{"id":2530,"date":"2009-12-01T11:22:47","date_gmt":"2009-12-01T09:22:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mayazankoul.com\/?p=2530"},"modified":"2009-12-01T11:22:47","modified_gmt":"2009-12-01T09:22:47","slug":"aids-in-lebanon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mayazankoul.com\/amalgam\/aids-in-lebanon\/","title":{"rendered":"AIDS&#8230; in Lebanon?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align:left;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2531\" title=\"1-AIDS-AWARENESS-LEBANON\" src=\"https:\/\/mayazankoul.com\/amalgam\/amalgam\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/1-aids-awareness-lebanon.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"444\" height=\"637\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mayazankoul.com\/amalgam\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/1-aids-awareness-lebanon.jpg 444w, https:\/\/mayazankoul.com\/amalgam\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/1-aids-awareness-lebanon-209x300.jpg 209w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 444px) 100vw, 444px\" \/><\/p>\n<p 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https:\/\/mayazankoul.com\/amalgam\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/2-types-of-aids-227x300.jpg 227w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 446px) 100vw, 446px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color:#ffffff;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color:#ffffff;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color:#ffffff;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color:#ffffff;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color:#ffffff;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:left;\">\n<p style=\"text-align:left;\">\n<p style=\"text-align:left;\">\n<p style=\"text-align:left;\">\n<p style=\"text-align:left;\">\n<p style=\"text-align:left;\">\n<p style=\"text-align:left;\">\n<p style=\"text-align:left;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2533\" title=\"3-AIDS-HIV\" src=\"https:\/\/mayazankoul.com\/amalgam\/amalgam\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/3-aids-hiv.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"447\" height=\"475\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mayazankoul.com\/amalgam\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/3-aids-hiv.jpg 447w, https:\/\/mayazankoul.com\/amalgam\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/3-aids-hiv-282x300.jpg 282w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 447px) 100vw, 447px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color:#ffffff;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color:#ffffff;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color:#ffffff;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color:#ffffff;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color:#ffffff;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:left;\">\n<p style=\"text-align:left;\">\n<p style=\"text-align:left;\">\n<p style=\"text-align:left;\">\n<p style=\"text-align:left;\">\n<p style=\"text-align:left;\">\n<p style=\"text-align:left;\">\n<p style=\"text-align:left;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2534\" title=\"4-no-aids-in-lebanon\" src=\"https:\/\/mayazankoul.com\/amalgam\/amalgam\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/4-no-aids-in-lebanon.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"448\" height=\"645\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mayazankoul.com\/amalgam\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/4-no-aids-in-lebanon.jpg 448w, https:\/\/mayazankoul.com\/amalgam\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/4-no-aids-in-lebanon-208x300.jpg 208w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 448px) 100vw, 448px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color:#ffffff;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color:#ffffff;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color:#ffffff;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color:#ffffff;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color:#ffffff;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:left;\">\n<p style=\"text-align:left;\">\n<p style=\"text-align:left;\">\n<p style=\"text-align:left;\">\n<p style=\"text-align:left;\">\n<p style=\"text-align:left;\">\n<p style=\"text-align:left;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2535\" title=\"5-tv-is-boring\" src=\"https:\/\/mayazankoul.com\/amalgam\/amalgam\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/5-tv-is-boring.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"447\" height=\"609\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mayazankoul.com\/amalgam\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/5-tv-is-boring.jpg 447w, https:\/\/mayazankoul.com\/amalgam\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/5-tv-is-boring-220x300.jpg 220w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 447px) 100vw, 447px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color:#ffffff;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color:#ffffff;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color:#ffffff;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color:#ffffff;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color:#ffffff;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:left;\">\n<p style=\"text-align:left;\">\n<p style=\"text-align:left;\">\n<p style=\"text-align:left;\">\n<p style=\"text-align:left;\">\n<p style=\"text-align:left;\">\n<p style=\"text-align:left;\">\n<p style=\"text-align:left;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2536\" title=\"6-silence\" src=\"https:\/\/mayazankoul.com\/amalgam\/amalgam\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/6-silence.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"447\" height=\"493\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mayazankoul.com\/amalgam\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/6-silence.jpg 447w, https:\/\/mayazankoul.com\/amalgam\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/6-silence-272x300.jpg 272w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 447px) 100vw, 447px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color:#ffffff;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color:#ffffff;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color:#ffffff;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color:#ffffff;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color:#ffffff;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:left;\">\n<p style=\"text-align:left;\">\n<p style=\"text-align:left;\">\n<p style=\"text-align:left;\">\n<p style=\"text-align:left;\">\n<p style=\"text-align:left;\">\n<p style=\"text-align:left;\">\n<p style=\"text-align:left;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2537\" title=\"7-hiv-positive\" src=\"https:\/\/mayazankoul.com\/amalgam\/amalgam\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/7-hiv-positive.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"448\" height=\"668\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mayazankoul.com\/amalgam\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/7-hiv-positive.jpg 448w, https:\/\/mayazankoul.com\/amalgam\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/7-hiv-positive-201x300.jpg 201w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 448px) 100vw, 448px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:left;\">\n<p style=\"text-align:left;\">\n<p style=\"text-align:left;\">\n<p style=\"text-align:left;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2538\" title=\"8-raise-awareness-aids\" src=\"https:\/\/mayazankoul.com\/amalgam\/amalgam\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/8-raise-awareness-aids.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"447\" height=\"179\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mayazankoul.com\/amalgam\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/8-raise-awareness-aids.jpg 447w, https:\/\/mayazankoul.com\/amalgam\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/8-raise-awareness-aids-300x120.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 447px) 100vw, 447px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:left;\">\n<p style=\"text-align:left;\">_ _<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:left;\"><em><strong><span style=\"color:#888888;\">Translation of Arabic sentences:<\/span><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:left;\"><em><span style=\"color:#888888;\">&#8220;B3id el sharr: God forbid!<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:left;\"><em><span style=\"color:#888888;\">Sayer bi zahi2 hal TV: TV is so boring lately<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:left;\"><em><span style=\"color:#888888;\">Sketo Naji tole3 ma3o sida. la2to mnel philipiniyye: Rumour has it that Naji is HIV positive! He caught it from the domestic worker at his house.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:left;\"><em><span style=\"color:#888888;\">Lah ya 7aram ya Rosanne. Shou hal ossa!: Oh no! Poor Rosanne.. What a disaster!&#8221;<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:left;\"><em><span style=\"color:#888888;\">_ _<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:left;\">So, today is <a href=\"http:\/\/www.worldaidsday.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">World Aids Day 2009.<\/a> In Lebanon, sex and all its derivatives are still rather taboo subjects. Besides, the not-so-alarming numbers of HIV-positive people makes the issue not-so-alarming comparing to other political or social problems. However, why wait until it is spread like in some other countries? The increasing sex-tourism approach to Lebanon, combined with the very high lack of STD awareness in Lebanon (mainly due to non-secular school systems) AIDS is very vulnerable to spread, and to spread fast. Let us not forget to raise awareness about it everytime we get the chance.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:left;\">Other Lebanese bloggers on World Aids Day:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:left;\">\u2022\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/cafethawra.blogspot.com\/2009\/11\/world-aids-day-stop-aids-keep-promise.html\" target=\"_blank\">Caf\u00e9 Thawra<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:left;\">\u2022\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/chanty.over-blog.org\/article-world-aids-day--40361866.html\" target=\"_blank\">Chantal<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:left;\">\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . _ _ Translation of Arabic sentences: &#8220;B3id el sharr: God forbid! Sayer bi zahi2 hal TV: TV is so boring lately Sketo Naji tole3 ma3o [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"mc4wp_mailchimp_campaign":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[43,98,126,212,563,564,675,804,972,1003,1154,1202,1271,1280],"class_list":["post-2530","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-social-stories","tag-aids","tag-awareness","tag-beirut","tag-campaign","tag-hiv","tag-hiv-positive","tag-lebanon","tag-neswen-foron","tag-reporter","tag-salon","tag-tantet","tag-tv","tag-women","tag-world-aids-day"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mayazankoul.com\/amalgam\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2530","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mayazankoul.com\/amalgam\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mayazankoul.com\/amalgam\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mayazankoul.com\/amalgam\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mayazankoul.com\/amalgam\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2530"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mayazankoul.com\/amalgam\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2530\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mayazankoul.com\/amalgam\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2530"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mayazankoul.com\/amalgam\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2530"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mayazankoul.com\/amalgam\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2530"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}