The Gravest Sin You declared Endless adoration, Now you kneel Seeking salvation. And the gift I bestowed on you Is now penance’ Sacrificial ewe. Down it sinks Casket in the soil. The pious infidel Pleads in turmoil, While luring Eve- Past sagacious, present fool, Am your mirror; The reflection of your soul. Watch the coward […]
Monthly Archives: August 2013
Etre, Avoir, Penser, Vivre
Le Liban est en crise, une crise multiforme, et surtout, philosophique et spirituelle. Celle-ci renvoie à des interrogations universelles : qu’est-ce qui peut être considéré comme un progrès véritable ? L’être humain peut-il/elle être heureux/se et vivre en harmonie avec autrui dans une civilisation construite autour de l’idéal de l’avoir ? Sans doute pas… Nous traversons une période […]
أيقظوا ضمائركم
توقّف الزمن عندها يوم فُقِد، كل السنوات التي مرّت لم تغيّر صورته في خيالها، صورة الشاب الذي كان يملأ البيت بحركته. تدخل غرفته كل صباح لعلّها تجده نائمًا فتحاول إيقاظه ليرفض هو ذلك وتستمر هي في المحاولة حتى تنجح. ولكن الغرفة خالية، والفراش باردٌ لم يزره جسد انسان منذ سنوات. تقف، تنقّل نظرها في زوايا […]
Conversations these days?
Avoiding the traffic and the stressful driving in Beirut, I always attempt to take a cab to work, college, and anywhere I’m going. In my architectural engineering studies, Public Transportation was one of the advanced courses I had to research, arriving to the result that the Lebanese public transportation system needs a total makeover, and […]
باميلا شرابيه: ما لا يقتلك يجعلك أقوى
My interview (El Nashra Finance) about Red Lips High Heels and Women’s Rights. Excerpts: – هل واجهت صعوبات خلال مسيرتك المهنية؟ واجهت الكراهية نحو النساء، الضمنية والواضحة، اضافة الى التمييز على أساس الجنس، وليس فقط كناشطة، ولكن أيضا باعتباري أكاديمية في المجال الديني والذي يعتبر، في بلدنا، ومنطقة الشرق الأوسط، حكرا على “رجال” الدين. […]
Calling out the Trivialization of Death before it’s too late!
Explosions, massacres, sectarian and political conflicts, WAR … Men, women and children, being mowed down without a thought of remorse… Counting dead and wounded people on a daily basis… No stories, no names, just numbers… Forgotten… Do we (most of us living in Southern Western Asia i.e. the Middle East) have a dysfunctional view of […]
How do mothers feel nowadays about the fashion industry, especially when it comes to childrena��s fashion?
When I was young, a little over a decade ago, my mother would be careful about how she dresses my sister and me. Girls would wear decent clothes. We wouldna��t see girls wearing tight t-shirts with explicit prints on them, we wouldna��t see girls wearing the shortest version of shorts or mini-skirts and we definitely […]
Toward Resilient Arab Societies
I was invited more than 10 years ago by an association of psychologists in Montreal (Quebec- Canada) to testify about my experience as a war survivor. The main theme was ‘Resilience’ and my hosts and colleagues defined it as having a positive attitude, optimism, and the ability to change one’s life even after a misfortune. […]
En souvenir des victimes de guerre… Pour que cesse la folie meurtrière!
L’attentat à la voiture piégée à Roueiss (banlieue sud de Beyrouth) hier vendredi ayant fait plus de 20 morts et 250 blessés, n’est pas un incident ponctuel, un événement ‘sensationnel’ du moment, mais il fait partie de la tragédie libanaise, de la guerre continue au Liban voilà des décennies et son cortège de victimes, de […]
NOUS et le COLONIALISME : un divorce inconsommé!
L’analyse des guerres continues en Asie du Sud-Ouest – que l’on tient encore à nommer ‘Moyen-Orient’ en adoptant un concept eurocentriste – ne devrait pas faire fi de l’héritage du colonialisme du 20e siècle et du néo-colonialisme actuel. En tenir compte n’implique pas la déresponsabilisation des populations locales, mais je trouve aberrant de taxer celles-ci […]