The Cry of a Wounded Mother in Beirut

Mothers participate in a march against the political leadership they blame for the economic, financial crisis and August 4, 2020 Beirut blast

On the occasion of Mother’s Day, women marched next to the area where the explosion had occurred. Of course, they were the mothers of victims who perished on August 4. They held up high banners, which called on the political elite to surrender power. “The scream of every mother is ‘leave’,” one read. Another was inscribed: “We raised them inch by inch and you blew them up. Leave.”

Indeed, this was an emotional event for those women; they had lost in a blink of an eye their children whom they have worked so hard for to raise. Meanwhile, those responsible for this catastrophe, huddle up with their families in their luxurious houses as if it was just another usual day in Lebanon. For them, all the death and destruction in Lebanon is nothing but a natural occurrence.

Nevertheless, the MECC would like to wish all mothers a blessed day and hopes that all their prayers are answered. Maybe the joint prayer of mothers’ wounded hearts might actually change things for them and for all of Lebanon.

Communication and Public Relations Department