{"id":755796,"date":"2025-06-16T08:03:41","date_gmt":"2025-06-16T08:03:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.beirut.com\/?p=755796"},"modified":"2025-06-16T13:10:30","modified_gmt":"2025-06-16T13:10:30","slug":"nightlife-over-missiles-the-cringe-side-of-lebanons-resilience-aesthetic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beirut.com\/en\/755796\/nightlife-over-missiles-the-cringe-side-of-lebanons-resilience-aesthetic\/","title":{"rendered":"Nightlife Over Missiles? The Cringe Side of Lebanon\u2019s \u201cResilience\u201d Aesthetic"},"content":{"rendered":" <p>Videos of Iranian missiles flying over Lebanon while people were partying flooded social media this past weekend, and Lebanon\u2019s nightlife didn\u2019t flinch, like it was just another Saturday night out. But at some point, you have to ask: <em>when does \u201cthriving against all odds\u201d become a performance? And why do we keep glorifying it?<\/em><\/p>    <p><\/p>    <p>I don&#8217;t know about you, but the whole &#8220;Only in Lebanon&#8221; or &#8220;This is Lebanon&#8221; jokes are getting very old. In the face of horrifying events, like an all out regional war, we always find time for the humiliation ritual we call &#8220;resilience&#8221;.<\/p>    <p><\/p>   <iframe title=\"Embedded Instagram Post\" allowtransparency=\"true\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" frameborder=\"0\" height=\"532\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/reel\/DK2kW9JMS5-\/embed\/\" scrolling=\"no\" style=\"background: white; max-width: 540px; width: calc(100% - 2px); border-radius: 3px; border: 1px solid rgb(219, 219, 219); box-shadow: none; display: block; margin: 12px 0px 12px !important; min-width: 326px; padding: 0px;\"><\/iframe>   <p><\/p>    <p>There\u2019s no rulebook on how to cope with crisis. Wanting a moment of escape, especially in a country shaped by war, is entirely human.<\/p>    <p><\/p>    <p>The \u201cOnly in Lebanon\u201d narrative is just a recycled version of \u201crising like the Phoenix\u201d or <a href=\"https:\/\/naharnet.com\/stories\/en\/288632-lebanon-ranked-second-least-happy-country-in-the-world\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">\u201cthe happiest depressed people in the world.\u201d<\/a> But when do we stop turning hardship into a catchphrase? When do we admit that this isn\u2019t something to glorify or be proud of, and it\u2019s just people trying to survive?<\/p>    <p><\/p>   <iframe title=\"Embedded Instagram Post\" allowtransparency=\"true\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" frameborder=\"0\" height=\"532\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DK5ScMXsc2k\/embed\/\" scrolling=\"no\" style=\"background: white; max-width: 540px; width: calc(100% - 2px); border-radius: 3px; border: 1px solid rgb(219, 219, 219); box-shadow: none; display: block; margin: 12px 0px 12px !important; min-width: 326px; padding: 0px;\"><\/iframe>   <p><\/p>    <p>What&#8217;s supposed to be a message of resilience was drowned out by a whole aesthetic, which we&#8217;ve been using since the post-Lebanese Civil War era.<\/p>    <p><\/p>    <div style=\"display:flex;justify-content: center;align-items: center;\">   <div class=\"lozad wp-twitter-embed\" style=\"text-align: center;width:80%;max-width: 100%;\" data-twitter-src=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RyanRozbiani\/status\/1934389103187108280\"><\/div>  <\/div>    <p><\/p>    <p>It\u2019s no coincidence that our response to crisis so often becomes an aesthetic. We\u2019ve been trained to package pain in nostalgia, to turn trauma into national pride, and to call it \u201cresilience.\u201d From dancing under missiles to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.beirut.com\/en\/728622\/why-do-lebanese-people-love-cliches-about-lebanon-lets-talk-about-it\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">clinging to clich\u00e9s<\/a> like Fairuz, hummus, and dabke, Lebanon\u2019s post-war identity has leaned more on performance than on healing.<\/p>    <p><\/p>    <p>There\u2019s nothing wrong with loving our culture. But we can\u2019t keep mistaking collective trauma for unity, or chaos for character. At some point, resilience has to mean more than surviving. 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