{"id":19235,"date":"2012-10-22T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2012-10-22T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.beirut.com\/19235\/i-love-lebanon-not-its-politics"},"modified":"2012-10-22T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2012-10-22T00:00:00","slug":"i-love-lebanon-not-its-politics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beirut.com\/en\/19235\/i-love-lebanon-not-its-politics\/","title":{"rendered":"I Love Lebanon&#8230;Not Its Politics"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I couldn&#8217;t have said it better myself.<\/p>\n<p>  Ink on the side creator, Sareen Akharjalian posted this all too relevant comic today, with the heartfelt message &#8220;To my Lebanese friends stay safe. To the readers abroad, Lebanon really is a beautiful country with so much to offer. We\u2019re just\u2026having a bad hair day.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>  To people who think negatively and point fingers after tragedies, remember the good in Lebanon and try your best to get rid of the bad. 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