Բնագիրը կցուած է։ Attached is my Google aided transtion of Hampig Bilalian's article in «Aztag» Daily titled: 50 YEARS OF THE LEBANESE WAR: A BOOK OF MEMORIES: A GENERATION THAT LIVED THROUGH WAR BUT NEVER SAW PEACE (LEBANON 1975-2025). April 13, 1975 is generally accepted to be the start of Lebanese Civil War. The article is dated April 11, 2925, Vaհe H Apelian
The last years of the Lebanese civil war (1985-1990) had a different explanation. The past ten years seemed to be an experiment for the warring parties. In other words, the destruction, the bloodshed were taking on a new form, the nature of the bombings was changing, the fratricide was deepening, often between the same community or denomination.
A divided people, a fragmented country, isolated environments, armed groups here and there, gangs, people who were killing each other, crimes, the remains of a ruined and divided capital and the accumulation of black clouds.
Our generation had already entered the age of youth, had reached final grades, wanted to finish secondary school and enter university.
The escalating war was burning our youth life. The generation of 16-18 years old, after being swept away in the turmoil of war, already had a certain self-confidence and experience, with which they wanted to bypass fear and anxiety and live their age.
Indeed, one is shocked when one mentally returns to those years. A look back at the life of our generation, admiration already becomes predominant; in the sense that the boys and girls of the war generation were able to cross this or that imposed border and thrown into the abyss of life, simply to assert and impose their own will and thoughts.
In fact, the boys and girls of this generation, encouraged by unnatural - from their situation, they would weave tales. They often made their own versions of the life they imagined, inside and outside of school and during social gatherings or outings.
Apparently, they had come to the conviction that, as "sons" and "daughters" of war, having been saved them from explosions and ruins, their Creator had somehow given them a miraculous second life, from which they should make the most of it and give it meaning into the journey of life.
On the other hand, however, the momentum of the war was intensifying, after a certain peace, the country was entering a new phase of war, and the dreams of our generation to enjoy life and think about plans for the future were fading, because the days and years were so cruel, the death and ruins were so widespread that a person could hardly concentrate on himself and his family. on the security, livelihood, and immediate needs of their parents.
Nevertheless, as the boys and girls of this generation grew older, the more their hope for the future, their will to endure, and their disposition to cast aside all feelings and dispositions of surrender or heroism, grew stronger.
It must be admitted that, despite being a generation of war, they resisted, at the cost of experiencing death and destruction with their own eyes, and remained on the defensive, faithful to the call of their blood and upbringing, otherwise becoming masters of their parents, relatives, and immediate surroundings.
Our generation, which has reached the age of twenty, having passed the testing ground of baptism by fire, having broken through the abyss of harsh years, was able to preserve itself and not be carried away by the immoral, anti-national, or destructive habits of the day.
In fact, any war period, in addition to horror, also has the temptation to internally weaken and destroy a society. By the way, we were all familiar with the turmoil of youth, influenced by the use of drugs, unbridled sexuality, false and unusual attitudes, and the terrible current of false ideas that spread throughout the country.
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