After a powerful blast on Aug. 4 killed more than 200 people in Beirut and left 300,000 homeless, Gaëlle Moutran did what many young people in Beirut felt compelled to do in the ensuing days: film what was happening around her.
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@SJW-134 years agoThe people of beirut are so beautiful. I had no idea. Im so sorry this happened and all the other struggles. I hope this is the beginning of peace and economic growth. Prayers from southern california. ~Shelley. 88
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@raventhelabrador26654 years agoI love how strong this woman is and how much she loves her country even with everything going on in the country she still said " good night beirut. ...Expand37
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@josefg52124 years agoFrom peru all my best regards to the people in lebanon. 57
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@michellesharman7824 years agoThe determination and compassion of the people of beirut is inspiring. Stay strong. From the uk. 9
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@neronpapadopoulos43484 years agoTotally heartbreaking. love to lebanon from greece. best regards. 26
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@trilobiteninmortalis4 years agoDo not lose your faith, do not lose your hope! be strong! All my love for the lebanese people from mexico! 28
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@tipesreee4 years agoBeautiful city. From nyc)god bless you people. 13
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@axlslak4 years agoLove from romania for you lebanon. Stay strong you beautiful people. 4
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@bambangharyonosoeroso4 years agoBest regards to the people in the city of beirut and the whole lebanon. Stay safe and be strong. From jakarta, indonesia. Hearts and prayers be with you. 8
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@eclecticmisfit13854 years agoPraying for your situation in lebanon in jesus name, amen. 32
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@justamom86714 years agoI cant stop my self from crying. Love from the philippines. Love from btsarmy. 19
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@muratmurat51284 years agoMy best regards from istanbul to the people in beirut. Long live lebanon! 9
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@suthrnmd4 years agoI' m so sorry for the loss of life and destruction of your beautiful city. I hope your hearts hold on to hope and that life will improve for you all.. ...Expand30
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@ofwkirogvlogs83474 years agoMy tears my cries my feeling are so sad to what happened in lebanon blasst but. God will not forget about him there is hope in be strong for you girl. Hallelujah amen. 11
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@abcabc-gx3le4 years agoPray for lebanon and the people. Lebanom is the country tht i loveos myis my home. Rise up lenanon. 28
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@TangentOmega4 years agoThanks for sharing this part of your life with us. Lots of love and prayers to everyone in beirut. 3
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@jacquelinegonzalez81174 years agoWriting here from america. Very saddened to see such a devastating situation and great loss to the lebanese people. I hope you all can rebuild quickly,. ...Expand8
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@govaert74 years agoLove from. Lebanon is my absolute favorite country, with the best food in the world and an ancient cultural heritage to be proud of. Sad to see all t id="hidden7"his destruction, chaos and misery. But we hope all your lives will improve. ...Expand8
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@MrTabbart4 years agoWhy the hell am i crying! This got to me. 17
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@Kartzzedits4 years agoThis looks like a disaster movie for me, but holy hell it' s real. 62
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@davidrangel93714 years agoYour people are strong and beautiful had no idea you all suffered thru your history this sheds a lot of light on your country ill be praying that god will meet your needs in every which way from california usa. 1
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@ronnienestor4 years agoThe video is great. It was presented in a calmly manner but message is clear. Powerful. 2
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@MrMarkec244 years agoGood luck to people of libanon and city beirut. Your suffering is immense and all that you have gone through as a people of the state. Now or never, id="hidden9" it' s time to return the state to the people. And rise from this like a phoenix from the ashes. From croatia. ...Expand1
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@sparkysal4 years agoThank you for doing this video, im so saddened by what happened in beruit, be strong, and never give up. From new zealand. 1
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@joseparedes96724 years agoDesde el peru. Tenga fe. Todo pasara y esten muy unidos. 7
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@teateekg68294 years agoStay strong for a beautiful city and all the amazing people. 1
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@lucysmith74004 years agoA beautiful country with beautiful people yet so much destruction and devastation, so unnecessary. 2
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@trillvirgo4 years agoThis is absolutely heartbreaking and beautiful at the same time. This woman and her family' s resilience and hopefulness is so inspiring.
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@xMMMLK4 years agoBest of luck, sending my thoughts and prayers. 3
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@elena1965054 years agoStay strong, be brave, dont give up, lebanon! A lot of love from america to beirut! What a wonderful people.
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@artedejali4 years agoReminds me of my puerto rico both after hurricane maria and the earthquakes relief will come quick. Just a little while longer. 4
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@1tera2854 years agoThank you for showing us what life is sadly like for yourself and others living there atm, i' m so sorry to hear of this massive tragedy where so many. ...Expand
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@sydneypersonalchef4 years agoWhat a beautiful sharing. Touching and straight to the heart. 1
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@davidlaltlankima72152 years agoWhat a strong a woman. Love you from india.
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@bachpregil59024 years agoGod bless beirut! The world prays for you especially me from the.
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@debracaron43754 years agoStay strong and safe, peace & love from usa. 1
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@chiriorozco4 years agoSending my love and prayers for all the beautiful people of beirut.
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@colinrichards84234 years agoGod bless you in beirut, this was a terrible thing to happen, corrupt government, but beautiful people. We pray for you, stay strong, we are here to id="hidden11" support you. God bless you all, the world sees your pain. We pray for your healing. From england. ...Expand1
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@jamilaf114 years agoSuch a wholesome and heartwarming video. 1
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@peggilakatos55234 years agoWhat a strong person! Hope is all we have to hang on to these days. My best wishes for all in beirut to a good recovery! My prayers are with all.
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@johnclark-zd5ut4 years agoMuch love from america our hearts go out to you we all hope you will be able to rebuild. 7
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@patrickmichael27604 years agoFrom florida. Thank you for sharing. Lebanese people are resilient. We are with you.
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@Michalis2m4 years agoVery inspiring, stirs up a lot of emotions. Thanks for posting at such a difficult time, my thoughts and prayers go out to your families, your city and. ...Expand
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@NiallMS14 years agoWhat spirit and resilience the people have. Also wonderful to see women so free to express themselves!
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@arainla4 years agoGreat video and sad story. You earned my vote to subscribe. 1
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@14NINASKY4 years agoFrom morocco. Best regards for the people of lebanon, our prayers are with you.
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@thunderstar83964 years agoMy dad is armenian, born and raised in lebanon. the amount of power and dedication the lebanese people have, is something to strive for. id="hidden13" />i know you have your limits as well though, and i hope and wish, that a real peoples goverment will rise out of the ashes. much love and peace, always. ...Expand1
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@MrBen1011994 years agoWhen you start going to the protest, i teared up. Here i am, planning for a domestic vacation, hoping to contribute a little to our economy post-lockdown,. ...Expand
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@JeevanThapaOfficial4 years agoI pray and hope things gets easier and everything gets better as soon as possible!
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@pacerodi4 years agoLove to lebanon, from brazil. Stay strongh!
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@paigetganathompson288884 years agoI am sorry for your beautiful uncalled for losses all my aroha love from kaikohe aotearoa new zealand. 1
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@Scampergirl3 years agoHow could have officials failed these poor people soprayers of hope and recovery to beirut.
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@chrisgreen45794 years agoWhen all is lost thank god for what you still have. 2
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@lalakuma94 years agoThe vlogger is very lucky to still have her family, her fiance, and a relatively intact home. Although i would be very scared to be near the glass-less. ...Expand
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@kenmahoney52554 years agoI don' t know what to say? Hold them accountable! 5
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@Trainways_MTL4 years agoYou guys are living your best making what you can and thats great! Always staying positive: 4
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@cristinaferreira22304 years agoThis is so sad i' m sorry for what happened god bless you all.
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@nayruba21354 years agoI feel so sorry; stay stong best regards from. 1
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@harshachavda15414 years agoIt' s sad, yet amazing to see so much courage and hope. When everything goes wrong then the only way out is being right. I pray for lebanon, for our. ...Expand
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@blackwonderK34 years agoI always get emotional seeing people fighting for their rights! Stay strong beirut!
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@victorvandyke98984 years agoI hope you all find peace and happiness.
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@alekad85714 years agoI love you too its wonderful how bright you have.
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@angellehull79494 years agoSending prayers and blessings from ontario canada, may allah give the people of lebanon strength, courage, peace and comfort during these rough times, i . ...Expand
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@janehollander19344 years agoMy heart breaks for all the lebanese people. I cried when i saw the unfolding of this earth shattering disaster in beirut, being reported on th bbc news. I donated directly to the international red cross who are there " on thei wasof donating towards the goverment. It' s truly heart breaking. How much can a country & it' s people take? I remember a dutchsong from the 80' s that sang about lebanon as a war-torn land where kids played among the rubble. ...Expand4
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@henryabner94824 years agoStay strong use your anger to rebuild. Dont use violence to destroy the city more. Use all the negative energy to rebuild.
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@troygreen93214 years agoOne thing' s for sure is we all live in horrible times no matter where we are.
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@marcosyamin11494 years agoThis was so heartbreaking yet so moving and inspiring. I admire lebanese people a lot.
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@simonkim714 years agoCondolesence on sacrified good people, espcially for fire fighters who were extingusing the fire before massive explosion. And i hope the lebanon people. ...Expand1
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@ForbiddenHistoryLIVE4 years agoThank you for this < ovo> peace & enlyghtenment alwayz dezert-owl. 1
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@Joseph-xg8ov4 years agoImagine a smaller government and bigger hearts. 14
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@Rufio_Tane4 years agoAt the end when she talks about the long fight, what are you fighting for? Do you even know why you' re fighting? The best part for me was the father making breakfast, now thats courage. 1
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@pbhushanbsb4 years agoMy poor lebanon. My prayers are with u. I say " my" because even though i' m an indian, since the time i visited lebanon in 2011 i feel id="hidden21" i must' ve been born there sometime y' know. My previous births maybe. I felt one with beirut. love!. ...Expand1
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@Itsmarieanne4 years agoVery sad because we dont really have a say anymore, and we are being fed that it was an accident and an act of negligence, they even have proof prepared a . ...Expand6
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@LdyButterflyDMG4 years agoTerrible. Just terrible what happened. And from everything learned so far, it was completely avoidable. 14
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@nilswestman40134 years agoI' ve seen many clips now about this tragedy. it seems like people are very good at speaking english. is this just in beirut or in the entire country? 1
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@danielt27384 years agoLe time a bien travaill. Bon reportage. La jeunesse exprime son mcontentement. Les remaniements ministriels non rien rsolu. Pourquoi entreposer san id="hidden24"s contrle. Qui commande les marchandises pour qui? Les gens deviennent des pourritures humaines: entreposant n' importe ou, n' importe quoi, dans les parties communes privatives, et autre. Comme ducation ou sens de la vie? La croyance est un leurre. Time has worked well. Good report. Youth expresses their discontent. Ministerial reshuffles not resolved anything. Why store without control. Who orders the goods for whom? People become human rots: storing anywhere, anything, in private common areas, and so on. As education or meaning of life? Belief is a delusion. 16 days later. ...Expand
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@ricneo16824 years agoGreatest movie plot of all time and it will be call 2020: everyone is part of it dont worry.
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@nafeesaabbas4194 years agoSorry for u all and my family there! Stay safe.
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love to lebanon from greece.
best regards. 26
be strong! All my love for the lebanese people from mexico! 28
both after hurricane maria and the earthquakes
relief will come quick. Just a little while longer. 4
the amount of power and dedication the lebanese people have, is something to strive for.
id="hidden13" />i know you have your limits as well though, and i hope and wish, that a real peoples goverment will rise out of the ashes.
much love and peace, always. ...Expand 1
peace & enlyghtenment alwayz
dezert-owl. 1
love!. ...Expand 1
it seems like people are very good at speaking english.
is this just in beirut or in the entire country? 1