This is By Christel Abou Habib

This is for the country I dreamed of all along
This is for the people unified and strong
This is for the family that I always fought for
This is for the people of all shapes and forms
This is for the county that overcame all these storms
This is for all the expats that couldn’t stay and for all the taxes that we have to pay
This is for all the opinions that we were forbidden to say
This is for all the work that I can’t find in my domain
This is for all the poor people and the number is insane
This is for all the power that we will obtain
This is for all the artists: painters, actors, poets… who never got a chance
This is for all the happiest depressed people no matter the circumstance
This is for the villages that we want to preserve
This is for all the rights that we damn well deserve
And they had the nerve,
They had the nerve to call Lebanon theirs
This is for my Lebanon and for my revolution in every institution