An Arab Woman Blues - Reflections in a sealed bottle...

One of the most depressing afternoons I have spent...Depressing is not the right word, it was an afternoon filled with a shared sad rage. I met H. who has just returned from Baghdad where he had spent two months. I have known H. for a long time now...but since the Occupation, our relation changed...I don't hate him or anything but his welcoming the occupation left me let's say --very distant... H. is not an essentially bad person, he is just a fucked up opportunist. H. always cared about his own personal interests first and foremost. So when Baghdad fell, he was grieved but at the same time exhibited some hope for change...He hated Saddam Hussein and blamed everything that went wrong in Iraq on him -even the US occupation ! But like the rest of us, he was driven out  of the country -- fear gripped him when members of his family were murdered by the Shiite death squads. By the way H. is half Shiite, half Sunni. Last year, he decided to give it a try again  and  retur...

It's always like that. I start off wanting to write about something quite important, but something of greater importance takes place and I have learned to get my priorities right in Life and my priority was and remains Iraq. Occupied, raped, destroyed Iraq remains a priority even more so, precisely because it is NOT getting coverage in either  mainstream or "alternative" media. But this is another subject matter that I will have to delve into in greater depth in some future post, because this SILENCE around the Iraqi cause is criminal in itself. Let me not lose the thread of my thoughts here and knowing that most of you out there your attention span is that of 10 year old child, I shall keep it short and sweet. OK maybe not sweet...but as short and as dry as possible, just the way you like it. I shall present you with dry points- not that any amount of information will make a difference - still read the following, the latest from the "New" Iraq. POVER...

I was invited to a gathering last evening, and overheard conversations, as usual... There were some Westerners there (to my dismay), most of whom were Americans and a few Europeans on a "mission" - working for NGOs that "specialize" in "development" projects. There was also one Pakistani guy present who works for the same group and a few Arabs. I overheard one of the American "female" "expert" say : - The main problem we're facing is that the natives resist development. That's one major hurdle... I detected unease in the Pakistani guy. So I threw a bait, hoping to take him by surprise, I said : - you know something, I am getting really, really fed up with those Americans and other Westerners on a "mission." He replied diplomatically : - they're doing what they can, their best... I continued, - Oh absolutely, they are doing their best for "development". Iraq was really developed and when ...

However much I dislike to admit it, but do you know what the difference between the Afghan and Iraqi peoples is ? Here is the difference :

This does not need much explanation, nor much analysis. It is all too obvious. And it is too obvious who the thieves standing with their master Ali Baba, are. And it is too obvious what the real face of Sectarianism looks like. A snapshot of the tyrannical thugs of Baghdad, to keep in your photo albums. My deepest congratulations to our Shiite "brothers."

Don't you like it when these sons of preacher men come and preach to you ? Fuck it, hundreds of daily messages from the good, God fearing West, the God fearing America, shoving it down your throats and if you happen to be under Occupation, shoving down your asses...with ... with ... Forgive your enemy, don't hold on to rage, divisions come from Ego...bla bla bla... And all the while those hypocritical motherfuckers do nothing but wage wars of Occupations, where your children are murdered, your elderly go begging, your women are raped and your men sodomized and killed... Preach what my ass ? What are you preaching you fucked up bastards ??!!! Peace on earth and good will to all men ? You have brought nothing but fucking destruction and bad will. Letting go of the Ego and all of its greed ? You are nothing but Ego run wild and the thing you do best and excel at is contemplating your belly button...your navel. Forgiving your "Enemy" Oh really ? and who is...

I am on Twitter. And this past week, Twitter has known a hyperactivity of tweets, tweeting for Gaza. The Israeli Zionist war on Gaza took place on the 27th of December. A frenzy of anti-Zionist tweets and I think that is a very good thing. Palestine should be, must be FREE. There are no two ways about it. A man on the 30th of December 2006, on the day of the Eid and on the eve of the New Year, stood at the gallows, meeting his "fate", and said those same exact words -- in his last minutes, he said those exact same words, facing death in the eye - He said: "Long live Iraq, Free - Long live Palestine, Free..." He was no ordinary man. Sure, he was no God and he was no prophet, but he was no ordinary man. How many of your world leaders, Arab leaders, any leader would exhibit so much courage, heroism, bravery, nobility, fortitude, deep faith, dignity and surrender like Saddam Hussein did in his last minutes? How many ? Name me one in history. Just one. To my ...