drf 01.03.05, 19:43 bialo-czerwone flagi...w Bejrucie forum.gazeta.pl/forum/72,2.html?f=13&w=18722627&a=21153195 Odpowiedz Link Zgłoś czytaj wygodnie posty
patience Oczekiwanie arabskiego switu... 01.03.05, 21:34 Poeta Buland Al-Hajdari, urodzony w Bagdadzie w 1926, uciekł przed tyranią w Bagdadzie do Bejrutu, a stamtąd do Londynu i tam zmarł. Pisanie rozpoczął w latach 40tych, należał do twórców, ktorzy przyczynili się do zrewolucjonizowania poezji i zmodernizowania całej kultury arabskiej. Był częśćią środowiska literackiego, które bezbrzeżnie wierzyło w siłę słowa i związek między reformą literatury a zmianą polityczną. Buntowali się przeciwko tyranii, zwyczajom i tradycjom, przeciwko światu swoich przodków. Pochodził z rodziny zamożnych właścicieli ziemskich, z której wywodziło się wielu sędziów religijnych, uczonych, urzędników państwowych. Mieli korzenie kurdyjskie, ale w tamtych czasach świat elit był wystarczająco płynny, by miejsca starczało i dla nich. Byli filarami ancien regime'u monarchii irackiej, która powstała pod brytyjską kontrolą w 1921. Nie wiadomo dokładnie co spowodowało, że młody Buland al-Hajdari skierował się przeciwko własnej rodzinie i ku lewicowym poglądom. Tak czy inaczej, w wieku 16 lat znajdujemy go przed gmachem sądu, w którym szefował jego wuj. Młody poeta zajmuje się pisaniem petycji i podań analfabetom. Kiedy w krwawej rewolucji 1958 obalono stary reżim, a krol Fajsal II i jego rodzina zostali zamordowani w wyniku wojskowego zamachu, Buland al-Hajdari, przekonani byli, że nadchodzi nowy, lepszy .świat, koniec panowania posiadaczy ziemskich, monarchii i wpływów brytyjskich. Miało być to spełnienie snów całej jego generacji, ktore tak opisał inny poeta, Abd al-Wahhab al-Bajdari: W moim mieście wzeszło słońce Dzwony Biją na rzecz bohaterów Wstań, ukochana jesteśmy wolni. Ale nowy reżim wkrótce sam zaczął spływać krwią. Kraj staczał się ku epoce okrucieństwa i krwawych łaźni, a Buland al-Bajdari na krótko sam się znalazł w więzieniu. Po wyjściu zaczął szukać ratunku przed przemocą w Bejrucie. W tym łaskawym mieście przyłączył do innych życiowych rozbitków, tak jak i oni oczarowany pełną wyrozumiałości atmosferą miasta. Zaprzyjaźnił się z poetami i pisarzami wszelkich orientacji - komunistami, nacjonalistami arabskimi, zwolennikami identyfikacji Syrii i Libanu z kulturą śródziemnomorską. Kochał Bejrut za daną mu życiową szansę. Pisał książki o powiązaniu między kulturą i sztuką, o historii muzułmańskiej architektury sakralnej. Tworzył wiersze i brał udział w konstruowaniu nowego arabskiego nacjonalizmu. Kiedy głosił 'arabski nacjonalizm', miał na myśli właśnie to: podźwignięcie się z ubóstwa, zacofania i zależności. Nowe życie wymagało nowej literatury i Al-Hajdari poświęcil temu swoje życie. Kurdyjskie pochodzenie nie przeszkadzało mu w głoszeniu swej arabskości, gdyż głęboko wierzył w pojemność arabskiej kultury, zdolnej objąć wszystkie religie, odłamy i mniejszości. Tworzył poezję arabską i oczekiwał arabskiego świtu. W latach 50-tych i 60-tych jego głos o 'arabskim renesansie' w kulturze i piśmiennictwie był głosem wieszczym. Kiedy grunt w Bejrucie zaczął płonąć, a sen o arabskim przebudzeniu rozpłynął się w konfliktach religijnych i społecznych, Al-Hajdari wyjechał do Londynu. "Bunt i uchodźctwo od początku były moim żywiołem" - powiedział na krótko przed śmiercią. Został pochowany w Londynie. Odpowiedz Link Zgłoś
drf Re: Oczekiwanie arabskiego switu... 01.03.05, 23:14 www.dailystar.com.lb/beirutdemo2.asp zdjecia z demonstracji w Bejrucie... lcweb2.loc.gov/frd/cs/lbtoc.html www.freelebanon.org/ www.politicalresources.net/lebanon.htm www.lebanonvoice.com/ www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jsource/arabs/lebtoc.html i-cias.com/e.o/lebanon_1.htm Sweets LAWZIEH Almonds in syrup SIMSIMIEH Sesame seeds in syrup CAJOWEHIEH Cashew nuts in syrup PISTACHIOS & PEANUTS in syrup FOUSTOUKIEH Pistachios in syrup MIXIEH Mixed nuts in syrup BASMA Pine kernel cake MAAMOUL (with Dates) Semolina pastry with dates MAAMOUL (with Walnuts) Semolina pastry with walnuts MAAMOUL (with Pistachio) Semolina pastry with Pistachio MAAMOUL (with Dates & Sesame) Sesame covered Semolina pastry with dates MAAMOUL (with Dates & Pistachio) Pistachio covered Semolina pastry with dates ARAMEESH Crystalised Pistachios with sugar HALAWA Sesame seeds paste with syrup BAKLAWA (with Cashew) Filo pastry, Cashew nuts and syrup BAKLAWA (with Pistachio) Filo pastry, Pistachio nuts and syrup BOKAJ Pastry with mixed nuts BOKAJ Pastry with Hazelnuts BORMA Shredded wheat with Pistachio and syrup RAHA Turksh Delight NAMOURA Semolina cake with Coconuts, Almonds and syrup MIXED NUTS NAMOURA Semolina cake with mixed nuts and syrup BIRDS NEST Shredded Wheat with Pistachio and syrup CASHEW FINGERS Filo pastry, Cashew nuts and syrup ALMOND BAKLAWA Filo pastry, Almonds and syrup Savouries HOMMOS Chick Peas, Sesame oil, Lemon juice MOUTABAL (Baba Ghanouji) Grilled Aubergines, Sesame oil, Lemon juice TABBOULI Parsley, Tomatoes, Lemon juice, Mint, Crushed wheat and Olive Oil LABNEH Strained Yoghurt served with Olive Oil and fresh Mint BASTURMA Smoked fillet of Beef covered with special spices MOUSAKA BIZIET Aubergines cooked with Tomato sauce, Onions and Chick Peas LOUBIA BIZIET French beans cooked in Olive Oil with Tomato, Onion and Garlic FALAFEL Broad Beans and Chick Peas - deep fried. Served with salad and its own sauce KIBBE Fresh, lean Meat and crushed Wheat stuffed with mince, Onions and pine kernels LAHMEH BIL AGINE LEBANESE PIZZA Minced meat on Pastry baked in oven MAKANEK LEBANESE SAUSAGES Fried or Grilled WARAK ENAB Vine leaves stuffed with Rice, Onions, Tomatoes, Spices and Parsley FUL MOUDAMMAS Boiled Broad Beans with Lemon juice, Olive Oil and Garlic SAM BOUSEK Pastry filled with fried minced Meat or Cheese and Pine Kernels FATAYER BI SABANEGH SPINACH PIE - Pastry filled with spinach Onions, Lemon Juice and Pine Kernels MOUJADARA Rice with Lentils and fried Onions (eaten cold) MANAKEESH Pastry baked with Thyme, Sesame seeds and Olive Oil FATAYER JEBNEH Pastry filled with cheese (Halloumi or Raskaval) BAMIA BIZIET Ladies Fingers cooked with Tomato in Olive Oil ARAYES Lebanese toasted Bread filled with minced Meat and Pastry FATOUSH Mixed Vegetables, Parsley, Mint, Olive Oil, Lemon Juice and Toasted Bread BATATA HARRA Cubes of Potatoes fried with Garlic and Coriander KALLAJ Lebanese Bread, Toasted and filled with Halloumi Cheese JAWANEH DAJAJ Grilled Chicken wings with Garlic and Lemon Juice. Odpowiedz Link Zgłoś
blong bombardowac 02.03.05, 00:51 bialy czlowiek wiedzic co brudas chciec bomba wyzwolencza to marzenie kazdego osiedla freedom for all r.i.p. Odpowiedz Link Zgłoś
patience feministyczne rewolucje? Bahia Hariri 02.03.05, 00:56 Bahia Hariri hails from one of Lebanon's most prominent families and has long been a highly active personality in Lebanese political life. Parliamentary deputy and president of the parliamentary commission for culture and education, she is also engaged in regional politics as the Vice-president of the Commission for Women at the Inter-parliamentary Arab Union. Deeply concerned about the preservation of historical heritage, she has campaigned on behalf of the inscription of the Ancient temple of Echoum in the Ancient city of Saida as a UNESCO World Heritage site. She initiated a local UNESCO seminar, focusing on finding ways to balance urban development with cultural and ecological preservation. Dedicated champion of woman's rights, Bahia Hariri has consistently promoted the status of women in Arab society, campaigning for the adoption of laws protecting women and helping their emancipation. portal.unesco.org/en/file_download.php/5e776da030c3fe1e0dea7adafb2fea66hariri.jpg www.futureyouth.org/activities/details_social/bahia_hariri.html www.tharwaproject.com/English/Main-Sec/Features/Feat-1_31_05/AbiKhalil.htm Odpowiedz Link Zgłoś
drf Freedom, our most lethal weapon against tyranny. 02.03.05, 01:30 Some ancient Chinese philosopher is said to have taught his students that one cannot understand an event simply by attempting to reconstruct a chain of causality leading up to it. Instead, one must immerse oneself in the context, to fully understand the moment in which the event took place. If you get the context right, you can understand what came before and what comes after. That sort of understanding is important both for historians and leaders. If that ancient wise man were alive today and were asked to summarize the unique characteristics of this historical moment, he would say "revolution." We are living in a revolutionary age, that started more than a quarter century ago in Spain after the death of Generalissimo Francisco Franco. At that time, hardly anyone believed it possible to go from dictatorship to democracy without great violence, and most Spaniards feared that the terrible civil war of the 1930s — which ended when Franco seized power and installed a military dictatorship — would begin anew. Instead, thanks to a remarkable generation of political leaders, some savvy priests, and the grossly underrated King Juan Carlos, Spain passed smoothly and gracefully into democracy. It was the beginning of the Age of the Second Democratic Revolution. Spain inspired Portugal, and the second Iberian dictatorship gave way to democracy. Spain and Portugal inspired all of Latin America, and by the time Ronald Reagan left office there were only two unelected governments south of the Rio Grande: Cuba and Surinam. These successful revolutions inspired the Soviet satellites, and then the Soviet Union itself, and the global democratic revolution reached into Africa and Asia, even threatening the tyrants in Beijing. The United States played a largely positive role in almost all these revolutions, thanks to a visionary president — Ronald Reagan — and a generation of other revolutionary leaders in the West: Walesa, Havel, Thatcher, John Paul II, Bukovsky, Sharansky, among others. There was then a pause for a dozen years, first during the presidency of Bush the Elder, who surrounded himself with short-sighted self-proclaimed "realists" and boasted of his lack of "the vision thing," and then the reactionary Clinton years, featuring a female secretary of state who danced with dictators. Having led a global democratic revolution, and won the Cold War, the United States walked away from that revolution. We were shocked into resuming our unfinished mission by the Islamofascists, eight months into George W. Bush's first term, and we have been pursuing that mission ever since. The parallels between the first and second waves of revolution would be very interesting to the Chinese sage. During the Reagan years, the revolution began on the periphery of the major conflict, in Iberia. Following 9/11, the revolution was brought violently to the periphery of the Middle East, in Afghanistan. It swept through Iraq, taking time to liberate Ukraine (against whose independence Bush the Elder spoke so shamefully), and now threatens Syrian hegemony over Lebanon, if not the Syrian regime itself, and has forced the Egyptian and Saudi regimes to at least a pretense of democratic change. While most of the revolutions have been accomplished with a minimum of armed force, military power has been used on several of the battlefields, and not only in the recent cases of Afghanistan and Iraq. It is often said that the Cold War was won without firing a shot, but that is false; there was fighting in Afghanistan, and in Grenada, and in Angola. The repeated defeats of Soviet proxies (Angola, Grenada) and the Red Army itself (Afghanistan) were important in shattering the myth that the laws of history guaranteed the ultimate triumph of communism. Once that myth had been destroyed, the peoples of the Soviet Empire lost their paralyzing fear of the Kremlin, and they risked a direct challenge. In like manner, the defeats of the fanatics in Afghanistan and Iraq, followed by free elections in both countries, destroyed two myths: of the inevitability of tyranny in the Muslim world, and of the divinely guaranteed success of the jihad. Once those myths were shattered, others in the region lost their fear of the tyrants, and they are now risking a direct challenge. The Cedar Revolution in Beirut has now toppled Syria's puppets in Lebanon, and I will be surprised and disappointed if we do not start hearing from democratic revolutionaries inside Syria — echoed from their counterparts in Iran — in the near future. Many of the brave people in the suddenly democratic Arab streets are inspired by America, and by George W. Bush himself. It should go without saying that we must support them all, in as many ways as we can. Most of that support will be political — from unwavering support by all our top officials, to support for radio and television stations, and tens of thousands of bloggers, who can provide accurate information about the real state of affairs within the Middle Eastern tyrannies, to financial assistance to workers so that they can go on strike — but some might be military, such as hitting terror camps where the mass murderers of the region are trained. We are, after all, waging war against the terrorists and their masters, as is proven by the daily carnage in Iraq and Israel, and the relentless oppression and murder of democrats in Iran. The president clearly understands this, but, in one of the most frustrating paradoxes of the moment, this vision is rather more popular among the peoples of the Middle East than among some of our top policymakers. For anyone to suggest to this president at this dramatic moment, that he should offer a reward to Iran for promising not to build atomic bombs, or that we should seek a diplomatic "solution" to Syria's oft-demonstrated role in the terror war against our friends and our soldiers, is a betrayal of his vision and of the Iranian, Israeli, Lebanese and Syrian people. Yet that sort of reactionary thinking is surprisingly widespread, from leading members of congressional committees, from the failed "experts" at State and CIA, and even some on the staff of the National Security Council. Our most lethal weapon against the tyrants is freedom, and it is now spreading on the wings of democratic revolution. It would be tragic if we backed off now, when revolution is gathering momentum for a glorious victory. We must be unyielding in our demand that the peoples of the Middle East design their own polities, and elect their own leaders. The first step, as it has been in both Afghanistan and Iraq, is a national referendum to choose the form of government. In Iran, the people should be asked if they want an Islamic republic. In Syria, if they want a Baathist state. In Egypt and Saudi Arabia and Libya, if they want more of the same. We should not be deterred by the cynics who warn that freedom will make things worse, because the ignorant masses will opt for the fantasmagorical caliphate of the increasingly irrelevant Osama bin Laden. Mubarak and Qadaffi and Assad and Khamenei are arresting democrats, not Islamists, and the women of Saudi Arabia are not likely to demand to remain shrouded for the rest of their lives. Faster, please. The self-proclaimed experts have been wrong for generations. This is a revolutionary moment. Go for it. www.nationalreview.com/ledeen/ledeen200503010752.asp slate.msn.com/id/2114137/ Odpowiedz Link Zgłoś
blong stealth fighter most the lethal weapon against 02.03.05, 01:31 tyrany and humanity Odpowiedz Link Zgłoś
patience widze ze sie zbroisz w narzedzia perswazji 02.03.05, 01:36 niekoniecznie pokojowej, ale za to skutecznej? Tylko kto taką twoja perswazje przezyje, zeby ci pogratulowac wygranej dyskusji? Odpowiedz Link Zgłoś
blong ucze sie u najlepszych 02.03.05, 01:50 tzn. najmocnieszych z najdoskonalszego kraju swiata z nadoskonalsza ideologia Odpowiedz Link Zgłoś
drf blogs !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 02.03.05, 01:47 Editor: Myself A weblog on Iran, technology and pop culture, by Hossein Derakhshan hoder.com/weblog/archives/012691.shtml blogsbyiranians.com/ mrbehi.blogs.com/ I think even the fiercest critics of president Bush's handling of the post-liberation phase in Iraq will still be thrilled at what appears to me to be glacial but important shifts in the right direction in the region." I so wish you were right, but I'm afraid you probably aren't. I had lunch today with a friend - a really smart, knowledgeable, accomplished guy, who also happens to be very liberal and is active in state Democratic politics. I mentioned to him that Lebanon's government had just fallen. You would have thought I told him his dog had died. He chewed his sandwich slowly, thought for a while, and finally said,"You know, Assad's a bastard, but he was right when he said the problems in Iraq are the fault of America, not Syria." There wasn't any happiness that Lebanon is marching toward freedom. This kind of sulky non-sequitur, to me, exemplifies well why the Democratic Party cannot be trusted right now with our national security. Though some in the party, like Biden and Lieberman, are serious about protecting us, there are just way too many others so filled with hatred for Bush that they are incapable of understanding what is happening in the Middle East, and what the stakes are for all of us. And that's why I stand by my intense disagreement with your decision last fall to endorse John Kerry - even if the man could have been trusted, his party, as a whole, could not have been." How depressing. www.andrewsullivan.com/index.php?dish_inc=archives/2004_10_31_dish_archive.html Odpowiedz Link Zgłoś
patience Re: blogs !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 02.03.05, 02:00 odkryles nowy swiat? Odpowiedz Link Zgłoś
drf diary of an anti-chomskyite 02.03.05, 02:11 antichomsky.blogspot.com/2004/10/what-uncle-sam-really-wants-review.html www.rebeccablood.net/essays/weblog_history.html www.rebeccablood.net/handbook/ revelacja !!! Odpowiedz Link Zgłoś