I took the bus down to Al Balad today. The Arab News has an opinion piece today by Abeer Mishkhas entitled, "It is High Time We Thought of a Plan to Save Jeddah's Old Buildings."
Sami Nawar, the man in charge of the historic district. She says he refuses outright to knock down old houses. I think that is rather good. But she thinks there should be a plan to merge the new with the modern.
At any rate that is what is happening. It just needs to be appreciated.
Another article in the same Arab News today talks about the Prince Sultan bin Salman, sec-gen of Supreme Council for Tourism's Awards: Architectural heritage projects, urban heritage research, and conservation fo urban heritage projects. The King Abdul
Aziz historical Center in Riyadh was given the first award, Dr. Abdul Aziz Al-Kaky, the second for his study of Madina, and the Village of Rujal Amaa, near the Souda Park, near Abha the third. Fatimah Abu Ghass--a leading craftswoman in plaster carving did the interior of the Museum in Rujal Amaa.
4/06/2006
4/05/2006
Shati' Tea and Falafal Shop, Gaza
Syrian poet and playwrite, Muhammad Al-Marghout died yesterday. He was a contemporary of Duraid Al-Lahham the creator of the Famous "Ghawwar" on TV.
I found this on a web, by Bassem Franjiyeh:
The Syrian poet Muhammad al-Maghout (b.1930) speaks about the Arab man as a victim oppressed by a frightening reality. While most contemporary poets voice protest, al-Maghout voices resignation. Not only does al-Maghout express the sentiment of defeat, but also the despair born from a total defeat in a defeated land:
You have defeated me!
But in all this beaten land
I can find no proper hill
On which to hang my banner of surrender!
The terror voiced in the poetry of al-Maghout and Qasim Haddad hardness back to the visionary words of Tawfiq Sayihd (d.1971), written more than three decades ago. When the poet was still alive, his words were dismissed by critics as being irrelevant to the spirit of the times. Now, however, long after his death, his words have become extremely relevant:
My summer is emptiness
My winter is horror
And my life is a train passing between them whistling!
For Sayihd, poetry is what sustained him in an absurd and frightening world. In the words of Mounah Khouri, it allowed him to "endure the tragedy of more than one paradise lost." Thus, when his words dried up, he did not find the strength to keep living, and he "found in death his trustworthy savior." 22
http://www.qhaddad.com/english/bassam.htm April 6, 2006
I found this on a web, by Bassem Franjiyeh:
The Syrian poet Muhammad al-Maghout (b.1930) speaks about the Arab man as a victim oppressed by a frightening reality. While most contemporary poets voice protest, al-Maghout voices resignation. Not only does al-Maghout express the sentiment of defeat, but also the despair born from a total defeat in a defeated land:
You have defeated me!
But in all this beaten land
I can find no proper hill
On which to hang my banner of surrender!
The terror voiced in the poetry of al-Maghout and Qasim Haddad hardness back to the visionary words of Tawfiq Sayihd (d.1971), written more than three decades ago. When the poet was still alive, his words were dismissed by critics as being irrelevant to the spirit of the times. Now, however, long after his death, his words have become extremely relevant:
My summer is emptiness
My winter is horror
And my life is a train passing between them whistling!
For Sayihd, poetry is what sustained him in an absurd and frightening world. In the words of Mounah Khouri, it allowed him to "endure the tragedy of more than one paradise lost." Thus, when his words dried up, he did not find the strength to keep living, and he "found in death his trustworthy savior." 22
http://www.qhaddad.com/english/bassam.htm April 6, 2006
Shati' Falafel and Tea Shop, Gaza
The Syrian writer Abd Al-Salam Al-Ojaily, 1918-2006 died yesterday, April 5. He was born in Raqqa.
Inscription à :
Articles (Atom)