Comments on: 10 Days in Syria http://yazanbadran.com/blog/2009/05/10-days-in-syria/ With Sake, nothing tastes better than Olives. But you would have to be a Levantine living in Japan to know that. Fri, 18 May 2012 11:50:09 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: zena http://yazanbadran.com/blog/2009/05/10-days-in-syria/comment-page-1/#comment-4980 zena Fri, 08 May 2009 10:02:03 +0000 http://yazanbadran.com/blog/?p=746#comment-4980 hey there curly.... when airports are more like home... u know you're in transition. Well, not to say that life itself is not a continuous phase of transition too, but yeah, airports really highlight that... the truth of it is liberating and poignant. Isn't that a strange word? Poignant? Shoo ya'ni? It hurts in a subtle way...and it gives strength in wisdom in a subtle way... ya'ni, bil akheer, words don't really hold much... shhhhh hey there curly….
when airports are more like home… u know you’re in transition.
Well, not to say that life itself is not a continuous phase of transition too, but yeah, airports really highlight that… the truth of it is liberating and poignant. Isn’t that a strange word? Poignant? Shoo ya’ni? It hurts in a subtle way…and it gives strength in wisdom in a subtle way…
ya’ni, bil akheer, words don’t really hold much…
shhhhh

]]> By: Fantasia http://yazanbadran.com/blog/2009/05/10-days-in-syria/comment-page-1/#comment-4974 Fantasia Thu, 07 May 2009 15:33:41 +0000 http://yazanbadran.com/blog/?p=746#comment-4974 I have been to Doha - I had an interestign time there. Could not decide if I loved it - the freedom to dream up and build such crazy things .... or dispair in it's lack of .... soul. How did you end up in Japan? I suppose I will have to read further. I have been to Doha – I had an interestign time there. Could not decide if I loved it – the freedom to dream up and build such crazy things …. or dispair in it’s lack of …. soul.

How did you end up in Japan? I suppose I will have to read further.

]]> By: KJ http://yazanbadran.com/blog/2009/05/10-days-in-syria/comment-page-1/#comment-4882 KJ Tue, 05 May 2009 18:04:34 +0000 http://yazanbadran.com/blog/?p=746#comment-4882 With all of the above though you cannot deny its charm for being what it is without being ashamed of it With all of the above though you cannot deny its charm for being what it is without being ashamed of it

]]> By: Dania http://yazanbadran.com/blog/2009/05/10-days-in-syria/comment-page-1/#comment-4877 Dania Tue, 05 May 2009 14:13:44 +0000 http://yazanbadran.com/blog/?p=746#comment-4877 Talking of films about taxi drivers, There's an interesting one I watched in DOXBOX, directed by "Meyar Al Roumi". six interviews with six Syrian Taxi drivers, it's called "Six Ordinary Stories". Regardless from the direction techniques used that weren't exactly original, it's a quit interesting reality film . http://www.filmkommentaren.dk/default.asp?page_id=2&blog_id=640 Talking of films about taxi drivers, There’s an interesting one I watched in DOXBOX, directed by “Meyar Al Roumi”. six interviews with six Syrian Taxi drivers, it’s called “Six Ordinary Stories”. Regardless from the direction techniques used that weren’t exactly original, it’s a quit interesting reality film
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http://www.filmkommentaren.dk/default.asp?page_id=2&blog_id=640

]]> By: Rime http://yazanbadran.com/blog/2009/05/10-days-in-syria/comment-page-1/#comment-4873 Rime Tue, 05 May 2009 11:26:50 +0000 http://yazanbadran.com/blog/?p=746#comment-4873 Welcome back Yazan. The stroll in Thawra is a scenario unfortunately duplicated for me not only in various neighborhoods, but in certain gatherings as well. Your sentence made me remember feeling my heart sink at the repeated realization of how damn stuck we were as a society, as a country, with a system that will never cease to suck our blood dry. That said, I miss so much of it! I don't know if loving airports is a good thing; Dubai isn't too bad, but a couple of trips through Heathrow should put you off for a long time! Not that this should put you off visiting me here at any time. :) Welcome back Yazan. The stroll in Thawra is a scenario unfortunately duplicated for me not only in various neighborhoods, but in certain gatherings as well. Your sentence made me remember feeling my heart sink at the repeated realization of how damn stuck we were as a society, as a country, with a system that will never cease to suck our blood dry. That said, I miss so much of it!

I don’t know if loving airports is a good thing; Dubai isn’t too bad, but a couple of trips through Heathrow should put you off for a long time! Not that this should put you off visiting me here at any time. :)

]]> By: Yazan http://yazanbadran.com/blog/2009/05/10-days-in-syria/comment-page-1/#comment-4857 Yazan Tue, 05 May 2009 09:27:04 +0000 http://yazanbadran.com/blog/?p=746#comment-4857 Alex, Shu tsk tsk? Layla, Love is blind, my dear. ;) Dania, There's a feeling of helplessness all around. It's more than obvious. Dimah, It's a shame we couldn't meet up. It was barely a vacation, rather a week-long marathon from one city to the other. Abu Fares, I am confident you will come to appreciate the subtlety of Japanese shochu. It's fast becoming one of my all time favorite drinks. DJ, Unfortunately, I flew with Qatar Airways this time, so I stopped in Doha. :( Taxi drivers? they should make films upon films about them! Alex,
Shu tsk tsk?

Layla,
Love is blind, my dear. ;)

Dania,
There’s a feeling of helplessness all around. It’s more than obvious.

Dimah,
It’s a shame we couldn’t meet up. It was barely a vacation, rather a week-long marathon from one city to the other.

Abu Fares,
I am confident you will come to appreciate the subtlety of Japanese shochu. It’s fast becoming one of my all time favorite drinks.

DJ,
Unfortunately, I flew with Qatar Airways this time, so I stopped in Doha. :(
Taxi drivers? they should make films upon films about them!

]]> By: dubaijazz http://yazanbadran.com/blog/2009/05/10-days-in-syria/comment-page-1/#comment-4854 dubaijazz Tue, 05 May 2009 07:54:03 +0000 http://yazanbadran.com/blog/?p=746#comment-4854 It's a ...60-70% chance that Dubai was in your travel itinerary from Japan to Syria or back, so it's a legitimate question to ask: why didn't you stop by here?! Brilliant post, as always. Don't you love the slyness of taxi drivers It’s a …60-70% chance that Dubai was in your travel itinerary from Japan to Syria or back, so it’s a legitimate question to ask: why didn’t you stop by here?!

Brilliant post, as always. Don’t you love the slyness of taxi drivers

]]> By: abufares http://yazanbadran.com/blog/2009/05/10-days-in-syria/comment-page-1/#comment-4852 abufares Tue, 05 May 2009 07:41:37 +0000 http://yazanbadran.com/blog/?p=746#comment-4852 Too bad we couldn't make it. Thanks again for the bottle. I need a moment of serenity to consummate the Sake as it was intended to. Too bad we couldn’t make it. Thanks again for the bottle.
I need a moment of serenity to consummate the Sake as it was intended to.

]]> By: Jillian C. York http://yazanbadran.com/blog/2009/05/10-days-in-syria/comment-page-1/#comment-4850 Jillian C. York Tue, 05 May 2009 04:11:28 +0000 http://yazanbadran.com/blog/?p=746#comment-4850 Oh how I love your words. Oh how I love your words.

]]> By: damdoom http://yazanbadran.com/blog/2009/05/10-days-in-syria/comment-page-1/#comment-4849 damdoom Tue, 05 May 2009 01:19:14 +0000 http://yazanbadran.com/blog/?p=746#comment-4849 7amdellah 3alsalameh yaz i SOOOOOO wanted to c u : ( cuz i missed u loads. and i share the same simple answer with u.....i dont know what to do next....it's just the next couple of months....then, " i dont know" would become a problem for me! anyway.....it was nice and refreshing to hear ur voice "though i dont remember anything of the last one :P " 7amdellah 3alsalameh yaz
i SOOOOOO wanted to c u : (
cuz i missed u loads.
and i share the same simple answer with u…..i dont know what to do next….it’s just the next couple of months….then, ” i dont know” would become a problem for me!
anyway…..it was nice and refreshing to hear ur voice “though i dont remember anything of the last one :P “

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