Mika expressed his pain following two explosions in Beirut, the city where he was born. The singer, whose mother is from Lebanon, explained feeling "so close" to the Lebanese people "devastated by the apocalypse" as he watches the events "from the other side of the Mediterranean" and sees the faces of his “brothers and sisters”.
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“In their eyes, I can feel their dread, their tears. I shudder when I see an injured person come out the back window of an old car, a young girl covered in blood in her father's arms, shocked residents running through the rubble, broken windows, and destroyed buildings… ” , he wrote in this long text posted on his Instagram account.
Hope
Anger is added to Mika's pain, he who sees in "these two explosions the symbol of a shattered system". The Big Girls (You Are Beautiful) interpreter speaks directly to the Lebanese Prime Minister, Hassan Diab, who "promised that the culprits will be" held responsible ". But those responsible for what? Those responsible for the 30 years of agony which transformed the land of cedars into a land of ashes ”.
Nevertheless, Mika has confidence in the “resilience, strength and solidarity nourished by the mixture of cultures” of the Lebanese people. “Tomorrow you will shine again as you did before. Music will be heard from the windows again. People will dance on your terraces and flavors will emanate from your kitchens. I'll be there, ”concluded Mika, who added several links to charities to help the population.
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