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My take on #TwestivalBeirut 2011
How was the Twestival you ask?
A W E S O M E !!!! A zero fault event!
Personally, since I joined the Twitter community, I attended Geekfests, Tweetups and Twestivals all with the same love and energy. But, I never took the mic before 
When I was asked to talk about my experience this year, I immediately said yes. But, deep inside, I was a bit confused. What do I say? What do I put on the slides? How many should I make? Will my message through clearly? Honestly, this whole thing gave me a few sleepless nights but I wanted to go through with it. What could be the worst that could happen? Get booed? 
I decided to make a word free presentation with strict minimum “shock” images, wear pink and “hit the stage”. I spoke like I was confessing a secret to my best friend. I let the honesty do the work for me and went with the flow. Cancer is not the easiest subject to tackle. It comes with a lot pain and fear in the background. I shared my experience from a healthy person’s perspective and how hard it was. (I barely can imagine how harder this must be for a woman with breast cancer undergoing chemotherapy)
All I kindly ask is: Remember. There is ALWAYS something that can be done, something that YOU can do with what you are already blessed with.
For those who listened, I hope the speech was good. If you feel there was something I could have done better, please do leave me a comment, I will really appreciate it!
Thank you again to every person who participated in the Splash of pink for the #TwestivalBeirut 2011, I also mentioned you in my presentation and exposed your awesome pink avatars!
Find the pictures of the event in the Twestival Beirut 2011 album on Flickr. (The pink wigs rock!)
Getting ready to talk about how I got my head shaved!
Photo made by @BigHajjar
Thank you to @SanaTawileh, @Naeema, @migheille, @LucyHanna for pulling all the efforts to make a great event! Thank you for the Cooking Team for the great food as well! Thank you for a non-smoking event too!
This was one hell of an event 100% made by awesome people who came together through Twitter and made a community!
Splash of pink for the #TwestivalBeirut 2011
As an awesome act of solidarity against breast cancer, tweeps have decided to get a pink avatar and tweet about #twestivalbeirut. We are going to tweet, meet and give in an effort to get funds to Faire Face, a Lebanese NGO against breast cancer.
Some went really creative! Thank you to everyone who went pink for #TwestivalBeirut 2011! See you there, in pink!
On another note: Did you go pink too? Send me your avatar and I will upload it! (In no particular order)
- @UxSoup
@AHAreej
@PhatimaHakimi
@Lebanese_Writer
@Shanty2
@yasminehajjar
@veepnMar1
@coo1pinK
@OneWigStand
@Rabih
@DanyAwad
@BeirutBilArabeh
@hadyfakhry
@Marilynzakhour
@Marilynzakhour
@SanaTawileh
@BigHajjar
@gabdallah
@gabdallah (credit: @ghinak6)
@MarieNakhle
@Zmasri
@lnlne
@naeema
@CrimsonBeirut
@sdarine
@eskaff
@krikOrianM
@nourboukhalil
@aymanitani (credit: @mayazankoul)
@wadad_a
@ritakml (credit: @DanyAwad)
@Jareedah
@cidbey
@caeser20
@Antoine_Online
@rayfouni
Where is your breast?
When I was young, I used to sit on grand-ma’s (that’s what I used to call her) lap to play. I could feel the irregularity on her chest. On one side there was a bump, while the other was flat.
-Where is your breast, grand-ma?
-On top of the fridge, she replied.
6 years old high, I would stand on the tip of my toes trying to get a glimpse of the lost breast on top of the fridge.
-Rita, dear, come here, she said. She lit a cigarette and continued:”Take a puff and let it be your last”, breathing her oxygen. I did. It gave me coughing tears.
When she passed away, people told me she went on a trip.
I still remember you grand-ma and I thank you for what you did. You pushed the smoking experience away from me and this was your way of saving a little girl.
On March 24, 2011 Twestival Beirut is happening. Be there!
“This year, Beirut’s Twestival Local 2011 has chosen to support a very pressing cause: Cancer, and will do so by endorsing ‘Faire Face‘, a Lebanese NGO that has been taking significant strides in it’s fight against cancer.”
