House of Curiosity...

In Egypt
 
Inspired by Nas
 I was in Egypt last week.  And even though my love to Cairo is as big as the pyramids, I was disappointed at how Egypt received the Algerian team.  Not only did they beat them up, but thousands of people spent their night honking and beeping around the hotel in which the [...]

Words fail to describe my feelings… so I won’t say anything…
 
This is one of my favorite poems.. Marcel Khalifeh turned it into a song… It is so  harsh yet so tender… 
 

تصبحون على وطن
عندما يذهب الشهداء الى النوم أصحو
وأحرسهم من هواة الرِّثاء

 
أقول لهم :
تُصبحون على وطن،
من سحابٍ ومن شجرٍ،
من سراب وماء

أهنئُهُم بالسلامةِ من حادثِ المُستحيل
ومن قيمة [...]