|
One
year on, CCS remembers Liberation Day
By Rana Siblini
---
One year has already passed since the liberation of the South
of Lebanon from the Israeli occupation May 25, 2000. In the
first commemoration of this national victory, the Cultural Club
of the South organized an outdoor exhibition in the garden facing
Ada Dodge Hall from May 21-24, illustrating the process of liberation
through resistance. The exhibition was dedicated to the martyr
Nizar Saleh, an AUB electrical engineering graduate of 1992,
who died in action a day before the liberation. In a peaceful
setting among the trees, a series of pictures demonstrated the
stages of resistance in which different Lebanese groups participated,
such as the Communist Party, the Syrian Social Nationalist Party,
the Amal movement and the Islamic Resistance of Hizbullah, until
the days of liberation and celebration. "The whole thing is
really good since it gives value to what has happened. But the
only problem is that pictures should include some explanatory
captions, because somebody who was not there can not understand
exactly what happened and differentiate between Israeli and
resistance fighters," said Rouba Beydoun, a sophomore political
science major. Pictures of Nizar Saleh, his graduation diploma,
and some of his belongings were exhibited. Other pictures of
Israeli soldiers and collaborators were also displayed, with
some of their paraphernalia, such as army jackets, boots and
amunition. From the houses of collaborators, two certificates
given to them by the Israeli government for their cooperation,
were also exposed. A dummy representing Israeli Prime Minister
Ariel Sharon being hanged, attracted most of the visitors. All
along the ground of the exhibition, the Israeli flag was laid
down so that people could step on it, to express humiliation
for the Israelis. The Israeli flag led to a dead-end black tunnel
with a model prison intended "to remind everyone that there
are still people missing, and that part of our land is still
occupied," said Malik El-Khatib, president of the CCS. The exhibition
was accompanied by music, songs and films relevant to the time
of the resistance and the liberation. One movie was produced
especially for AUB by Al Manara television, focusing on the
Israeli reaction after their withdrawal and the triumph of the
Lebanese after regaining their land. The material and pictures
were provided by the War Press Department of Hizbullah, Ramzi
Haidar and resistance fighters themselves. The exhibition was
realized with the work of the members of the CCS, who never
hesitated to draw the attention of students to any occasion
evoking the cause of the Lebanese South. El-Khatib told Outlook
that further lectures concerning the liberation and stressing
on the Shebaa Farms still under Israeli control are to be held
during this week in collaboration with the Faculty of Engineering
and Architecture Student Representative Committee. The SRC of
the Faculty of Arts and Sciences contributed partly in financing
the event. |
|
