Lebanon
Lebanon is again in the news and most Filipinos know about Lebanon because of some 30,000 OFW´s there and the recent polemics about their evacuation.
Lebanon is again in the news and most Filipinos know about Lebanon because of some 30,000 OFW´s there and the recent polemics about their evacuation.
Hereunnder is what Khalil Gibran, a Lebanese writer and known author of "The Prophet," wrote about Lebanon many years ago which is true up to these days:
"My people died of hunger, and he who
Did not perish from starvation was
Butchered with the sword;
They perished from hunger
In a land rich with milk and honey.
They died because the vipers and
Sons of vipers spat out poison into
The space where the Holy Cedars and
The roses and the jasmine breathe
Their fragrance."
Khalil Gibran, Lebanese Writer, 1916
Author of "The Prophet"
Girbran´s words as follows are significant:
"In a land rich with milk and honey
They died because the vipers and
Sons of vipers spat out poison into
The space where the Holy Cedars and
Thr roses and the jasmine breathe
Their fragrance."