Love In The Time of Intolerance

February 12th 2010

I will be performing a play reading written, directed and co-performing with and by my uncle Nadim Sawalha...

"Love in the Time of Intolerance"

Through reading his work i have started to grow fond of the Andalusian Poet Ibn Zaydun (died 1070) (Córdoba) and the love affair he became famous for with the poetess Princess Wallada...

As i will be reading the part of Princess Wallada, i find the love affair that occurred between them to be one of complete fairytale love...

The passion, the lyrical poems the devotion to one another has left my head spinning.. here's a verse she uttered to Ibn Zaydun that depicts how strong the energy between them was -

"I fear for you, my beloved so much, that even my own sight even the ground you tread even the hours that pass threaten to snatch you away from me. Even if I were able to conceal you within the pupils of my eyes and hide you there until the Day of Judgment my fear would still not be allayed."

And thus when the affair came to an end.. her bitter words shun through him and the heart ache he caused, leaving him with these words -

"If, as i so desire,
We two could again be made one,
That day would be the noblest
Of all days.
If this passing breeze
Would consent to carry me along,
It would put down at your feet
A man worn out by grief."


And the story lives on....

Syria...

Lingerie...balloons...culture...old town...colours

A Syrian Diary

Day 1 Syria- club cello/dancing/alone/center/crowded/neon lights flashing/ eyes closed - guy: wats your name? me: i dont know...guy: where are you from? me: everywhere...guy: your killing me!!! me: i'm leaving you...(he grabs) i push..he falls.. i smile/wave/and ciao...car/legs/laughs/bullsh*t talk.. video clips.."get in the car they're staring"..food/more laughs and finally pass out...♥

Day 2 Syria- 10 am i wake/sleeping all around/my voice is loud/they wake up/3 teas 4 coffees/i feel like mama bear...8 turns/shower/clean/fresh...car convoy/paradise/food to feed a town/arak/strawberries and sugar...back/lost/church on a hill/spirituality/light candles/shoes off...

Back/kitchen/loud/more drinks/never have i ever/drive/mountains..i can see Syria..view/lights/amazing...club/dancing/alone again/everyone watching/tupac booming/arabic lyrics live playing...home/head spinning...CRASH♥

Day 3 Syria- 10 am wake up again/alone/this time 6 coffees 2 teas/dressed/packed/clean/4 bags of rubbish/empty bottles/luggage/car/drive..old city/Souq Hamadia/snap snap snap/..."your like a chinese tourist/peace/take a picture!!!!

Found the lingerie ♥ "birds tweeting/remote control/fluffy trimming..i bought 5 pairs/INSANE...crowds/people all around/lost/mosque/birds flying...beautiful scenery..walking/bag/taxi 1/taxi to Amman 2/4.5 hrs later/Amman..dark/hungry/chillen..reminiscing♥

Found again

Something i wrote a while ago -

Oh the plight of man
men are from Mars and women are from Venus
to some extent it fits
and the world goes round

Do they get thee?

Do we understand the visa versa
unstable form of the alpha?

or is the protagonist finger pointing swagger to blame?

the plotting conspiracy

you said this, she said that..

Does love really matter?

Lies, lies and more deceitful manner.
The advise that never took..

i told you so doesn't seem to embrace.
The mistakes that so badly shook.

One mistake, two mistake, three

Did little piggy get to see
the big bad wolf that blew the house down on three.

how the entangled triangle
got so mangled amongst two souls
one will never know..
for to compare the two signs of
the beta and alpha
is an equation Einstein couldn't form.

But for the art of life
is for one woman, one man to combine
to create the next generation of woeful stubborn alienations.

One Race
One Love
One Truth

The Truth that bestows the underlying belly
of the demons that want to provoke.

Voices through the Stencil

WAKE UP AND DREAM

Religion

Speaks for itself!

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World Slogans... in all forms...