Sunday, April 29, 2007

Moving to Facebook

Yes, I'll be posting there most of the time. You can reach me at here

Monday, March 12, 2007

"Femelon" enjoying a good sleep

This is Sara's Femelon enjoying his sleep. He and his mother Rose are living at my uncle's house (Dr. Samir)

I am currently staying at his house in Riyadh while closing up some projects there

Sunday, February 18, 2007

"Love is all about giving!!!" Naaaaaah

Last time I was having a chat with one of my optimistic friends about love, and of course he was fighting for the case that love is all about giving rather than taking.

Well... sorry abu shreek, bs I have to disagree with you on this one. I mean; it looks from all those loves novels and romantic movies that it is all about one side giving the other expecting absolutely nothing, but is actually the contrary. You love, and give because you are expecting something in return. You are expecting a feeling that makes you feel good. Or an affection or warm from the other side. Or simply a listening ear.

Another fact is that when you're beloved ones are gone, you feel sad and "Alone", is it because you are out of things to give. Nope... it is because the giving side is gone.

The human race lived from day one on mutual interest. Why be different now?

Thursday, November 02, 2006

شجرة جرداء

شجرة جرداء

ها أنا أكتب من جديد...
بعد أن جفت كل الدموع...
وتصدّعت كل القلو... وتصدّع قلب
ولم يبق في المنزل غير طائر حزين...
يبكي حاله أن أمسى بلا قرين

أمسى وحيداً...
كشجرةٍ جرداء فوق الجليد
تستصرخ ذلك النسيم
فهي تعرفه...
أو تظن ذلك
لكنه حين يأتي تتجمد وتلتحم بالجليد
خوفاً؟؟؟
لا أظن،
فإنها تريده
فقد جرّبت دفأه وطيوره بين الغصون...
وتعلقت أسبابه حتى طوت أسباب الجنون

وحين يروح تصمت بالبكاء
وحدها
على هذا المنحدر العميق
وتستشعر تلك الحرقة في الجوف...
الفارغ
والنار في الصدر
لا يُخمد لهيبها غير دموع صادقة...
وغير السكوت

فقد كانت تشتكي همها لإحدى الطيور
لم يكن يستنطقها...
لكنها تجيب
فلم يكن غير هذا الطير أمسى على أوهن الغصون
فالطيور الباقية راحت وراء الشمس...
التي كانت صديقاً لا يفارق النسيم
فطالما ظنّت أنها منه تسرق دفأها...
ومعه تمضي أوقات الشروق

وقد تكسّرت أغصان هذه الجرداء
أفراداً وجماعات
وهوت في العميق...

فلم يبق لذاك الطير الأبيض بيتٌ سوى الرحيل
فنظرت إليه...
ورأته يتلاشى ويحضن البعيد
فتقطع شهيقها...
وفاضت من المقلتين دموعها
وأخرجت من حلقها ذاك الصوت
الحادّ الطويل
ثم نظرت مغمضة العينين للأعلى...
وشرعت بالصراخ...
لكن الصوت لم يسعفها
بل أسعفها نحيب

فصمتت...
ثم نظرت إلى جذورها النحيلة
فتبسّمت...
والدمع على شفتيها صارعه دمٌ قاتم
ثم صمتت...
واستمعت بكل كذبٍ لما حولها من...
سكون
ثم استشعرت شيئاً يغلى في قعرها...
بركاناً يصرخ ليثور

بركاناً...
أدركت من جوفه ولدت أسباب الجنون
بركاناً...
يخرج من جروح ساقها العميقة والجذور
لكن...
لم تسعه تلك الشقوق...
فتصاعد بسرعة ليخرج من رأس الجرداء
فنظرت ببطئ إلى الفضاء...
وتبسمت أخرى...
ولكن بدون دماء

فالبركان أخرج منها كل الكلام
لكنه لم يخرج كلاماً...
بل خرج كله في صرخةٍ عظيمةٍ...
أطلقتها في وجه السماء...
لأجلها تلفتّ الطائر خلفه...
وسقطت من عينه دمعة على أرض...
أنبتت زهرة من شعر حزين وغناء

فقد أخرج البركان منها كل...
الفراغ
فلبسها لون الموت...
على لونها...
لكنه لم يظهر...
فكلاهما سواء

ولم يبق فيها إلا
قشرة نحيلة بلا لحاء
فرأت بما تبقى لها من بصرخلاصها في الهاوية العميقة
فحاولت دفع نفسها نحو السواد
لكن البركان أخرج منها حتى الضعف
فبكت بلا نحيب...
وبلا دموع...

لكنها لم تطل...
فقد سمعت صوتاً سريعاً من الوراء...
صوت الموت في ريح سوداء
فتبسمت بما بقي لها من شفاه...
وأغلقت ما تبقى لها من عيون...
ودفعتها الريح بكل فجأة إلى السحيق...

فتسارعت فيها
ومن الريح الباردة تكسرت قطعاً وأشلاء...
ودموعاً وعيون...
وتناثرت في كل الأرجاء...
فسبقت ما سقط منها من أغصان...

ثم استقرت على حافة صغيرة...
آمنت بها قاعاً
فأغلقت عليها ما أغلقت...
واتحمت بالأرض التحام الدموع بالدماء

ومضت أيامٌ وأيام...
ونمت من تلك القاع السوداء
ورقتان صغيرتان...
لشجرة وليدة على شفتيها خُلق الغناء
شجرة رأت في الحافة الصغيرة وطناً...
لا يحدّه غير ذاك الوادي السحيق

وكبرت...
وكبر معها الوطن
فرأت الشمس...
وناجت الطيور...
وكرهت النسيم...

وفي الخامس من ذاك الشهر...
أغلقت عليها ما أغلقت...
والتحمت بالأرض التحام الدموع بالدماء



Something i wrote back when I was at the university. "A humble try" said my Arabic teacher.

Friday, October 27, 2006

All the way to Bahrain

Here are some documentary pictures of the business trip to bahrain

The university guys meeting before the trip. the meeting was most of the guys who were abroad and are in jordan for the holydays

View from the hotel, the scene is breathtaking... but the smell is not. People in Bahrain are covering up the shoars of the sea for new building lands; thus killing the sea life and thus the bad smell

Up all the way to the hotel room at 3 AM. Since i was working with a news paper; the guys there finish work around this time, and i am kinda stuck with them from the early morning tell the early morning of the other day :)

The bedroom. Man... i really wanted to sleep then

The living room. Here i've had most of my s7oor over the days. You could see the sea shoar from the window.

Here is on the Shia'a celebrations, can't recall what exactly. but as u can see... almost every house has made some decorations and lights, and have put some food and sweets for the public. Flags of Hezbollah were flying everywhere of course.

A give-away kitty. I would've taken it if i stayed longer in bahrain

I was taking a walk on the near by bridge, and i found some guys doing some fishing. This reminds me of the old days in Dubai were we always used to go fishing on weekends

In the mall. I think this creature is from an Arnold movie or something

You can find some really old stuff on down-town Manamah

One of the 4 AM sohoors. I just wanna say that the last so7oor cauzed some serious troubles in the stomach

A Pakistanee shave. These guys do massage after... which is really refreshing

Then back to Amman, were the cold weather is just too romantic to forget :) Of course i had a hair cut just after this photo was taken

At my balconay... I've found some of mom's flowers opened under the worm sun

And it was time for a good cop of arabic coffee at the balcony while reading another book

Just wanna say that the people at bahrain were really nice guys... miss them alot. But i've missed Amman and the guys here even more. Till the next trip then

Wednesday, October 25, 2006

"The Lake house"... a story of time

I've just finished a wonderful movie by Alejandro Agresti called "The Lake House" staring Keanu Reeves as Alex Wyler and Sandra Bullock as Kate Forster.

For me, it is such a wonderful movie because it really touched me deep. Some would say it's just another romantic fiction movie... But i think the writer has smartly used fiction to add another obstacle to another love story: Time.

The story is about Kate and Alex sending each other mail through the same mailbox, but were Alex is 2 years back in time from Kate, they both share the same place (Lake House) but in different times. Through their mail; they realize that they have met in the past and they do share a lot in common. But the fear of being alone and the idea that there is one only match for each person haunts their tryouts (specially Kate's). And the fact that "Time" is the most hardest barrier standing between the two.

But Kate's admiration by Jane Austen's novel "Persuasion", where Anne Elliot, the heroine, decides the leave the love of her life, tricked by fellow friends and family that her "Love" is not such an adequate match. Then after 7 long years, the love of her life comes back from the sea. This admiration that Alex always tries to trigger in Kate (though he's the one who has to wait, not here) is the driving force in the movie.

Finally, they decide to meet in the future, and when Kate sits there by the table all alone in the restaurant waiting for him... Alex never shows up, she sends him her last mail telling him that they are not meant to be for each other, and that he should stop mailing her too. 2 years from that... Kate accidentally meets up with Alex's brother, and knows that Alex was killed in a car accident 2 years from that, then she realizes that she was there at the accident and she tried to help him out, but she couldn't.

And there where the movie starts to be Egyptian, she sends him a fast mail telling him not to cross the street looking for her, but rather wait for here another 2 years at the lake house, and there where they meet. At this point, i hated the outcome, i mean... Happy endings are for kids and are so rare in real life. I would loved if the ending was that Kate realizes that the man she tried to help 2 years ago was Alex, and that she will simply send a last goodbye mail nothing more.

Anyways... The movie is just great, and there goes an excellent performance by Keanu Reeves and Sandra Bullock.

How do you hold on someone you've never met?

Tuesday, October 24, 2006

وداعا لما سوف يأتي: نزار بين مكتبتين

Omar posted a nice article on Al-Quds Al-3arabi daily. here it is:
هذه المقالة نشرت في صحيفة القدس العربي، الخميس، 19/10/2006

ينام نزار قباني هادئا في مكتبة جامعة كولومبيا الامريكية، كلماته خرساء، ونساؤه الساحرات اصبحن ظلالا لا تجد غيما يوقظها. وحيد نزار، غريب غربة لسان المتنبي المشهورة، غريب غربة الحب العربي في بلاد لا تحتاج ثورة نزار وتمرده. هل هذه مجموعات نزار؟ هل هذه هي السمراء التي قالت لكل الشباب العربي، لا لنزار وحده، فما بالها ما عادت تغازل شباب الضباب والكوكاكولا؟
فوجئت حين رأيت دواوين نزار قباني تملأ أحد الرفوف في مكتبة جامعة كولومبيا العملاقة، إلي جانب عدد هائل من النصوص الإبداعية العربية، شعرا ورواية ونقدا، وقد تجد هنا رواية ظلت ممنوعة في موطنها، أو شاعرا حكم علي نصوصه في البلاد العربية، كما حكم علي ذاته قبلا، بالنفي والاغتراب. وإذا بحثت عن كتاب عربي ولم تجده علي رفوف المكتبة، فإنه قد يكون مخبوءاً لعشاق اصطياد الكلمة في مواقع فرعية للمكتبة تحوي ما لا يكثر عليه الطلب من الكتب التي ضاقت بها المكتبة الأم، وما عليك سوي طلب الكتاب عبر الانترنت ليصلك خلال يومين أو ثلاثة.
لكن ذلك لم يكن سبب دهشتي الحقيقية لرؤية مجموعات نزار هنا، فما أدهشني حقا هو أنني، وللمرة الأولي في حياتي، أجد مجموعات نزار ماثلة أمام العيان دون أن تكون معارة أو مخبأة في غير أماكنها. نزار بعينه، بكلماته، يقف أمامي، بعد أن كان الحصول علي ديوان له يحتاج إلي رحلة بحث وانتظار. في مكتبة الجامعة الأردنية، حيث درست، تسافر دواوين نزار منذ اليوم الأول لبداية الفصل الدراسي، تسافر بلا رجعة، بتذكرة ذهاب فقط. تشعر أحيانا أن بعض الطلاب والطالبات- وربما الطالبات تحديدا- يغادرون قاعات التسجيل ركضا إلي المكتبة العامة في الجامعة الأردنية، فمخازن الكتب، فقسم الشعر، ثم نزار، قبلة العشق ولحظات الحرمان والتمرد. ورغم أن دواوين نزار متوفرة في الأسواق توفر الخبز والماء، من المكتبات الراقية في غرب عمان إلي بسطات وسط البلد، وبأسعار لا تتجاوز سعر ساندويش شاورما أحيانا، فإنها مع ذلك تظل من الكتب القليلة، وربما الوحيدة، التي تعيش خارج مكتبة الجامعة. ولو أن قياس مستوي القراءة في الجامعة الأردنية قام علي أساس قراءة نزار لحاز طلابها- وانا احدهم- علي أعلي المستويات. والغريب أنني كنت أبحث عن كتب نزار في أجهزة الحاسوب في المكتبة فلا أجد بجانبها الحرف (م) الذي يفيد أنها معارة، فأهرع راكضا لعلي أظفر بواحد منها، لكن بلا فائدة. وإذا شعرت بغضب شديد من لصوص الكتب الذين يخبئونها في غير أماكنها، فقد أتوجه إلي بعض موظفي المكتبة طالبا منه مساعدتي، لكنه يقطع أملي قائلا (بتدور علي شعر لنزار؟ انس الموضوع، والله لو تقعد شهر تستني ما اجت!) وأحيانا تسمع، وأنت تنبش عن كتاب أو تقرأ في صحيفة، همهمات لأحد الموظفين المنزعجين (هوهو عاد! جنّنونا بشعر نزار، الكل مستلمني بسأل عنه، والله منا عارف ليش!) ليش؟ ربما يكون من البلاغة غير المستحبة الإجابة عن هذا السؤال، فنزار لغة مشتركة بين كثير من العرب شيبا وشبانا، لكنه تعبير عن ضيق بازدحام شديد علي كاتب ربما لا يعني كثيرا للموظف الهرم الذي تجاوز مرحلة البحث عن نص الحب والحب ذاته.
هذه الصور تداعت إلي ذهني عندما رأيت كتب نزار للمرة الأولي هنا في جامعة كولومبيا. ربما شعرت بحالة من النشوة غير المبررة لشاعر تشكل شهرته وسطوة حضوره حلما لكل عربي مبتدئ علي سلم الكتابة، فها هو ذا معشوق الجماهير يجلس وحيدا هنا، وها هي كتبه معروضة أمامي لأختار منها ما أشاء. المفارقة أنني لم أستعر أيا منها، علي الرغم من قدرتي علي أخذها جميعا مرة واحدة إلي غرفتي البائسة، إذ ليس ثمة سقف للكتب الممكن استعارتها من هذا المكان المدهش، أو كما أجابني موظف الإعارة هنا ضاحكا ردا علي سؤالي عن عدد الكتب التي أستطيع إخراجها مرة واحدة: as much as you can carry!. إذن، ورغبة مني في التماهي مع المجتمع الذي أعيش فيه، قررت عدم استعارة كتب نزار هنا، ومن ثم عدم قراءته، لأنني لن أجد أحدا يرهف أذنيه سماعا لأشعاره. لماذا أقرأ نزار هنا وأردده، في عالم تجاوز أحلام الفتي الدمشقي وأحلام الملايين من المعذبين بالحب العربي البائس، الرابض فوق الأحرف الظمأي لنسائم الصبوة والجمال؟ هنا، لا قارئة فنجان تنتظر، ولا أحد يبيع الدنيا وما فيها لأجل حبيبه.هل ثمة عينان هنا يجري فيهما نهر الأحزان؟ ماذا سيصنع نزار قباني لو أحب فتاة أمريكية؟هل سيقرأ لها الجريدة علي صفحات الانترنت أو يدعوها إلي فنجان قهوة في ستار باكس؟هل سيقول لها الان:ذات العينين الزرقاوين أو الخضراوين؟ ماذا سيقدم الحب العربي الممزوج بفلسفة الحرمان والخوف إلي فتيات تجاوزت تجاربهن مرحلة النظرة والخفقة الأولي؟ هل يمكن أن تتماهي الفتاة الأمريكية مع نجاة أو ماجدة الرومي وهي تسافر بعيون حبيبها؟ أرغب في البحث عن ترجمة لقصيدة نزار (كلمات) وقراءتها علي عدد من الفتيات الأمريكيات لأري كيف ينظرن إلي هذه الفتاة العربية التي قلب لها حبيبها حياتها في رقصة واحدة، أو لعل الأفضل أن أدعو إحداهن إلي رقصة حقيقية كي أري إن كانت كلماتي لها ليست كالكلمات!
ربما أحاول نسيان قصائد نزار التي حفظتها في زمن مضي، فلعل الأجدي أن أحفظ أشعارا أخري تناسب المكان الزمان، أو ربما أجرب نظم قصائد معارضة لبعض قصائده، مقتفيا أثر أمير الشعراء شوقي في معارضة الكبار، قد أسميها (التحف النيويوركية في الرد علي الصبوات الدمشقية)، ولكن كيف نمحو الذاكرة التي شكلتها تلك القصائد،إن كانت ثمة إمكانية لمحوها؟ سنظل نرحل بحثا عن فتاة الفنجان تلك، ما ظل صوت عبدالحليم وكلمات نزار ماثلة في قلوبنا، من عمان إلي نيويورك إلي زوايا الأرض كلها، لأن نزار بشرنا،بداية، باستحالة العثور عليها.

عمر خليفة
طالب فلسطيني ـ جامعة كولومبيا


وداعا لما سوف يأتي: نزار بين مكتبتين

Sunday, October 22, 2006

Back from Bahrain to celebrate Eid at lovely Amman


After a long 1.5 months in bahrain, i am back in Amman having a couple of ramadan meals with the dear family.

Wish all a lovely eid this year, hopefully salam and peace will comeover this year and we'll see our beloved ones once again happy and full of joy.

كل عام وأنتم بخير

Sunday, October 08, 2006

Grandpa's House in Jerash: The Funeral

This is the main enterance into the women funeral place, to the left is the men. You can see a swing hanged in the middle; this swing is like 25 years old and everyone has swung on once. This place holds too much memories.

Saturday, October 07, 2006

Amman winter: Warming up after a nice Argeela

This photo was taken last January, 2006 in Al-Rabieh in Amman. Guys are (from left): Mujahid, Sami, Romd, Akram, Ehab and Ammar. and yuh... before i used to wear glasses.

God... it is just too hot in Bahrain. Wanna come back home.

Monday, October 02, 2006

Bonsoir | يسعد مساكم: UN envoy says Gaza a prison for Palestinians :: Read & Take Action

GENEVA (Reuters) - Israel has turned the Gaza Strip into a prison for Palestinians where life is "intolerable, appalling, tragic" and the Jewish state appears to have thrown away the key, a U.N. human rights envoy said on Tuesday.

Bonsoir | يسعد مساكم: UN envoy says Gaza a prison for Palestinians :: Read & Take Action

"She's 6 now"

6th annevirsary of Al-Aqsa Intifada, more on Akram's corner

Wednesday, September 27, 2006

يقول أحمد: معدتي تؤلمني

إنه لإحساس غريب أن تكون بالقرب من شخص تريد جداً الاقتراب منه، ولكنك لا تستطيع. هو إحساس غريب كيف أنك تصطنع الكلام مع الآخرين وتحاول في نفس الوقت بطرف العين أن تعرف لو أن ذلك الشخص يستمع لما تقول أو يختلس النظر إليك كما تفعل. مجنون أنا... كيف أقتل نفسي بيدي... وأحرق أناملي وأنا أبتسم وأبكي في نفس الوقت... مجنون انا... ألقي نفسي في هاوية بلا نهاية.

لست أدري... لكنني أشعر بألم شديد في معدتى وبحرقة في حلقي عندما يأتي المساء


Saturday, September 23, 2006

Ramadan Kareem, 2006

Happy Ramadan people, wish you all the best and health. Hope this month will mark a change for all of the suffering we see all around the world.

Once again, Arab could not decide on Ramadan this year. It is the simple and straight forward thing yet those in charge can never agree on a thing.

Friday, September 22, 2006

BBC: Iraq torture 'worse after Saddam'

According to Manfred Nowak, the UN's chief anti-torture expert, the situation in Iraq is "Out of control", with abuses being committed by security forces, militia groups and anti-US insurgents.

He also talks about some of the brutal methods used in torture; many signs can be found on the bodies of dead people like beating using electrical cables, wounds in heads and genitals, broken legs and hands, electric and cigarette burns. The use of acid and chemicals was found too.

Thank you for providing us with this democracy, We should be glad Saddam is gone and a new free world is about to be!!!

Sunday, September 17, 2006

Pope Sorry

Well... The Pope said that the medieval text which he quoted did not express in any way his personal opinion and he was just quoting it nothing more. The Pope follows to say:
"I hope this serves to appease hearts and to clarify the true meaning of my address, which in its totality was and is an invitation to frank and sincere dialogue, with mutual respect"
I have to disagree with the way the Pope wanted to start this dialog with a mutual respect. And at the same time I will not start to mention the many issues the church posed in the name of religion and Jesus, because this is not a good way to start a dialogue. As some misused Christianity to gain personal power, so did others with Islam, yet I won't dare and call this a way of life for some.

Yet, i do agree that a dialogue should go on. All the things that happened since 9/11 definitely posed a new threat on the peaceful harmony between Islam and Christianity; extremists from both sides have hijacked this harmony and have dragged some simple and moderate people into the tail of extremeness. We need to have a talk about what's going on now, and about the many things that are common between the two giants, not the little things that make the difference.

Saturday, September 16, 2006

Ahmad Says: Forbidden Love

It was my first mass encounter with the Shia Muslims in Bahrain, and they've definitely shed a new understanding of the ever since issue between Sunni and Shia Muslims. I've come to realize even more than they both have a lot in common that's worth sharing and living.

Yet, -this rather silly conflict in some aspects- it just another barrier built between two in love. Marriage between Sunni and Shia is so rare and if to happen will face a lot of criticism and denial from both sides. It is really hard to think that one has to stop his heart beat for someone simply because of a difference 1,400 years ago!

Eyes meet, hands talk and hearts breathe... Yet the mind bitterly says no!!!

Friday, September 08, 2006

All the way to Bahrain

I am in Bahrain now for business and staying here for about a month. Although people here are incredibly nice; I do feel home sick especially when looking at the seashore view from the house at night.

Miss Amman… Miss you guys… wallahee

Wednesday, August 30, 2006

Windows Photocopying Apple


Though I am a software developer on the Windows platform; I can't hide my love and admiration for Apple products, they are elegant and professional.

Here we see Steve Jobs & Bertrand Serlet showing us (yet again) just how much Microsoft loves to copy Apple.

Wednesday, August 23, 2006

Family Dinner

I recall back at Jerash, when we used to visit my grandparents house at night, and all of the family kids are there. They all decide to put a nice family dinner were all of us gather around and really have a good time. I just remember the nice talks and the passing of bread and tea over the table. Every time two or three servings of fried eggs was a must.

Now, well... My parents are now a grandfather and a grandmother for two lovely girls. One problem we had here is that my parents are not big fans of dinner, so we don't have family dinners anymore. I hate this... every time I suggest a family dinner everyone just halts for a couple of seconds, then start saying that we don't feel that hungry or go make your self some fried eggs. Though I at that moment was hungry, I was aiming for the gathering of the people, and the dirty clothes of the laughing kids. Looks like this is too much to ask these days.

I know people these days are stressed out from everything; high prices, improper housing opporuities, conflict and injustice in Palestine and Lebanon... But come on people, at least cheer up the little. They have a huge burden to carry, yet not now.

Saturday, August 19, 2006

A family worthy of!

I am writing this article based on reflections I had in the last couple of weeks, and on personal experience as well.

We are a discriminative society on every aspect one can think of. It is not that we only categorize people based on their origins and the place of birth of their 4th grandfather... we also discriminate amongst the members of the same family. While I am writing this I get flashes of memories of so many accidents that could go such perfect examples of what I wanna say.

It was not long ago; it was the 3rd and final day of my grandpa funeral in Jerash. Some of us were sitting with the last of the people paying condolences in the evening. Some of family kids were playing around here and there in the almost empty huge place, and while laying there tired pretending I listen to what the men are saying... 2 small girls came to the men gathering, one was a blond that took the attention of the man speaking and made him say: "Mashallah", and the other was a regular girl, who simply laid her head so nicely on the side of a couch and just kept moving her eyes from one speaker to the other. She was even innocently smiling to see people playing with the blond one. Not a single one noticed this girl.


Can you love a kid more than another, and both are yours? Though this may sound like a silly question to ask a parent... I am sure a significant number of them would rather lye answering. We tend to love a child more than another, or sometimes hate one more than another. Criteria could be their educationl or proffisional progress, financial status, physical characterstics or even their birth order. Young kids being descriminated could not feel it on a young age, but they'll definitely be filled with rage and hatred when they're grown up and start recalling back and analyzing situations. At this moment were the deepest change and impact on personality would happen, and you can expect major changes in dealing with the society as a whole and most of the time blaming and holding responsibility.

I am sure you've all watched the scene were a parent screams on his/her child: "What did I do to deserve your treatment?" I hope you can imagine another answer now.

Saturday, August 12, 2006

عندما أعود

عندما أعود
سأزرع حديقتي ليموناً وورود
و سأطبع كل مساء
على خد الحبيبة قبلة
و أنام في عيونها السود
و أحكي لها عن اشتياقي
و عن حبي الذي
ليس له حدود

سأعود
و سأدهن جدران غرفتي عطراً
وأمسك يد أمي كل صباح
ليبدأ يومي خيراً ووعود

سأصنع الشاي لإخوتي
وأحكي لهم عن غربتي
وكيف أني
في كل مرة شربت الماء
جاؤوا في مخيلتي
و كيف أني
في كل صباح
تمنيت أن أقبّل رؤوس أولادهم و الخدود

عندما أعود
سأحتفل مع الأصدقاء
وسنشرب نخب الأحلام كل مساء
سندخّن متاعبنا
وننفث همومنا في الهواء
سأخبرهم أن الغربة تكوي
وتحيل الدم إلى ماء
سأخبرهم أن خبزاً وزيتوناً
في البيت كنز ودواء
سأخبرهم
أنه خارج الوطن
يصبح الإنسان كذبة
وكيس خواء
وسأعلّم الصديقات
بأن الحب يعيش في ورد الحديقة
وليس في جيب الأثرياء
وسأدعوا لهن
بأن ينجبوا جيلاً جديداً
إن كبر
لا يسافر
لا يهاجر
ليس بالوطن يقامر

إن أصبحوا مسؤلين
أو جنود
أن يرفعوا في وجه الظلم قبضة
ويشنقوا كل من تجرأ على لمس الحدود

عندما أعود
سأرش الحب في طريقي
و أقول للناس في الشوارع أن لا يسافروا
لا هواء خارجاً
يصعب في الغربة
الوجود

عندما أعود
سأتمشى كل يوم مع أولاد حارتنا
وأعلّمهم أن لا يسرقوا الوطن
فالوطن يجب أن يبقى رمز الخلود

. . . . . .

لا تسافروا
لا تسافروا
لأنكم سوف تحلمون مثلي
متى أعود
و تكتشفون مثلي
أني
لا أريد أن أعود

UNjust


UNjust
Originally uploaded by Ramadan.
After a month of brutal killing and more than 1000 Lebanese killed and an entire beautiful country destroyed, a UN resolution came and I don't believe it is just or fair.

If I was in control of things… I would withdraw all Arab and Muslim countries from the UN and the Fear Council (Security Council). We are living back in the colonization era again and we have to admit that the "Free World" is the most brutal of them all.

Friday, August 11, 2006

Remember

Remember
I will still be here
As long as you hold me
In your memory

Remember
When your dreams have ended
Time can be transcended
Just remember me

I am the one star that keeps burning
So brightly
It is the last light
To fade into the rising sun

I'm with you whenever you tell
My story
For I am all I've done

Remember
I will still be here
As long as you hold me
In your memory
Remember me

I am that warm voice in the cold wind
That whispers
And if you listen
You'll hear me call across the sky

As long as I still can reach out
And touch you
Then I will never die

Remember
I'll never leave you
If you will only
Remember me

Remember
I will still be here
As long as you hold me
In your memory

Remember
When your dreams have ended
Time can be transcended
I live forever
Remember me

Josh Groban - Remember

Saturday, August 05, 2006

What stupidity is

Well... Some of the Saudi Islamic scholars have posted some really "Stupid" Fatwas at a really improper time. Such Fatwas of course have been rejected by a lot of scholars around the world and even by Saudi scholars as well.

Sometimes is it better to keep your mouth shut than to speak nonsense.

Thursday, August 03, 2006

"Israel is doing the Lord’s work"

If you've lost a son or a beloved one under a ricked building or on a fleeing car, don't worry... It is the Lord that did so and you should be glad the Lord chose you.

Link

Damn it, Injustice is so hard to live with... And If you do something about it then you're a terrorist

"No, This Is Not Our War "

On American TV, former Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu says the ruination of Lebanon is Hezbollah's doing. But is it Hezbollah that is using U.S.-built F-16s, with precision-guided bombs, and 155-mm artillery pieces to wreak death and devastation on Lebanon?

No, Israel is doing this, with the blessing and without a peep of protest from President Bush. And we wonder why they hate us.

"Today, we are all Israelis!" brayed Ken Mehlman of the Republican National Committee to a gathering of Christians United for Israel.
Full article

Saturday, July 29, 2006

Peace, Propaganda & The Promised Land


Peace, Propaganda & the Promised Land provides a striking comparison of U.S. and international media coverage of the crisis in the Middle ... all » East, zeroing in on how structural distortions in U.S. coverage have reinforced false perceptions of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. This pivotal documentary exposes how the foreign policy interests of American political elites--oil, and a need to have a secure military base in the region, among others--work in combination with Israeli public relations strategies to exercise a powerful influence over how news from the region is reported. Through the voices of scholars, media critics, peace activists, religious figures, and Middle East experts, Peace, Propaganda & the Promised Land carefully analyzes and explains how--through the use of language, framing and context--the Israeli occupation of the West Bank and Gaza remains hidden in the news media, and Israeli colonization of the occupied terrorities appears to be a defensive move rather than an offensive one. The documentary also explores the ways that U.S. journalists, for reasons ranging from intimidation to a lack of thorough investigation, have become complicit in carrying out Israel's PR campaign. At its core, the documentary raises questions about the ethics and role of journalism, and the relationship between media and politics.

Bush-Blair "Shitty" Conversation

Thursday, July 27, 2006

Ahmad says: "Hope?"

Surrounded by the smell of death and the smokes of a fallen house... Ahmad stumbles with the torn body of a small doll, he stops for a moment and gives his legs sometime to rest on a small flat surface on of what was once a playground of children. He picks the doll and gently removes the dust from her face. He notices some of dust is darker than the other and is more sticky, then he realizes that these were blood stains...

He freezes in his place, and suddenly the sound of people calling for their beloved ones is silenced, and the dust that almost chocked everyone vanishes away, taking away all those around Ahmad leaving him alone. Ahmad now is just standing there on that left over of a house holding a doll that has drops of blood falling down the ground.

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