To the producers of entertainment and entertainment programmes… The Lebanese are not beggars

It is true that during the days of fasting, repentance, and prayer, acts of mercy abound, and those who perform them from all sects are keen to ensure that their left hand does not know what their right hand is doing. The most important thing is that the dignity of the recipient is preserved, even if the needs are urgent, but striving for it must not deprive those seeking it unless they would accept it. A day when the days were days of goodness and glory, and a day when the Lebanese would not accept to bear what fell on the ground, even if it was half of it.

Charity work is not complete unless it is coupled with preserving the dignity of any human being, regardless of the degree of his need for what he prefers. This work would be acceptable before God if it was not accompanied by boasting, boasting, bragging, praising the beautiful, and love of showing off.
This is what was prevalent in the old days before mercy dried up in the hearts of many, and it still characterizes those who give alms with joy, because they believe that in free giving there is a joy that is unparalleled by any other joy. The reward for those who give silently and without noise or uproar may be great before the Lord of the Worlds, who commands in His holy books that no beggar should be turned away, or that a door should be closed in the face of any needy person. There are many examples in this regard.
As for what we are witnessing these days on some television screens, which compete to “humiliate” citizens through the gifts they bestow in kind and material, whether in Lebanese pounds or dollars, it exceeds all limits of decency in dealing with the public, which we see instinctively following a wave of Cheap commercial and marketing use, as the developers and providers of these programs adopt methods that, to say the least, push citizens into a kind of begging, with the accompanying distortion of the meanings of giving that may not be intended.
What we witness every day on these screens is disheartening, especially when hands are raised in the air seeking undeserved profit, with the ostentation that accompanies this process in practicing what contradicts human dignity, the level of demand among some has reached the limits of insolence in the absence of the factor of modesty. Who often accompanied every person asking for a need. It was said: Do not ask a prince to be equal to him. This statement contains a lot of elevation, self-esteem, pride, and pride, and these are traits that we see falling apart every day and on live television.
The need today, due to the economic and financial crises, may be great, but this does not mean that a person loses any of his dignity, even if the person in need of a piece of bread to support his family is forced to work day and night in order to secure, by the sweat of his brow, a living that is often made with blood.
When entertainment programs with Jean-Claude Boulos or Riad Charara rose to a level of questions that required high culture and knowledge, the profit was deserved, and it was not begging as is the case today, when the questioner is asked to complete a popular proverb such as “Oh, what a mountain.” …and the answer comes, “No wind can shake you.” And so on until the end of the piece, which is lamentable due to the large number of means that degrade human dignity and self-esteem.