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Support Edward Maalouf

Posted by N10452

Edward Maalouf is a Lebanese disabled sportsman who is right now competing in the Paralympics in China and has just won a bronze medal few hours ago.

He has still another competition on the 14th( the road race) in which he is a favorite and might win Lebanon its first olympic gold medal.

You can check all about Edward on his website.

Name : Edward Maalouf
Date of birth : December 11, 1968
Place of birth : Lebanon
Residence : Capelle aan den IJssel, The Netherlands
Disability : Paraplegic Th9 spinal cord injury
Handbike : Handbike Quickie-Sopur [Sunrise Medical]
Goal : 2008 Beijing (Paralympics games)
“One Word One Dream”


Filed under: Lebanon
Posted by N10452 on 09.12.08 @ 8:39 am |

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21 Comments. Add your own...

  • 1. paul | September 12th, 2008 at 11:36 am

    1000 mabrouk… 3al2alile wa7ad min halsha3b l3azim tili3 minno chi…minne wjorr :D

  • 2. N10452 | September 12th, 2008 at 11:51 am

    Guys some respect ..

  • 3. paul | September 12th, 2008 at 11:55 am

    ok N,I will try to improve myself.

  • 4. Silvana | September 12th, 2008 at 1:03 pm

    Well that is awesome news, congratulations to him.

  • 5. Fuziyad | September 12th, 2008 at 1:23 pm

    Edgar Maalouf?????

  • 6. N10452 | September 12th, 2008 at 1:31 pm

    Edward Edward :-)
    haydek ma 2elo 3aze :D

  • 7. sam | September 12th, 2008 at 1:57 pm

  • 8. N10452 | September 12th, 2008 at 3:19 pm

    Dude this is not a political forum defending one political party’s view or representing it …

    ba3den go and disrespect khomeini on it .. chefle 2adde bitdayin .. unless u can insult anyone then its a disrespectful forum not a democratic one :-)

  • 9. sam | September 12th, 2008 at 3:32 pm

    N .. i gave you a link where there is a good topic you can post your view.. why do they hate nassrallah :)…
    but yet.. you will not find any forum where you can disrispect there leaders as here,, u can criticise.. but with respect ..that i agree.. you are giving an extra level of democracy..
    bestregards

  • 10. kezballah | September 12th, 2008 at 4:04 pm

    N sorry bro but I have to take off 1 democracy point for deleting my post ;-)

    paul don’t improve too much to become too serious we still want to laugh and we can’t rely on Omega and the Aounis they have never made me smile yet :-)

  • 11. N10452 | September 12th, 2008 at 4:24 pm

    Kezballah,
    FYI using the word retarded or mentally challenged is a disrespect to people with this disease .. its not like saying stupid and its very inappropriate and i am sure you will understand :-)

    So u should grant me an extra point for deleting this post ..

  • 12. Rodge | September 12th, 2008 at 6:30 pm

    Congratulations,

    We should all support this guy Edward Maalouf, since he represents what Lebanon should be.
    But on the other hand, we should ask whether he could have made this achievement if he is living in Lebanon and sponsored (of course not) by the Lebanese Government.

    It becomes a habit to see Lebanese abroad making history, while the ones in Lebanon are busy with politics and daily concerns

  • 13. Toufic. | September 12th, 2008 at 7:35 pm

    Cher N10452,

    Mon prénom est Toufic.Je suis un Libanais vivant en France.

    Je voulais simplement te dire que tous les jours je lis avec beaucoup de plaisir les articles que tu mets en ligne sur ce blog.

    Je trouve que tu fais un travail remarquable.Je teins à te féliciter car en plus on peut constater que tu aimes effectivement ton pays et que tu es surtout quelqu’un de très humain et cet article que tu viens de publier le prouve.

    Keep on that way.

    Take care.

    Toufic.

  • 14. kezballah | September 12th, 2008 at 8:17 pm

    N min 3ayni all the points for democracy on the blog I am the first to give you credit because you deserve it. I am for letting everyone say what they think unless they mean to be disrespectful with insults because that is not expressing an idea. I said congratulations to Edward and then I talked about Olympics for mentally disabled where Lebanese will win all gold medals. You are right that my comment can be considered politically incorrect, but in my view it is only disrespectful to disabled people if I mean it in a disrespectful way, which I think is clear that I didn’t mean it to offend someone with the disease, I am not using the term in the litteral sense. The disabled people I have been around don’t like to be treated in a special way or to make them feel different so I am not used to wearing gloves when I talk about it. But your point is also valid and I thank you for your correction,

  • 15. N10452 | September 12th, 2008 at 8:29 pm

    Kezballah,
    I know you didnt mean it, but i d rather refrain from using those terms because you will surely be misunderstood :-)

  • 16. N10452 | September 12th, 2008 at 8:31 pm

    Cher Toufic,
    Merci pour ton message et j’espere te voir participer plus vivement pas juste me lire.

    Merci de nouveau.

  • 17. paul | September 12th, 2008 at 8:53 pm

    Kezballah,improve, but in wich direction? :-)

  • 18. paul | September 12th, 2008 at 8:54 pm

    sam ,yalla ta3a n3abbilak 2idbara ta nsallmak maktab l ouwet bil Da7ieh.

  • 19. sam | September 12th, 2008 at 8:58 pm

    khalile yeek khaye paul :)

  • 20. willy1000 | September 13th, 2008 at 10:30 am

    Great ,

    Although we met once at Hazmieh i am happy you did it,

    Good Luck, and thousands of maabrouks

  • 21. Rima | September 13th, 2008 at 4:45 pm

    Kizballah and N

    I am not sure what term Kizballah used regarding people with disability but I follow a list of non-discriminatory terms when I write formally…I know that it is preferable to use peoples with disabilities, people with vision impairement instead of disabled or blind…
    Cheers



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