Lebanese actress Nadine Nassib Njeim announced - through her Twitter account - her decision to leave her country, Lebanon, "and to travel to a safer place where the people are respected and free of fear," after she was injured and her house was damaged following the explosion of Beirut port last Tuesday, which caused deaths and injuries and caused great damage.
From the moment, from the hospital, I made a decision: I will leave the country and live in safety in another country whose people will respect the best of what has left in a country whose rulers are thugs and death. But you are digging under the dirt, we are returning to our homeland other than this, what is not necessary to tell? Thank you.
- Nadine Nassib Njeim (@nadinenjeim) August 9, 2020
And in a previous tweet, she expressed her fear and regret for the victims of the explosion, and said that God gave her a new life.
My tears are not drying up and fear is stealing sleep from my eyes Thank God every second My children are fine and Jesus is giving me a new age My face is bruising the wounds well but the psychological is not good The injured🙏🏻
- Nadine Nassib Njeim (@nadinenjeim) August 6, 2020
Njeim had previously published a video clip on her Instagram account showing the effects of the destruction of her home, and narrated her painful experience in the accident, as the explosion was near her home.
She described the incident on the ground as more horrific than one could imagine, adding that she was forced to go down the stairs of her 22-story house, barefoot and soaked in blood.
She also said that blood and destruction were everywhere around her, and she went to the nearest hospital, but she did not receive treatment in it because it was full of victims, so she moved to another hospital and underwent surgery for 6 hours, and the actress described the accident as a nuclear bomb.
Tweeters interacted with Nadine Njeim's tweet that she has the right to leave the country and go to another safer country, due to poor living in Lebanon and the negligence of officials, which was evident with the explosion of the port, while others denounced her decision, considering it a lack of adherence to the homeland and no responsibility to stand with it in difficult circumstances.
Oh, oh, honey in the country ... But be optimistic, my dear, they are at the end of our lives, tens of years, and they are robbing us and destroying us and killing our souls, how many years after they have lost their lives!
Your heart safety ❤️
- Sara Abdo (@SaraNewsy) August 9, 2020