.twitter.com/KZNC6QLFVa
— circe (@bored_circe) August 10, 2021
18. The Tleil-Akkar fuel tanker explosion victim being identified by his engagement ring:
# ## # # # pic.twitter.com/aPpF32jTHR
— Faten Zein – (@ZeinFaten) August 16, 2021
19. Trash piling up repeatedly on our streets:
Another garbage crisis in #Lebanon?#Beirut’s contracted waste management company RAMCO is struggling to get fuel for its trucks. pic.twitter.com/B1CV9HZjYz
— Kareem Chehayeb | (@chehayebk) August 30, 2021
20. General Security banning a play that referred to an unidentified figurehead and their effect on our daily lives, calling for a thawra:
Lasts night, #Lebanon’s security forces stopped a play from taking place because it criticized President Aoun and the ruling political class.
— Nader Durgham | نادر درغام (@NaderDurgham) October 3, 2021
In protest, the actors still performed their play in front of the theatre they were intended to perform in.
pic.twitter.com/BuiedcJKjE
21. This video of two girls who had been shot at for not stopping for a convoy of an unnamed politician who was passing through Corniche El Mazraa:
22. Crowds outside this army supermarket due to slightly cheaper prices:
People are competing to get into the Army supermarket in Badaro today since it has cheaper prices. Politicians and their families will order Spinneys online. People are paying the price of this economical collapse pic.twitter.com/JZOl18tNcf
— Mohamad (@monajem) March 18, 2021
23. This heartbreaking notice that was sent to parents of students at Tripoli’s Al Nahda School for Girls asking them to avoid giving their children extra food and “treats” in order to shift attention away from the fact that other students could no longer afford to bring in juice boxes and chocolate bars:
24. This shocking video showing many people traveling from Deir Ammar to Tripoli on foot due to the fuel crisis:
# # @MMoursel @salmanonline @TheLebanonDream @SalamehCarine @amanie_geha @BassamAbouZeid @LarissaAounSky @dargham @RChantaf @ALJADEEDNEWS @mtvlebanon @sewella pic.twitter.com/2awQYFZWIb
— H a s s a n O b e i d (@HassanObeid16) August 12, 2021
25. The tragic death of Mohamad Samir Ahmad, who was unable to see the blockades placed for the parliamentary session and drove his motorcycle into the cement, leading to his death.