On May 7th 2008, Lebanon witnessed events that reminded everyone of the events that happened on April 13th 1975 which launched Lebanon’s civil war. Clashes between militants from the opposition parties and the pro government parties are similar to the images we have seen 20 years ago: killing with no mercy….

Tenzakar w la ten3ad (get reminded but don’t repeat) is the slogan launched each April 13th of every year after the end of the civil war in order to learn from the civil war to prevent it from happening again. It seems there are some who chant it without really willing it….. They haven’t learnt as it appears even though the lords of war are the same but with different coallitions this time. In addition, new faces from new parties have appeared that were involved crucially in the violation so far.

Why all this hatred??? How did it all happen?? Ohhhhhhh please noooo…. don’t ask me to reapeat the same things you hear every day on the news….