House of Curiosity...

Yup… it is 2:00 Am… and I am very awake… but it is Ramadan and I usually turn into a nocturne creature during Ramadan…mostly conformity with how days change during Ramadan.

The ladies came to visit me few days ago, and as usual we had an interesting conversation. What women talk about in this country is men (I guess that is what women do all over the world anyway!) but here, these “women sessions” are the most interesting. They show off about all the tricks they use to have their men in line! I am not kidding! And they give advises…

This conversation made me think of a contradictory comment said by Natasha few days ago about that could not leave my mind…about how men have their own anxieties as well.. how Arab women expect perfection from their men… they have to be strong, rich, self confident and always on top of everything…no room for mistakes, or hesitance or any sort of weakness what so ever… and that brought to my mind yet another comment said by Tareq (another friend) few weeks ago about how when Arab women get married they leave the house of their old father to the house of their new father!!! Obviously this comment has several sides, but really what he meant was that we have very high expectations from our husbands… the “Standard” that we have lived in all our lives can NOT be compromised for any reason!

I hate to be quoted saying this, but there is some truth in all this..I mean honestly thinking about it a man’s life in the Middle East is like the minesweeper game, there is always a trick, a game an expectation…it is never simple. He has to have every move calculated or else… boom! Ok this is a bit exaggerated (but I tend to do that). No wonder no one wants to get married these days!

Anyway… I just finished another book by Paul Auster, and like all his books it is dark, smart and unpredictable. It is called Oracle Night but if anyone wants to read Paul Auster I recommend Leviathan (Which happens to be my favorite) and Book of Illusions which I thought was very good. My next book would be Eleven Minutes by Paulo Coelho. I am not a fan, but Nassim insisted I should read it. So far this is the third book he recommends (Memnoch the devil and the invalids of hot climates) it took me years to convince myself to read them, but they were both not that bad 

And by the way Nassim if you read this, I have your copies for both books, if you want them email me!