tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26866567.post7543948568576464920..comments2009-02-08T11:53:02.359+02:00abufareshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05528721595411746558abufares@abufares.netBlogger40125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26866567.post-84561508517593913782009-02-08T11:53:00.000+02:002009-02-08T11:53:00.000+02:00@Rime<BR/>I couldn't move along, write something new and get this out of my system until you read and comment on a post such as this.<BR/>I'm very glad that you ran out of reading material and had to eventually read it all.<BR/>Thank you for being here.abufareshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05528721595411746558noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26866567.post-45362175110494813302009-02-08T04:27:00.000+02:002009-02-08T04:27:00.000+02:00Jesus! I saw the beginning of your post when it appeared and could not gather the strength to read what I thought was a Gaza-focused piece. I was too drained. Now, having finally read it, I realize it was much much more, and that I needed much more strength. <BR/><BR/>We're so screwed, and yet I feel a raging will to smash the status quo and declare payback time has arrived. Don't ask how. <BR/><BR/>Man what a post, Abufares.Rimehttp://www.rimeallaf.com/mosaics/index.phpnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26866567.post-24658981686689368792009-02-05T23:26:00.000+02:002009-02-05T23:26:00.000+02:00Did not strictly find World peace, but peace for my soul... I share my peace with you : )<BR/><BR/>Our birthdays are coming soooooon!<BR/><BR/>Do I dread it? Not really, but for some reason I keep thinking more about it than usual. Maybe the fact that I'm getting closer to the middle of my life without getting anywhere with my work has me all distorted.<BR/><BR/>Mucho Love,<BR/><BR/>w.b. yeatsAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26866567.post-24319805170145423122009-02-05T21:14:00.000+02:002009-02-05T21:14:00.000+02:00@w.b. yeats<BR/>How I will love to find peace with you, looking at the sunset.abufareshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05528721595411746558noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26866567.post-78536246602148917022009-02-05T14:09:00.000+02:002009-02-05T14:09:00.000+02:00Dear Tariq<BR/>I kindly ask you to stop hitchhiking on my blog. Common sense and netiquette tell us that the comment section should not be used to advertise any product or cause, be it our mobile phone numbers, or our intention to save the whales.abufareshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05528721595411746558noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26866567.post-54566434057274197682009-02-03T19:02:00.000+02:002009-02-03T19:02:00.000+02:00There seem to be no solutions for this craziness. I do not like it... Es desconcertante como la gente puede odiar tanto y como los políticos se aprovechan de ese odio para enriquecerse sin escrúpulos.<BR/><BR/>I will go outside and search for peace looking at the sunset...<BR/><BR/>w.b. yeatsAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26866567.post-51821650610399824782009-01-30T23:37:00.000+02:002009-01-30T23:37:00.000+02:00Thank you, Abu Fares! And thanks for the plug...but I've moved to Wordpress. Lots more ranting there! :)Take care and I'll look forward to your next post! Om Anastasio (Isobel)<BR/><BR/>http://suffonsifisms.wordpress.comAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26866567.post-61354978948917022522009-01-30T22:56:00.000+02:002009-01-30T22:56:00.000+02:00@Sean<BR/>Thank you for sharing your point of view with me and with whoever happens to read this blog. My love for my country and my ultimate desire for peace can't, however, blind me from the truth. We have had saboteurs in our midst, parasites and usurpers with only one goal in their minds all along. To make the whole country work to their advantage.<BR/>On the other hand, Israel is my ruthless enemy and it had raged war with no concern or respect for civilian lives and with racist intentions all along.<BR/>I'm greatly disturbed by both of these evil forces as they have robbed me of many years and they have caused pain and agony to millions.<BR/>In all honesty, and for humanity's sake, I personally hope that Israel goes somewhere else... and take our shitheads along.abufareshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05528721595411746558noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26866567.post-35908132566232643562009-01-30T22:39:00.000+02:002009-01-30T22:39:00.000+02:00@Om Anastasio<BR/>I read your rant and loved it.<BR/><BR/>http://suffonsifisms.blogspot.com/<BR/><BR/>I look forward reading more and more on your wonderful blog.abufareshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05528721595411746558noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26866567.post-21814607231132022462009-01-30T22:19:00.000+02:002009-01-30T22:19:00.000+02:00@lê<BR/>Everyone have blood on their hands and unfortunately we are not learning from history.<BR/>As for the Jazarieh, we don't make it in Tartous and those who like it indeed get it from Lattakia. I have no idea how it's prepared. I'll check for you and see what I can do.abufareshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05528721595411746558noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26866567.post-84329706602205300962009-01-29T21:13:00.000+02:002009-01-29T21:13:00.000+02:00Powerful stuff.<BR/><BR/>You know well my love for Syria, but I recognise that I see the country through the rose-tinted glasses of an outsider. I always find your posts provide something of a welcome reality check to my opinions. And I think your line about defending the country with palaces and villas is one of the best and most apt that you've ever come up with.<BR/><BR/>And as for Israel/Gaza: I really got the sense during the recent outrage that there will never, ever, ever be two states. I just hope for humanity's sake that Israel goes the way of South Africa rather than the way of Algeria, because I think they're the only two possible outcomes for the country at this stage.Seannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26866567.post-531850594403945542009-01-28T23:32:00.000+02:002009-01-28T23:32:00.000+02:00OHHH! Abu Fares! Rants are good...in fact, I've taken to doing a bit of it myself. Traded in the recipe for the rant. One cannot help but rant at the state of things these days...Om AnastasioAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26866567.post-15381684240721129972009-01-28T15:39:00.000+02:002009-01-28T15:39:00.000+02:00Abufares, i don´n know if the Tarusi have the (jazarie) marmel made of carrots, but i know that Latakians are especialist in making the JAZARIE, may you please post a recipe,<BR/>thank you<BR/>lêAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26866567.post-85768794560458227072009-01-28T15:33:00.000+02:002009-01-28T15:33:00.000+02:00Abufares, the south ameriacan colonizaitions´histoy was not different,all those who were not baptised were concidered soalless, that´s how the catholic portugues church could justify the murder of milions of natives and steel their land,<BR/>lêAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26866567.post-85400750161970348792009-01-26T10:57:00.000+02:002009-01-26T10:57:00.000+02:00@Syrian Brit<BR/>I can't see any light either, but just may be, we're better off this way.<BR/>It might sound strange of me to say that but looking at the other lights all around I tend to favor and embrace the familiar darkness.abufareshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05528721595411746558noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26866567.post-49713720392848743842009-01-26T10:53:00.000+02:002009-01-26T10:53:00.000+02:00@Isobel<BR/>Being un-Enchanted is like living in a state of limbo.<BR/>Despair can kill you or make you do (or write) the unthinkable. So does the inbred hope in its own sort of way. It can make you happily ineffectual or lift you to heights beyond your own imagination.<BR/>I am ranting Isobel because it's the only option I have if I don't want to remain on the sidelines.abufareshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05528721595411746558noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26866567.post-36303809950205009192009-01-26T10:46:00.000+02:002009-01-26T10:46:00.000+02:00@Jabi<BR/>I think I was able to hold on to your attention simply because I was voicing our collective frustration rather than seeking a magic solution. Like my article, I have nothing to offer to the Palestinians except perhaps tell them that they are really on their own.<BR/>In the short run they are screwed. In the long run everyone will be screwed, including their enemies, the Israelis.abufareshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05528721595411746558noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26866567.post-90530050858359047792009-01-26T02:14:00.000+02:002009-01-26T02:14:00.000+02:00Un-enchanted??..<BR/>So am I!..<BR/>For all the reasons that you have so eloquently and incisively stated..<BR/>And for all those reasons, I cannot see any light at the end of the dark, dark tunnel...<BR/>Un-enchanted??.. So am I!.. and expect to remain.. for the foreseeable future..The Syrian Brithttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13918783557049896806noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26866567.post-17657656660248283272009-01-26T01:10:00.000+02:002009-01-26T01:10:00.000+02:00Well, the positive side of bitterness is brilliant writing. You have inspired me, Abu Fares. I have never read a more poignant rant.Isobelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11095207711727918196noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26866567.post-51192815387127444832009-01-25T19:41:00.000+02:002009-01-25T19:41:00.000+02:00for the past month i couldn't complete a news article, an analysis or anything else without getting frustrated halfway through turning the pages to read something else. But when i was reading this, I believed every word you said and found myself captivated by what you had to say next. Thanks for a magnificent post.Jabihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07033362506621810183noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26866567.post-35553446192345137812009-01-25T18:56:00.000+02:002009-01-25T18:56:00.000+02:00@Anonymous<BR/>Thank you for the poem. Sad but so true.abufareshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05528721595411746558noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26866567.post-84089009114279997872009-01-25T18:55:00.000+02:002009-01-25T18:55:00.000+02:00@david santos<BR/>Always a pleasure to see you here my friend.<BR/>Thank you.abufareshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05528721595411746558noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26866567.post-61953276283013198012009-01-25T18:54:00.000+02:002009-01-25T18:54:00.000+02:00@Lujayn<BR/>Being screwed twice is not bad. It's actually great since it means that we've already paid our dues.<BR/>May be we can start, for once in our lives, to screw the rest of the world without feeling guilty and hopefully get to enjoy it.abufareshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05528721595411746558noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26866567.post-58262311698193831802009-01-25T15:56:00.000+02:002009-01-25T15:56:00.000+02:00قصيدة مظفر النواب عن غزة ... كفرت باسرائيل<BR/><BR/><BR/><BR/>في الوطنِ العربيِّ<BR/>ترى أنهارَ النّفطِ تسيلْ<BR/>لا تسألْ عن سعرِ البرميلْ<BR/>والدّمُ أيضاً<BR/>مثلَ الأنهارِ تراهُ يسيلْ<BR/>لا تسألْ عن سعرِ البرميلْ<BR/>والدّمعُ<BR/>وأشياءٌ أخرى<BR/>من كلِّ مكانٍ في الوطنِ العربيِّ تسيلْ<BR/>لا تسألْ عن سعرِ البرميلْ<BR/>فلكلِّ زمانٍ تجّارٌ<BR/>والسّوقُ لها لغةٌ وأصولْ<BR/><BR/><BR/>النّملةُ قطعتْ رأسَ الفيلْ<BR/>والبّقةُ شربتْ نهرَ النيل<BR/>والجّبلُ تمخّضَ<BR/>أنجبَ فأراً<BR/>والفأرُ توّحشَّ يوماً<BR/>وافترسَ الغولْ<BR/>والذّئبُ يغنّي<BR/>يا ليلي..يا عيني<BR/>والحرباءُ تقولْ<BR/>بلباقةِ سيّدةٍ تتسوّقُ في باريسَ<BR/>" تري جانتيلْ "<BR/><BR/>معقولٌ..؟<BR/>ما تعريفُ المُمكنِ والمُتصوّرِ والمعقولْ؟<BR/><BR/>يا قارئ كلماتي بالعرضِ<BR/>وقارئ كلماتي بالطّولْ<BR/>لا تبحثْ عن شيءٍ عندي<BR/>يدعى المعقولْ<BR/>إنّي معترفٌ بجنونِ كلامي<BR/>بالجّملةِ والتّفصيلْ<BR/>ولهذا<BR/>لا تُتعبْ عقلكَ أبداً بالجّرحِ وبالتّعديلْ<BR/>وبنقدِ المتنِ<BR/>وبالتّأويلْ<BR/>خذها منّي<BR/>تلكَ الكلماتُ<BR/>وصدّقها من دونِ دليلْ<BR/>بعثرها في عقلكَ<BR/>لا بأسَ..<BR/>إن اختلطَ الفاعلُ<BR/>بالفعلِ أو المفعولْ<BR/>الفاعلُ يفعلُ<BR/>والمفعولُ به<BR/>يبني ما فعلَ الفاعلُ للمجهولْ<BR/><BR/>هذا تفكيرٌ عربيٌ<BR/>عمليٌ<BR/>شرعيٌ<BR/>مقبولْ<BR/>في زمنٍ فيهِ حوادثنا<BR/>كمذابحنا<BR/>ومآتمنا<BR/>أفعالٌ تبنى للمجهولْ<BR/><BR/>خُذ مثلاً<BR/>ضاعتْ منّا القدسُ<BR/>وقامتْ دولةُ إسرائيلْ<BR/>من المسؤول؟<BR/>فعلٌ مبنيٌّ للمجهولْ<BR/><BR/>خذ مثلاً<BR/>دبّاباتٌ ستٌ في بغدادَ<BR/>ونشراتُ الأخبارِ تقولْ<BR/>سقطتْ بغدادُ<BR/>من المسؤولْ؟<BR/>فعلٌ مبنيٌ للمجهولْ<BR/><BR/>خُذ مثلاً<BR/>في الوطنِ العربيِّ<BR/>ترى أنهارَ النّفطِ تسيلْ<BR/>لا تسألْ عن سعرِ البرميلْ<BR/><BR/>والدّمُ أيضاً<BR/>مثلَ الأنهارِ تراهُ يسيلْ<BR/>لا تسألْ عن سعرِ البرميلْ<BR/><BR/>والدّمعُ<BR/>وأشياءٌ أخرى<BR/>من كلِّ مكانٍ في الوطنِ العربيِّ تسيلْ<BR/>لا تسألْ عن سعرِ البرميلْ<BR/><BR/>فلكلِّ زمانٍ تجّارٌ<BR/>والسّوقُ لها لغةٌ وأصولْ<BR/><BR/>أمّا نحنُ البُسطاءُ<BR/>فأفضلَ ما نفعل<BR/>أن نفرحَ حينَ يفيضُ النّيلْ<BR/>أن نحزنَ حين يغيضُ النّيلْ<BR/>أن نرقصَ في الأفراحِ<BR/>ونبكي في الأتراحِ<BR/>ونؤمنَ أنَّ الأرضَ تدورُ<BR/>بلا تعليلْ<BR/>والموتُ هنا<BR/>مثل الفوضى والرّيحِ<BR/>يجيءُ بلاسببٍ<BR/>وبلا تعليلْ<BR/>والحربُ هنا<BR/>حدثٌ ميتافيزيقيٌ<BR/>فاعلهُ إنسانٌ مجهولْ<BR/>وضحيّتهُ أيضاً مجهولْ<BR/><BR/>هذا تفكيرٌ عربيٌ<BR/>عمليٌ<BR/>شرعيٌ<BR/>مقبولْ<BR/>في زمنٍ فيهِ حوادثنا<BR/>كمذابحنا<BR/>ومآتمنا<BR/>أفعالٌ تبنى للمجهولْ<BR/><BR/>فعلٌ مبنيٌّ للمجهولْ<BR/>عفويٌ<BR/>مثل شروقِ الشّمسِ<BR/>بديهيٌ<BR/>مثل التّنزيلْ<BR/>أمرٌ مفروضٌ<BR/>حتميٌ<BR/>وقضاءٌ مثل قضاءِ اللهِ<BR/>بلا تبديلْ<BR/><BR/>فعلٌ مبنيٌ للمجهولْ<BR/>وعلينا أن نصبرَ دوماً<BR/>فالصّبرُ جميلْ<BR/><BR/>ما أسخفها تلكَ الجّملةُ<BR/>" الصّبرُ جميلْ "<BR/>ولدتْ جملاً أخرى تُشبهها<BR/>خُذ مثلاً<BR/>الخوفُ جميلْ<BR/>الذّلُّ جميلْ<BR/>الموتُ جميلْ<BR/>الهربُ من الأقدارِ جميلْ<BR/><BR/>وجميلٌ أن يُقتلَ منّا<BR/>في غزّة يوماً<BR/>مائةُ قتيلْ<BR/>وجميلٌ أن ننسى في اليومِ التّالي<BR/>فالنّسيانُ جميلْ<BR/><BR/>وجميلٌ أن تأتينا أمريكا<BR/>بجيوشٍ وأساطيلْ<BR/>وجميلٌ أنْ تحترقَ الأرضُ<BR/>فلا يبقى زرعٌ ونخيلْ<BR/>وجميلٌ أنْ تختنقَ الخيلُ<BR/>فلا يبقى نزقٌ وصهيلْ<BR/>وجميلٌ أنْ تتهاوى كلُّ عواصمنا<BR/>كي تبقى<BR/> دولةُ إسرائيلْ<BR/><BR/>ياربِّ.<BR/>كفرتُ بإسرائيلْ <BR/>وكفرتُ بكلَِ حوادثنا<BR/>المبنيّةِ دوماً للمجهولْ<BR/><BR/>ياربِّ<BR/>كفرتُ بإسرائيلْ<BR/>هي وهمٌ<BR/>كالنّملةِ<BR/>والبّقةِ<BR/>نحنُ جعلناها كالفيلْ<BR/>وتركناها<BR/>تتدحرجُ فوقَ خريطتنا يوماً كالفيلْ<BR/>وتدوسُ علينا مثل الفيلْ<BR/>وتدكُّ قُرانا مثل الفيلْ<BR/><BR/>ياربِّ<BR/>كفرتُ بإسرائيلْ<BR/>هذا الوهمُ الملتفُّ على الأعناقِ<BR/>إذا قررنا يوماً<BR/>سوفَ يزولْ<BR/><BR/>ياربِّ<BR/>كفرتُ بإسرائيلْ<BR/>الموتُ الموتُ..لإسرائيلْ<BR/>الموتُ الموتُ..لإسرائيلْ<BR/>الموتُ الموتُ..لإسرائيلْAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26866567.post-59878265861919545962009-01-25T14:43:00.000+02:002009-01-25T14:43:00.000+02:00Great work, my friend, great!<BR/>Congratulations!!!<BR/>Have a nice week.david santoshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08976825493652779441noreply@blogger.com