Nadim Ghantous – Lebanese are the most traumatized people in the world
November 2, 2023E
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We need cohesion in this country.
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The subject of today,
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is funny with, because we,
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everybody in the world trying to have
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diversity, integration,
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humanity,
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love, affection, caring,
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when in fact,
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we are totally far away from that.
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And it’s even getting worse.
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Divisions.
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Conflicts.
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Racism.
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Extremism.
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Far left, far right.
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And there is no stop to this.
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We live in a country that is
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unfortunately an example of that.
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If we look how we used to live
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in the sixties all together.
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One community, one society.
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When I was in school,
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I didn’t know who,
what was the religion
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of my friends in school.
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We had Christians, Muslims, Jews.
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Foreigners.
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Only after we grew up, we started
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you know, knowing who’s who.
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Unfortunately, today
we’re far from that.
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And I hope initiatives like this one
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or private initiatives that you’ll hear,
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will bring us back together.
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Because we need cohesion
in this country.
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And it’s getting worse by the day.
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Talking about trauma?
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Best place in the world, probably,
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I would say, before last week,
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because what’s happening now in Palestine
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is definitely traumatic.
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But what we’ve been going
through here for the last,
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not only the last
4 years were the worst,
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but the last 30, 40 years,
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I think we’re the most traumatized
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people in the world.
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And we keep fighting
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and we keep fighting
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and we continue doing what we can do.
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We all suffer from PTSD.
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I think we have the highest
consumption of Xanax per capita.
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Or the pharmacies can
track it down and confirm it.
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But even with that,
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I think we’re managing
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still to have a happy life,
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we try no matter what.
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And thanks to initiatives
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like what you will hear very soon.
