À mon père, en mémoire de son père.

À l’occasion de la cinquième année de la disparition de mon père, j’ai pensé lui faire plaisir là où il est, en rendant hommage à son père qu’il aimait tant. Car je sais combien il l’admirait. Combien son regard brillait à chaque souvenir partagé.
Et aujourd’hui, c’est mon tour de porter sa voix et de lui offrir ce témoignage.
Hommage à un grand homme dans l’histoire du Liban.
Mon grand-père était un homme remarquable. Pas seulement pour sa famille, mais pour son pays tout entier.
Il fut chef de chantier naval du port de Beyrouth, directeur de la DHP, et l’un des quatre fondateurs de la faculté de génie de l’Université Saint-Joseph, où il a enseigné pendant 25 ans, transmettant son savoir avec rigueur et passion.
Pour ces accomplissements, il a reçu la Légion d’honneur libanaise(Ordre du Cèdre), ainsi que cinq médailles d’honneur du travail. Mais au-delà des titres, c’était sa grandeur d’âme qui marquait ceux qui croisaient son chemin.
Le courage d’un résistant.

Pendant la Première Guerre mondiale, le Liban a connu la faim, la misère, la peur. Sous l’emprise de l’Empire ottoman, Jamal Bacha le Sanguinaire faisait régner la terreur, confisquant les récoltes, affamant la population.
Mon grand-père a alors fait ce que peu auraient osé :
il a nourri clandestinement les affamés, en redistribuant les céréales et les légumineuses saisies par l’armée ottomane. Un acte de résistance discret, mais héroïque. Il a failli être pendu pour cela. Il avait reçu un télégramme lui ordonnant de se rendre au Grand Sérail le 19 octobre et il savait qu’il ne s’en sortira pas. Mais le sort a voulu autrement : Le 7 octobre 1918, la guerre a pris fin et Jamal Bacha a quitté le pays le lendemain. L’Histoire ne l’a pas oublié
et n’a pas oublié non plus Joseph Arayess.
.
En hommage d’un père admiré; un lien sacré.
Mon père n’a jamais cessé de parler de lui avec émotion et fierté. Il ne s’agissait pas seulement d’un lien de sang, mais d’un lien de cœur, tissé d’admiration, d’humilité et d’amour. Pour lui, son père n’était pas simplement un homme honorable. C’était son modèle, son guide, sa boussole dans la vie.
Je me souviens de la façon dont il évoquait son regard, sa voix, ses silences, ses combats. Il disait souvent : « Mon père était un grand homme, et j’espère en être digne. »


Transmettre la mémoire.
Aujourd’hui, je suis celle qui porte cette mémoire. Je veux que le monde sache ce que mon père portait en lui.
Qu’il y a eu, dans notre lignée, un homme qui a construit, qui a résisté, qui a enseigné, un homme qui a donné sans compter, au risque de sa vie.
Et en le célébrant, je rends hommage à mon père. Parce qu’aimer c’est aussi perpétuer.
Et que se souvenir, c’est parfois la plus belle forme de fidélité.
Que vos âmes se retrouvent.
Peut-être qu’aujourd’hui, là-haut, ils se retrouvent. Peut-être que mon père lui parle encore avec la même admiration. Et, peut-être que mon grand-père, avec ce regard doux et fier, lui répond : « Tu m’as toujours honoré, mon fils. Et maintenant, c’est ta fille qui nous rassemble, dans l’amour et la mémoire. »
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