{"id":60896,"date":"2020-10-20T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2020-10-20T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.beirut.com\/60896\/elias-bou-saabs-bodyguard-attacks-woman-for-criticizing-him"},"modified":"2020-10-20T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2020-10-20T00:00:00","slug":"elias-bou-saabs-bodyguard-attacks-woman-for-criticizing-him","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beirut.com\/en\/60896\/elias-bou-saabs-bodyguard-attacks-woman-for-criticizing-him\/","title":{"rendered":"Elias Bou Saab&#8217;s Bodyguard Attacks Woman For Criticizing Him"},"content":{"rendered":"Just another day of free speech here in Lebanon&#8230;<br \/>  <br \/>  Earlier today, a Lebanese woman was attacked in front of Beirut Justice Palace after criticizing former minister and current member of parliament Elias Bou Saab. <br \/>  <br \/>    <blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\"><p lang=\"ar\" dir=\"rtl\">! <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/%D9%84%D8%A8%D9%86%D8%A7%D9%86?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\"><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/UwzYPO774Q\">pic.twitter.com\/UwzYPO774Q<\/a><\/p>\u2014 Larissa Aoun (@LarissaAounSky) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/LarissaAounSky\/status\/1318505241772437504?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 20, 2020<\/a><\/blockquote> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>  <br \/>  <br \/>  She called Bou Saab a &#8220;thief&#8221; after which his bodyguard came storming at her, threatening to &#8220;cut her tongue off&#8221; and forcing her to keep quiet. <br \/>  <br \/>  A video of the confrontation was caught on camera and went viral on social media, causing outrage among the Lebanese public who have had it with idolizing politicians and terrorizing those who dare to speak out. <br \/>  <br \/>  In response to the incident, a hashtag that reads &#8220;Bou Saab is a thief&#8221; is currently trending on Twitter. <br \/>  <br \/>  Here are some of the tweets:<br \/>  <br \/>    <blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\"><p lang=\"ar\" dir=\"rtl\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/%D8%A8%D9%88%D8%B5%D8%B9%D8%A8_%D8%AD%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%85%D9%8A?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\"><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/sWwtMIL764\">pic.twitter.com\/sWwtMIL764<\/a><\/p>\u2014 Mh\u0651md (@dankar) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/dankar\/status\/1318528108446814209?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 20, 2020<\/a><\/blockquote> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>  <br \/>  <br \/>  <br \/>    <blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\"><p lang=\"ar\" dir=\"rtl\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/%D8%A8%D9%88%D8%B5%D8%B9%D8%A8_%D8%AD%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%85%D9%8A?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\"><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/HevW9YlSmj\">pic.twitter.com\/HevW9YlSmj<\/a><\/p>\u2014 Revolution(dent)ist (@ichbinaliii) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ichbinaliii\/status\/1318526421728374784?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 20, 2020<\/a><\/blockquote> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>  <br \/>  <br \/>  <br \/>    <blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\"><p lang=\"ar\" dir=\"rtl\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/%D8%A8%D9%88%D8%B5%D8%B9%D8%A8_%D8%AD%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%85%D9%8A?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\"><\/a><\/p>\u2014 Elio Challita (@ChallitaElio) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ChallitaElio\/status\/1318518621069606914?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 20, 2020<\/a><\/blockquote> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>  <br \/>  <br \/>  <br \/>    <blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\"><p lang=\"und\" dir=\"rtl\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/%D8%A8%D9%88%D8%B5%D8%B9%D8%A8_%D8%AD%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%85%D9%8A?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\"><\/a> \ud83d\ude4f\ud83c\udffb<\/p>\u2014 Alex A (@Loox09) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Loox09\/status\/1318526349175365633?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 20, 2020<\/a><\/blockquote> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>  ","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Just another day of free speech here in Lebanon.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":434413,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_preview_accessed":0,"footnotes":""},"tags":[],"media-embed-type":[],"class_list":["post-60896","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-blog"],"authorship":[144],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.3 (Yoast SEO v27.3) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Elias Bou Saab&#039;s Bodyguard Attacks Woman For Criticizing 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