Last year, we had an opportunity to vote for a new Residents Committee. Since I hardly could recognize any of my neighbors, not to mention sympathize with or care about them, I just voted for the same old Committee to stay in place. For what was the point of replacing one set of inefficient morons with another? What was the point of compounding inefficiencies? Continue reading “Renovating Syria – Part Deux!”
Month: April 2005
Renovating Syria – Part One!
It’s been three weeks now, but the people who are currently renovating our apartment block say that it will take them three more months before finishing their work. This means three more months of dust in our air and lungs, and dirt and paint on our sidewalks. Still, the whole situation is shaping up to be very much like the process of reform said to be taking place in the country. More importantly, the mentalities involved seem to be very much the same.
The Sorely Lacking Messiah Touch!
As I returned from Doha, my immediate expectations were limited to things such as having to deal with a new travel ban or go through a new round of interrogations. But, it seems that our intricately disassociated-from-reality security apparatuses have finally found a more pressing issue to fret about than the writings and activities of this hapless marginalized liberal creature.
A Heretic in Doha!
Taking the plane out of Syria had a new feel about it. No. It’s not freedom. After all, I am only going to attend a conference and will be back to Damascus in a few days.
Indeed, it is a different sort of angst that I feel now, hard to decipher or fathom. It will take me a while to figure it out. Still, one thing is certain at this stage. The Lull will not last long. The Lull will be coming to an end all too soon. Like it or not, I’ll have to be ready for a new round of interrogations, confrontations and threats. Yes. This time there will be threats. Continue reading “A Heretic in Doha!”
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