When sorrow engulfs most of us, we lament ourselves living its moments, so we pass over it with dignity, and create a thousand escape doors to run from the castles of our sadness. We immerse ourselves in life, completely forgetting that it has not left us or vanished, but rather it hid beneath what we called the darkness of the mind.
The
In 1947, Hussein Shawky (the son of the Prince of Poets, Ahmed Shawky) published his brilliant book "My Father Shawky" at the Egyptian Nahda Library in Cairo. He spoke about his relationship with his father, and his father's relationship with the rest of the family, whether the wife, the children, or the community outside Ibn
Today, I read this phrase: "If you are destined to survive a flood, accept that you will forever be afraid of water." About twenty-five years ago, I developed a problem with my eye; the vitreous body detached from the retina without retinal detachment, thanks to God.
The consequence was that I began to see phantom images, like a
“Put on your oxygen mask before helping others”. On the plane, in an emergency, this rule applies to all crew members before they attempt to help the passengers. And the passengers, on their turn, do the same. Imagine if a flight attendant sympathizes with a child and with an act of valor decides to prioritize him/her with help
Several days have passed since the anniversary of my uncle's departure, who was my beloved and my role model, the great writer Salah Montaser. Of course, these are just dates, and for me, it felt like hours of a long day filled with tears, the day of his death.
Far be it from us to object to His divine decree; it is a short journey, as
