{"id":61559,"date":"2021-03-01T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2021-03-01T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.beirut.com\/61559\/elie-ferzli-im-like-a-tiger"},"modified":"2021-03-01T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2021-03-01T00:00:00","slug":"elie-ferzli-im-like-a-tiger","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beirut.com\/en\/61559\/elie-ferzli-im-like-a-tiger\/","title":{"rendered":"Elie Ferzli: &#8220;I&#8217;m Like A Tiger&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"After a trending hashtag came a ridiculous clarification. <br \/>  <br \/>  #\u0627\u0644\u0641\u0631\u0632\u0644\u064a_\u0641\u064a_\u0630\u0645\u0629_\u0627\u0644\u0644\u0647 (loosely translated to, Ferzli is dead) was trending hard for the better part of yesterday on Twitter. Seemingly set up by people goading the notoriously temperamental MP into a state of rage, Ferzli walked right into the trap and released a hilarious statement to reveal that he was, in fact, very much alive.  <br \/>  <br \/>  First, he put out a piece of poetry by Al Mutanabi:<br \/>  <br \/>    <blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\"><p lang=\"ar\" dir=\"rtl\"><\/p>\u2014 Elie Ferzli (@EFerzli) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/EFerzli\/status\/1366127624498601986?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 28, 2021<\/a><\/blockquote> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>  <br \/>  <br \/>  The replies were hilarious. And if that wasn&#8217;t enough, Ferzli decided to call into Al Jadeed&#8217;s Sunday evening program to say that he was alive and like a tiger:<br \/>  <br \/>    <blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\"><p lang=\"ar\" dir=\"rtl\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/%D8%A5%D9%8A%D9%84%D9%8A_%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%81%D8%B1%D8%B2%D9%84%D9%8A?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/%D9%88%D9%87%D9%84%D9%82_%D8%B4%D9%88?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/salibi_georges?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@salibi_georges<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/EFerzli?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@EFerzli<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/w9Pgbyzgl3\">pic.twitter.com\/w9Pgbyzgl3<\/a><\/p>\u2014 (@ALJADEEDNEWS) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ALJADEEDNEWS\/status\/1366135888988827648?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 28, 2021<\/a><\/blockquote> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>  <br \/>  <br \/>  Of course, the jokes were also epic:<br \/>  <br \/>    <blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\"><p lang=\"ar\" dir=\"rtl\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%81%D8%B1%D8%B2%D9%84%D9%8A_%D9%81%D9%8A_%D8%B0%D9%85%D8%A9_%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%84%D9%87?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#\u0647<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Wl4yl1c6vb\">pic.twitter.com\/Wl4yl1c6vb<\/a><\/p>\u2014 (@albaalbaky) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/albaalbaky\/status\/1366134855952699394?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 28, 2021<\/a><\/blockquote> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>  <br \/>  <br \/>    <blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\"><p lang=\"ar\" dir=\"rtl\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%81%D8%B1%D8%B2%D9%84%D9%8A_%D9%81%D9%8A_%D8%B0%D9%85%D8%A9_%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%84%D9%87?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/xPDUeAIcNG\">pic.twitter.com\/xPDUeAIcNG<\/a><\/p>\u2014 Ahmad Al Hajjar (@_alhajjara) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/_alhajjara\/status\/1366137265660047361?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 28, 2021<\/a><\/blockquote> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>  <br \/>  <br \/>    <blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\"><p lang=\"ar\" dir=\"rtl\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%81%D8%B1%D8%B2%D9%84%D9%8A_%D9%81%D9%8A_%D8%B0%D9%85%D9%87_%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%84%D9%87?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#<\/a><\/p>\u2014 desperate with passion (@haidar_1245) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/haidar_1245\/status\/1366128379288813574?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 28, 2021<\/a><\/blockquote> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>  <br \/>  <br \/>    <blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%81%D8%B1%D8%B2%D9%84%D9%8A_%D9%81%D9%8A_%D8%B0%D9%85%D8%A9_%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%84%D9%87?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#<\/a><br>RIP. <br>We will never forget all the great things he did for this country: <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/3HEPZq1sN5\">pic.twitter.com\/3HEPZq1sN5<\/a><\/p>\u2014 Lebanese Crisis (@LebaneseCrisis) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/LebaneseCrisis\/status\/1366062440157437956?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 28, 2021<\/a><\/blockquote> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>  <br \/>  <br \/>  Maybe Al Mutanabi has a quote you can use about not walking into hilarious traps. 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