وليدة عام 1948

خبرين امبارح سمعتهم، خلوني حس كيف العالم عم ينغسل دماغو شوي شوي

أول خبر كان: انتحاري يفجر نفسه في مجلس شيعي للعزاء

يعني انو بدي افهم، شو عقلو هاد الزلمة يللي بيروح على مجلس عزاء، الناس فيه حزانى،، وفوق منها آمنين، يعني لا هنن بالشارع ولا بمسجد (هي قصة تانية، ما عاد حدا يسترجي يروح على مسجد) ، باسم شو راح يفجر نفسو؟؟ لأ وبحزام ناسف كمان

أحلى شي بالخبر انو شاهد عيان عم يقول :ـ
"الانفجار جاء من وسط الخيمة. لقد قتل كثيرون. كان هناك دخان كثيف والجثث في كل مكان. سادت حالة فوضى كاملة."

دخان كثيف وفوضى وجثث، مين لحق يشوف ويقر ويعترف بعد هالصدمة انو ايه والله كان في واحد رابط حالو بحزام ناسف وفجر الدنيا!!ـ

كأنو صارت شغلة بديهية انو أي تفجير بالعراق هو أكيد لا محالة عبارة عن عملية انتحارية.. وراها سؤال: ايمتا راح تكون الضربة المعاكسة لأخذ الثأر.. حاكم نحنا عرب.. من جماعة التااااار ولا العاااار

أنو أهم شي أنو صارو يلقمونا الخبر بالمعلقة.. ومع مرارتو، ومع رفضنا الو، ومع انو منعرف انو 90% منو عبارة عن سلبة بكل معنى الكلمة، منهز براسنا.. ومنقللون.. طييييبة!!ـ

العلة انو صرنا سامعين هالخبر مدري كم ألف مرة.. من جوا كلنا منعرف انو ما مزبوط.. بس اعلامنا الببغائي متل الشاطرين بيروحو بينقلو الخبر متل ما لقموه ياهون

يا اعلام.. ما سمعتو بشي اسمو الأمانة؟؟

ايه.. انا برفض اني اعترف انو العراقيين هنن يللي عم ينفذوا العمليات الانتحارية ضد المدنيين وعم يحرضو على النزعات الطائفية.. وبآمن انو جيش التحالف هنن يللي عم يحركوا الفتنة

وأنا هيك عم سمي الأشياء بمسمياتها.. واني قول او وافق انو يللي عم يصير هو بداية الحرب الأهلية، هون أول خيط الاستسلام.. وهون منقول لأمريكا وللتحالف.. معليش خلوكون عنا نحنا ما منسوا شي بلاكون يا جماعة الخير

كتير ممكن يشوفها نظرية مؤامرة.. بس على فكرة، نحنا العرب كنا أول معطيات هالنظرية

الخبر التاني بيقول: "السجن المؤبد لخمسة مسلمين بريطانيين متهمين بالارهاب" ـ

أهم شي بالخبر هو طريقة صياغتو. لو مثلا كانو هدول المتهمين بالارهاب يهود (ايه سوري بللشت خربط) قصدي سيخ أو كنفوشيين أو حتى وجوديين.. هل كانت راح تنذكر ديانتهون؟؟

لو ما كانو مسلمين كان خبر المحاكمة ما انحكى، وكانوا أصلا حاكموهم بتهم جرمية بدال ما يفصلولها كلمة "الارهاب" على قياسون
شو ما كانوا عاملين هالخمسة.. ارهابيين ولا مانون ارهابيين، لساتهون ناس.. وبتخيل انو هالشي اسمو تمييز عنصر بحت

مافيني أبدا اعتب على الاعلام الأجنبي انو نقل الحدث بهالصورة.. ما نحنا الحمدلله، صارلنا من 11 ايلول الألفين وواحد ملزوقة بضهرنا هالتهمة، والأحلى من هيك انو ما عم ننفيها عن حالنا، بالعكس عم نزيدها، والأحليين لسا انو كل ما حدا بيحاول يعمل شي منيح، بينحطللو عصي بالدواليب، ولسا التلات أحلايات أنو الاعلام العربي يللي المفروض انو عم يمثلنا عم ينقل الخبر متل ما عم يتلقمو من يللي فوقو

لأنو ببساطة اعلام فاسد

أولا وأخيرا.. الحق علينا... حابين كتير الملح المكبوس على جرحنا... السكوت والهدوء والصمت عم يساعدنا بتطوير حالة التمسحة

الفكرة واضحة وقديمة كتير.. انولدت بسنة 1948.. حتى من قبل.. من ايام سايكس بيكو ووعد بلفور "المشؤوم".. وعمرها مافي الا عم يزيد يا سواد وشنا من الأجيال يللي راح تجي بعدنا

بس ما قدرت ما فش خلقي

ما بعرف اذا تاريخنا راح يسود أكتر من هيك.. والأظرف من هيك انو ما بيطلعلنا نكتبو

يا أخي وبلا ما نكتبه.. لو كتبناه راح يطلع تلات ارباعو كذب بكذب
حاكم ماحدا بيقول عن زيتو عكر

The Frog Prince

I'm listening to this song right now called "The Frog Prince" by Keane and I have replayed it like 5 times so far.. it is just so beautiful!!
and I felt it would be very selfish of me if I didn't share it..
I looked for it over youtube.. and found a nice version of it.. I hope it's clear enough

Enjoy!!

*edit*
Couldn't insert the embedded youtube thing so here is the link :S
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xy-qdNxKals
*self thought: how unprofessional!!*

An old fairytale told me
The simple heart will be prized again
A toad will be our king
And ugly ogres are heroes

Then you'll shake
Your fist at the sky
Oh why did I rely
On fashions and small fry?

All promises broken
Feed your people or lose your throne
And forfeit your whole kingdom
I'd sooner lose it than still live in it alone
You were our golden child
But the gentle and the mild
Inherit the earth, while

Your prince's crown
Cracks and falls down
Your castle hollow and cold
You've wandered so far
From the person you are
Let go brother, let go

Cos now we all know
Soon, someone will put a spell on you
Perfume, treasure, sorcery, every trick they know
You will lie in a deep sleep

That's whenYour prince's crown
Cracks and falls down
Your castle hollow and cold
You've wandered so far
From the person you are
Let go brother, let go

Cos now we all know

home sweet home.. 3la asaas

اليوم بابيتو رجع من السفر

فاليوم الصبح هيك وأنا عم اشرب القهوة، تذكرت شغلة صارت معي لما نزلت عالشام من دبي

وصلت الطيارة عالشام، طبعا مفللة، وكلها سوريين من أهل بلادي العتيدين... وأهل دبي.. وما ادراك ما اهل دبي

المهم، وقفة الجوازات أخدتلا شي ساعة متل العادة.. ما بعرف ليش، مع انو في تنين موظفين قاعدين على كل شباك، وعندون كومبييوتر والمفروض الشغل يتم بسرعة.. بس اعدم حالي اذا شي مرة كانت وقفتي على هالشباك سريعة

بعد الانتظار، وتكسر الرجلين بسبب السكربينة العالية (يعني جاية شوف بيت جدي يللي صرلي سنة ما شفتون، المفروض كون أنيقة) وصلت عالشباك وصار دوري

الضابط: أهلا أهلا الحمدلله عالسلامة.. منين جاية

أنا: من دبي

الضابط: ايه اهلين اهلين

وصار يقلب بصفحات الجواز

بعدين قللو للضابط يللي معو... شوف بالله شوف.. فيزا من الجامعة الأمريكية

قللو.. لك ايييه شوووف.. فيزتييين بالخليج.. وأريضة

انا صرت مدري كيف.. وما عرفت شو قول.. ركبت على وشي ابتسامة صفرا مشان اطلع من هالموقف البايخ يللي انحطيت فيه غصبن عني وما صدقت الا لما قالولي "الله معك" مشان اخلص.. و بعدت عنون وانا عم اقرا المعوذات خفت لا يكونو طرقوني عين

شو اول استقبال.. بيشهي.. الله لا يدوقا لحدا

wo ba3deeeneen!?!

heeeeeh
ok sthg funny just happened
i posted my entry, and i was about to navigate away from my page
then i saw that "next blog" link, on the blogger bar thingy.. so i was like.. oh what the hell lets see what kinda blog i would get

hmm.. it wasnt very pleasing.. i am such a lucky person!
it was an anti-islam blog that had links to other anti-islam blogs, and both had links to sites that give quite a bad image about islam..

it's really sick.. i mean to have pages and pages just dedicated to bashing a religion? is that what those people actually live and die for?

but they have a cause.. and i guess we gave them that cause.. especially after 9/11
the only ones to blame are us, cos we have nothing to offer to the world to prove that we are not as bad as they think we are

the good thing was there were very very few comments on the blog entries..
it either means that they are not read, or not interesting enough to be commented on, or people are too shy to comment, or just whatever

effft and i thought i was gonna get myself a good night sleep
kanet na2estni hazzet el badan 3and hal masa

wo ba3deen?

ok.. thats it.. i give up
im not touching that book again
its been sitting in my face since last month and ive been trying to read it ever since but i just cant
i cant
every time i sit myself down after setting my reading atmosphere, i just grab it, flip it over once or twice in my hands and then place it back on my desk
i dont know why this is happening
i mean its an interesting book and i already started it.. it sure would be a lot better if it was a documentary on tv rather than a book. i just dont know whats wrong!!!!

:(

Another movie

It's very weird what boredom can do to a person..

I was bored and out of it last night, so I decided to sit with my family in the TV room for a change.
They were watching "The day after tomorrow", the movie where earth freezes, and we get a new ice age..
where people start panicking and they run away and try to find a way to outlive the storm and bleh..
Just like Armageddon, Deep Impact, Independence Day, and many many other movies that have the same concept: The world is coming to an end, and American Heroes will save us!!

Well.. I was always indifferent about those movies.... like.. aaah.. nice graphics.. good imagination.. too much acting.. whatever

Right now, 2 incidents have changed my perspective to the whole "American Heroes" movies..
1. 9/11
2. The Americans Invading Iraq.

If I may, I'm going to talk about the American Invasion of Iraq first.

On Thursday, March 20, 2007, my brother and I had a flight to catch from Kuwait to Dubai to go back to Uni, although we still had a few more days of our vacation, but we made our reservation, the lady told us that there will be no flights from Kuwait Airport starting Friday.
Anyways, we went to the airport 4 hours before our flight time cos we thought it was gonna be chaotic in the airport due to the circumstances. and it was.

The airport was under construction (cos they were expanding it), so it was already in a mess.. and people were just all over the place.. with their luggage.. all trying to find a flight to catch so they can get out of there. to top it off, all airline companies cancelled their flights from/to Kuwait airport, except for Kuwait Airways.
We were lucky enough to be flying Kuwait Airways, and it was a wise thing to go early.

As we were heading towards passport control, we said our goodbye's to dad and left.. he called on us.. gave us money.. hugged the both of us.. and told us to take care.. and that we have an open ticket and we can fly to Damascus when school ends if necessary, and my uncle over there will always take care of us..

I forgot to mentioned that sirens went off once before we went to the airport, once on the way, and once while were getting ready to board the plane. and I don't know how many times after we took off.

Long story short.. it felt like the end of the world.. and I'm not sure if any director/producer/ writer/ whatever of movies such as yesterday's have been in a situation like that where he really felt like it was the end of the world.
In this specific situation, the Americans were not the heroes who saved us, they were the terrorizers.

And this all happened in Kuwait where people were scared of something that might not happen.
Iraq? we hear about it in the news every single day.

9/11
So, assuming that writers/directors/producers have never been in a similar situation before.
And assuming that those people are Americans, since movies are produced in Hollywood.
Ok.. I have never been to the US, and I didn't know which Towers are the World Trade Center until 9/11.

Watching the towers on TV collapsing, overseas, in a country that I don't belong to... it felt sick!
Just thinking there were people trapped in those buildings, real people, real lives, with real families praying that they will be okkay..
I couldn't have any feelings other than sympathy, and fear.. and I knew it will be a day that would change the world.

Back to the writers/producers/directors.. I don't know how they feel about 9/11, but real people have died that day, and the American Hero did not save them from collapsing.
Who are they kidding with their movies? defying the impossible?!

For those who have reached reading here, thank you.. it must have was such a bore reading this.. I don't even know how I finished the entry.

Final note about "The day after Tomorrow"
It is about a sudden climate change because human beings are consuming natural resources unreasonably and are not caring for Mother Earth.

According to the final reports regarding Global Warming, the US had the highest percentage of gas immittance because of the growing industries and power plants, and the US government still refuses to sign the Kyoto protocol.
I don't know how a movie can change those facts and fix the US' mistakes.

Gangs of New York

I've just finished watching Gangs of New York for the first time. I have to say it's one of those movies that leave an impact on a person after watching it to the end.
I am a bit hesitant to write this entry for a feeling that I have.
But as usual, I'm gonna go against my instinct and write it anyways. For this time, it might be wrong.
What I am going to type down here is pure personal thoughts and are not derived by any sort of belief, theory, or stereotypes.

So the movie for those who don't know it is about Irish gangs that used to fight in the streets of New York in the 1800s (also during the civil war). Mainly there were two parties, the one believing that Irish will always be Irish, and the ones that gave up being called Irish, and are now "native" Americans.
The whole point is, there was a lot of blood shedding.

I've just searched Wikipedia to see if those occurrences were true, (or at least to know how true it is) because I don't want to throw a judgment just based on watching a movie, and yes… it is mostly true (I'm gonna eliminate the Hollywood/amazing Scorsese drama because they shouldn’t count). In general, it was based on true history.

Now… what I'm trying to get at is when anyone looks back at the history of America and the Americans, there isn't so much glory in it… at least, I don't see it!
I don't know much about civil war, or issues with the immigrants, or the slavery.
I just know that those people hated each other, to the point of wanting to kill one another. One person held no respect whatsoever to anyone but himself and his opinion.
In my personal belief, I just think that when a trait dominates a group of people, it stays with them for generations. It might change due to circumstances, but it stays there, passively.
The thing is, unlike us Arabs (Muslims) who had a glorious past that we are still proud of (not an occasion passes by without us screaming out loud the accomplishment we made a gazillion years ago, forgetting that we stopped accomplishing anything a gazillion year after), Americans who have a shameful history (or so I want to call it), are the proudest people of their identity.
I've never been to the US in my life, but I have met a few Americans, and yes, they are all proud of where they come from, regardless of their original backgrounds.
They don't let the past scare them; in fact, the past is like their motive to prove their presence as "better people" (yemken ballashet shatte7).

No I'm not trying to say that I want to be an American so I can feel proud of a country that I belong to for once.

I just think that we have more rights than Americans to be proud of who we are, and not be scared of revealing our Arab identity as if we have something to be scared or ashamed of.
Because it's true, most of us (if not all) are ashamed of our current identity due to political issues and the new stereotype that has been force-pasted on our foreheads since 2001.

New York rose from poverty, gang wars, and corruption, to become the big apple.
It might sound silly, but it does give me hope that our Arab countries will someday rise from poverty, gangs (the Arab sort), and corruption, to overcome its pitfalls, and consider it, as we call it in Arabic, a "summer cloud".