last weekend was awesome so i'm headed back to eilat tomorrow morning with a bunch of 10 friends or so to scuba dive with dolphins.. yeah rough i know.. so anyway.. preparing some cds for the 4.5 hour drive and listening to some late night tv in the background and hearing reports of a talk show of current affairs..
"bai bai ya lubnaan!" is a satirical song that i just heard from a broadcast of newtv - apparently lebanon is now awash with political satire.. which ironically is a common israeli method of dealing with factional criticism.. http://www.newtvsat.com/programs/comedy.html#Erbet_Tenhal
i believe that people that can laugh at themselves are people that can distance themselves from problems and these are the same people that can also see solutions..
i continue to look north in awe.. even the israeli commentator said that for a nation very much dealing with devestation this is a very early deployment of national humour..
with my jaw dangling open i respond to this satire with "ahalan ya lubnaan!" which i think rhymes much better.. ;) inshalla we shall soon laugh together..
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Hey Lirun
That was freaking hilarious! I think that satire is one of the strongest weapons in the "peace" arsenal!
Chas ))))
:)
"inshalla we shall soon laugh together" From you to God :)
Enjoy the scuba diving.
thank you.. was so funny.. those dolphins really make you look like an idiot hehe
;)
Ummmm... there is a very strong poem:
"Like a bird dancing out of Pain."
The Phoenix bursts into fire, then rises again, do the shrieks sound like laughter? Maybe they do. Just like southern mothers who welcome their fallen children back home with a "Ululation," and hide their tears. A sound of joy that says: "Happy to have you back, torn, wounded, ...dead.. happy to have you back."
Only with laughter can we welcome back our Lebanon.. our precious little Lebanon.. a secret the Legend says that with echos of laughter we can herald in tomorrow. Legend says that the smiles in this little rock called Lubnan turn into clouds, and rain back droplets of life..
For its sake, for Lebanon's sake, we tread on our hearts, we swallow our pain, we hide our wounds, and hang our bloody clothes as cheerful banners, we dry our tears and spread the white salt and our last ration of rice to bring Lebanon back, we stand up and cry:
O Joy! O Joy! Rise Lebanon, Rise!
For its sake we will live, and for its name we will laugh.
thanks fadi!
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