{"id":274400,"date":"2020-08-07T12:37:11","date_gmt":"2020-08-07T07:37:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/?p=274400"},"modified":"2020-08-07T12:37:11","modified_gmt":"2020-08-07T07:37:11","slug":"lebanese-bride-recounts-her-fearful-experience-during-blast-video","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/lebanese-bride-recounts-her-fearful-experience-during-blast-video\/","title":{"rendered":"Lebanese Bride Recounts Her Fearful Experience During Blast [Video]"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">29-year old bride Isra Seblani was in the middle of posing for her wedding video when the shocking blast hit Beirut.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In her long gown and veil, Isra\u2019s video was promising to be radiant, until a deafening roar and blast nearly blew her off her feet. The last clip in the video shows the people in the vicinity, including Isra, scrambling for safety.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As a doctor working in the US, she later revealed that she had stayed to check on the injured nearby before leaving the square. She spoke to Reuters about how hard it was to process what had happened.<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The Lebanese bride was posing on her wedding when blasts occured <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/BeruitBlast?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#BeruitBlast<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/s72Hi2FTau\">pic.twitter.com\/s72Hi2FTau<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Sana Mir (\u062b\u0646\u0627\u0621 \u0645\u06cc\u0631) (@burburrypoint) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/burburrypoint\/status\/1291085291990781953?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 5, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I have been preparing for my big day for two weeks and I was so happy like all other girls, \u2018I am getting married\u2019. My parents are going to be happy seeing me in a white dress, I will be looking like a princess.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">What happened during the explosion here &#8211; there is no word to explain &#8230; I was shocked, I was wondering what happened, am I going to die? How am I going to die?<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Her husband Subeih also expressed his shock and dismay at what had happened, which was blamed on explosive materials that weren\u2019t safely secured.<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"g1-fluid-wrapper-counter-1\" class=\"g1-fluid-wrapper \" style=\"width:662px;\" data-g1-fluid-width=\"662\" data-g1-fluid-height=\"372\">\n<div class=\"g1-fluid-wrapper-inner\" style=\"padding-bottom:56.19335347432%;\">\n<div data-mode=\"normal\" data-oembed=\"1\" data-provider=\"youtube\" id=\"arve-youtube-zszqlkysouk\" style=\"max-width:662px;\" class=\"arve\">\n<div class=\"arve-inner\">\n<div style=\"aspect-ratio:331\/186\" class=\"arve-embed arve-embed--has-aspect-ratio\">\n<div class=\"arve-ar\" style=\"padding-top:56.193353%\"><\/div>\n<p>\t\t\t<iframe allow=\"accelerometer &#039;none&#039;;autoplay &#039;none&#039;;bluetooth &#039;none&#039;;browsing-topics &#039;none&#039;;camera &#039;none&#039;;clipboard-read &#039;none&#039;;clipboard-write;display-capture &#039;none&#039;;encrypted-media &#039;none&#039;;gamepad &#039;none&#039;;geolocation &#039;none&#039;;gyroscope &#039;none&#039;;hid &#039;none&#039;;identity-credentials-get &#039;none&#039;;idle-detection &#039;none&#039;;keyboard-map &#039;none&#039;;local-fonts;magnetometer &#039;none&#039;;microphone &#039;none&#039;;midi &#039;none&#039;;otp-credentials &#039;none&#039;;payment &#039;none&#039;;picture-in-picture;publickey-credentials-create &#039;none&#039;;publickey-credentials-get &#039;none&#039;;screen-wake-lock &#039;none&#039;;serial &#039;none&#039;;summarizer &#039;none&#039;;sync-xhr;usb &#039;none&#039;;web-share;window-management &#039;none&#039;;xr-spatial-tracking &#039;none&#039;;\" allowfullscreen=\"\" class=\"arve-iframe fitvidsignore\" credentialless data-arve=\"arve-youtube-zszqlkysouk\" data-lenis-prevent=\"\" data-src-no-ap=\"https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/ZSzqlkYsOUk?feature=oembed&amp;iv_load_policy=3&amp;modestbranding=1&amp;rel=0&amp;autohide=1&amp;playsinline=0&amp;autoplay=0\" frameborder=\"0\" height=\"372\" loading=\"lazy\" name=\"\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-presentation allow-popups allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\" scrolling=\"no\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/ZSzqlkYsOUk?feature=oembed&#038;iv_load_policy=3&#038;modestbranding=1&#038;rel=0&#038;autohide=1&#038;playsinline=0&#038;autoplay=0\" title=\"\" width=\"662\"><\/iframe><\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cWe started to walk around and it was extremely sad, it was not describable the devastation and the sound of the explosion,\u201d he said. \u201cWe are still in shock &#8230; I have never heard anything similar to the sound of this explosion.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Although it was hard for the couple, both of them are trying to keep preparations going and go on with their big day.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cMy husband told me to continue, we can\u2019t stop. I was like okay, why not, we continue. I was not living the moment actually, I was like walking, my face was smiling, my lips were smiling, that\u2019s it, not more. Then we went to have a dinner.\u201d Seblani said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Subeih is waiting for his US visa so he can join his wife. The blast on Tuesday just proved to Seblani that as much as she loves Lebanon, living there is not an option.<\/span><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p style=\"text-align: center; letter-spacing: 5px; font-size: 16px; margin: 0;\">ALSO READ<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a style=\"font-size: 20px; font-weight: 600; font-family: Raleway ,sans-serif;\" href=\"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/article-370-is-a-riveting-short-film-about-kashmiris-under-siege\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Article 370 is a Riveting Short Film About Kashmiris Under Siege<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>29-year old bride Isra Seblani was in the middle of posing for her wedding video when the shocking blast hit Beirut. In her long gown and veil, Isra\u2019s video was promising to be radiant, until a deafening roar and blast nearly blew her off her feet. The last clip in the video shows the people in the vicinity, including Isra, [&hellip;] <a class=\"g1-link g1-link-more\" href=\"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/lebanese-bride-recounts-her-fearful-experience-during-blast-video\/\">More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":77,"featured_media":274401,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1298,2199],"tags":[],"adace-sponsor":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-274400","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-culture","8":"category-featured"},"wps_subtitle":"Isra Seblani's wedding video was interrupted in a way she could never imagine. 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