Tony Soprano dies, Hamdallah resigns,and voting for Assaf goes on...
Tony Soprano dies, Hamdallah resigns , and voting for Assaf goes on ...
The saddest in all is the death of the eternal mafia tv series hero ,( james gandolfini), at a relatively young age after seen dining healthily the night before .
Death , the most influential enemy or maybe ally of the human race . That thing that sneaks into our lives suddenly unexpectedly without any previous notice and does what it desires . Once and forever...all what we were before that instant disappears and all what we become is just dust ...
Death , the only continuous reality that we live, and yet , we never learn .
Whats the connection between this man's death and the resignation of the PM after two weeks ? Probably nothing ...
But somewhere power and fame , that light that shuns from them is a deadly one ... Maybe for someone like Hamdalla who experienced the burning light of death when he lost his children in one instant after a tragic car accident , can make the resemblance with the deadly light . He knows well that going through it will only bring him closer to his end , and he seems to be someone who values life ...
He values life because he experienced it's loss .
He decided to quit the glamour of power , the power he apparently realized quickly that is fake , and maybe he is smart enough to realize that there cannot be glamour in such a powerless power.
I am thinking of all those congratulating ads that flowed our newspapers for weeks ( two weeks) , all that money that was wasted .. All that money that will be wasted again on the next assigned prime minister ... Someone was benefiting for sure " the newspaper " . One probably , of the winning stakeholders in such a situation . Those who spent thousands on ads big and small, black and white or colored , on the first page, middle or last , are probably angry at his Excellency at the moment , and they are swearing probably not to put any congratulation expenses next time , until the man sit in his chair for at least a month ...maybe...
A man who was just a few weeks before a normal man , suddenly found himself in the center of the hypocracy of a whole nation , and he was required to perform in the best way ever, inside an already rotten place.
To be honest, I was thinking when he accepted the position, what if I was In his place? as everyone already knows, the positive side of being a palestinain in this situation that everyone can dream and even mobilize to become a minister ,so why not a prime minister .
So I was thinking if I was offered the position ,would I take it or not , and all the ideals of the world vanished as I thought to myself ,of course I will, if I cannot change anything and I would definitely cannot , and I would definitely not last there for a few days , I would at least have it on my cv . And I will definitely have a better opportunity for a future career .
And while he must be sitting now at the quietness of his home, feeling liberated maybe, or maneuvering for a next move that will give him more power if he comes back . After all, he didn't threaten to resign, he acted directly and instinctively ( I would say it is his leo side ) . This move makes him infront of the hyenas ( talking about lions, it brings the scene closer to this ) surrounding power and his offices a decisive man . If he comes back , he will come back stronger . And if he doesn't , which most wish he does not, because all the wishing to take his place are probably lobbying now sitting waiting next ot their mobiles . And of course, this means that there is a new chance for another cabinet, even if a few more ministries are opened for the auction it will not be a problem . So there must be more open swelling tongues waiting for him to leave.
As for the president , who cares ? Since he himself doesn't care ... Remove one , replace another , and if things get really really tough, he is there , all big and powerful, another position next to his other positions will not harm . He will not look nice infront of us , his people? He never bothered anyway ... And we don't ... He will look like a dictator infront of the west ?that is also unlikely , as long as he is managing his relations well , they could bother themselves less..
So where is the connection with all this and Assaf ....
Assaf , the real light that came to us in many ways shunning our hearts. A young man seeking a desperate opportunity to reach a dream . A dream that is hard to realize for dreamers in general except with non stop determination . But with a Palestinian .. Only us Palestinians can understand what it means to reach for a dream . To try to reach your hands up to the sky .becasue our sky is not like any other sky . It is a sky that is contaminated and isolated . A sky surrounded with walls and electric wires and the only wind it has is that that comes from the dust of a passing bulldozer , and stars that are confused with missiles. And for a gazan dream .. Even my imagination will stop on the thought .
Assaf made it , with a boring Palestinian reality , his crossing the borders are like no other crossing , his arrival to the casting even required him to Jump over a wall...
A reality that the world became exhausted of , because how come we live such a tragedy from one side, and have a PA that is so corrupt from another side .
How could it be that a young man like him has to plan his leave to egypt for a casting of a show months and months before, with plans that exceeded from A to probably Z , and explains this to the world ,and the world receives it with empathy .. And there in the hall of fame of Arab idol , Palestinians from politicians to businessmen have been making Beirut their pilgrimage destination in the last weeks to support him ? How could it suddenly be so easy for some to go back and forth and to some like Assaf himself a lifetime journey ?
The fever of Assaf , suddenly became like a reach out to the sky .Assaf victory in this show will break our chains and librate us ... Not from occupation for sure , but to people as simple as me to hope .
But while people like me seek hope in this young man's glamour and enigma . Those , like the ones who applauded for the new prime minister some weeks ago in news papers and bouquets , those who have been benefitting from it all, while the PM was sitting on his new throne probably overwhelmed , are the same who are applauding for Assaf victory right now .
As the young man is fighting for his way to stardom that he deserves . Those major money tycoons on different levels and size are riding on his tail .
As if Assaf's winning will liberate Palestine ... It must be more precious, because liberating Palestine doesn't seem of our interest .
I keep thinking , with all this money that has been spent on voting , we will definitely can make our society benefit in what should be useful to the building of this economically destroyed entity . If I would call for a fundraising event to build a school or a hospital , or ask to donate money for someone who is dying in a hospital or a student education , would I get even ten percent of the attention of the people who united now to make victory out of Assaf?
The answer is that I will not even get a one percent of the attention.
And of course, I could be called a traitor , or a self palestinain hater , because voting Assaf is voting Palestine .
But who cares, for someone who is likely moving against the current of this existence...
My only hope for Assaf to make it as a winner , just for him , because he deserves it , and if he doesn't , he has become an icon anyway. The number of votes is nothing but a business calculation . And by the next show, Assaf will be nothing but a falling star ,and another will come and take the sky .
And the PM who learnt the lesson of the reality of the situation and decided to sit back home and watch Arab idol with no constrains , like his previous boss.
And to all, Tony soprano the legend has just passed away when it didn't even cross his mind....RIP
The saddest in all is the death of the eternal mafia tv series hero ,( james gandolfini), at a relatively young age after seen dining healthily the night before .
Death , the most influential enemy or maybe ally of the human race . That thing that sneaks into our lives suddenly unexpectedly without any previous notice and does what it desires . Once and forever...all what we were before that instant disappears and all what we become is just dust ...
Death , the only continuous reality that we live, and yet , we never learn .
Whats the connection between this man's death and the resignation of the PM after two weeks ? Probably nothing ...
But somewhere power and fame , that light that shuns from them is a deadly one ... Maybe for someone like Hamdalla who experienced the burning light of death when he lost his children in one instant after a tragic car accident , can make the resemblance with the deadly light . He knows well that going through it will only bring him closer to his end , and he seems to be someone who values life ...
He values life because he experienced it's loss .
He decided to quit the glamour of power , the power he apparently realized quickly that is fake , and maybe he is smart enough to realize that there cannot be glamour in such a powerless power.
I am thinking of all those congratulating ads that flowed our newspapers for weeks ( two weeks) , all that money that was wasted .. All that money that will be wasted again on the next assigned prime minister ... Someone was benefiting for sure " the newspaper " . One probably , of the winning stakeholders in such a situation . Those who spent thousands on ads big and small, black and white or colored , on the first page, middle or last , are probably angry at his Excellency at the moment , and they are swearing probably not to put any congratulation expenses next time , until the man sit in his chair for at least a month ...maybe...
A man who was just a few weeks before a normal man , suddenly found himself in the center of the hypocracy of a whole nation , and he was required to perform in the best way ever, inside an already rotten place.
To be honest, I was thinking when he accepted the position, what if I was In his place? as everyone already knows, the positive side of being a palestinain in this situation that everyone can dream and even mobilize to become a minister ,so why not a prime minister .
So I was thinking if I was offered the position ,would I take it or not , and all the ideals of the world vanished as I thought to myself ,of course I will, if I cannot change anything and I would definitely cannot , and I would definitely not last there for a few days , I would at least have it on my cv . And I will definitely have a better opportunity for a future career .
And while he must be sitting now at the quietness of his home, feeling liberated maybe, or maneuvering for a next move that will give him more power if he comes back . After all, he didn't threaten to resign, he acted directly and instinctively ( I would say it is his leo side ) . This move makes him infront of the hyenas ( talking about lions, it brings the scene closer to this ) surrounding power and his offices a decisive man . If he comes back , he will come back stronger . And if he doesn't , which most wish he does not, because all the wishing to take his place are probably lobbying now sitting waiting next ot their mobiles . And of course, this means that there is a new chance for another cabinet, even if a few more ministries are opened for the auction it will not be a problem . So there must be more open swelling tongues waiting for him to leave.
As for the president , who cares ? Since he himself doesn't care ... Remove one , replace another , and if things get really really tough, he is there , all big and powerful, another position next to his other positions will not harm . He will not look nice infront of us , his people? He never bothered anyway ... And we don't ... He will look like a dictator infront of the west ?that is also unlikely , as long as he is managing his relations well , they could bother themselves less..
So where is the connection with all this and Assaf ....
Assaf , the real light that came to us in many ways shunning our hearts. A young man seeking a desperate opportunity to reach a dream . A dream that is hard to realize for dreamers in general except with non stop determination . But with a Palestinian .. Only us Palestinians can understand what it means to reach for a dream . To try to reach your hands up to the sky .becasue our sky is not like any other sky . It is a sky that is contaminated and isolated . A sky surrounded with walls and electric wires and the only wind it has is that that comes from the dust of a passing bulldozer , and stars that are confused with missiles. And for a gazan dream .. Even my imagination will stop on the thought .
Assaf made it , with a boring Palestinian reality , his crossing the borders are like no other crossing , his arrival to the casting even required him to Jump over a wall...
A reality that the world became exhausted of , because how come we live such a tragedy from one side, and have a PA that is so corrupt from another side .
How could it be that a young man like him has to plan his leave to egypt for a casting of a show months and months before, with plans that exceeded from A to probably Z , and explains this to the world ,and the world receives it with empathy .. And there in the hall of fame of Arab idol , Palestinians from politicians to businessmen have been making Beirut their pilgrimage destination in the last weeks to support him ? How could it suddenly be so easy for some to go back and forth and to some like Assaf himself a lifetime journey ?
The fever of Assaf , suddenly became like a reach out to the sky .Assaf victory in this show will break our chains and librate us ... Not from occupation for sure , but to people as simple as me to hope .
But while people like me seek hope in this young man's glamour and enigma . Those , like the ones who applauded for the new prime minister some weeks ago in news papers and bouquets , those who have been benefitting from it all, while the PM was sitting on his new throne probably overwhelmed , are the same who are applauding for Assaf victory right now .
As the young man is fighting for his way to stardom that he deserves . Those major money tycoons on different levels and size are riding on his tail .
As if Assaf's winning will liberate Palestine ... It must be more precious, because liberating Palestine doesn't seem of our interest .
I keep thinking , with all this money that has been spent on voting , we will definitely can make our society benefit in what should be useful to the building of this economically destroyed entity . If I would call for a fundraising event to build a school or a hospital , or ask to donate money for someone who is dying in a hospital or a student education , would I get even ten percent of the attention of the people who united now to make victory out of Assaf?
The answer is that I will not even get a one percent of the attention.
And of course, I could be called a traitor , or a self palestinain hater , because voting Assaf is voting Palestine .
But who cares, for someone who is likely moving against the current of this existence...
My only hope for Assaf to make it as a winner , just for him , because he deserves it , and if he doesn't , he has become an icon anyway. The number of votes is nothing but a business calculation . And by the next show, Assaf will be nothing but a falling star ,and another will come and take the sky .
And the PM who learnt the lesson of the reality of the situation and decided to sit back home and watch Arab idol with no constrains , like his previous boss.
And to all, Tony soprano the legend has just passed away when it didn't even cross his mind....RIP
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