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قوس قزح

#Show Review by Sara Hassan

 من أنا؟ هل كل ما يمثلنى هو الجسد أم يعى الأخرون أن بداخل هذا الجسد روح؟ من يتذكر حرمته وقيمته ؟

كثيرا من التساؤلات تتمحور حول ما تمثله المرأة فى المجتمعات وبالأخص فى المجتمع الشرقى. ما نوع الإحترام الذى يكن لها؟ هل يعتبر إحترام أم أنه إعجاب شهوانى يتناثر أشلاءه مع كبرعمرها و فناء !جمالها؟

امرأتى, هل تتذكرين ما لكى من قيمة جليلة أم أن نظرة المجتمع سنوات بعد سنوات جعلتك تهونين بقيمة ذاتك. هل مازلتى تتذكرين أن تحبى نفسك بما أنت عليه, و ليس فى الوضع و الحال المتوقع أن تكونى فيه ممن حولك!

أخذتنا أفراد مشروع البط الأسود فى رحلة لفهم الجسد من خلال "عرض حكى" رائع تناقلا بين تسعه حكايات مختلفة, منها الواقعى �� منها الخيالى ولكن يدور كلا منهن حول هدف واحد وهو كيفما يجب علينا فهم أجسادنا فهما صحيحا وتقدير قيمتها وحبها وحسن معاملاتها.

تأثرنا مع حكاياتهن ضحكا و دمعا اللآتى بدأن بمحاورة ومجادلة, ثم تساؤل وحيرة,ثم إستيعاب.

فى البداية, حكى لنا قصة " كدمات" من خلال كلمات خفيفة و مسردة معبرة عن تناسى المرأة دائما لجسدها و عنايتها به من أجل القيام بواجباتها لدرجة عدم إعارة الإهتمام لألمها. الأمر الذى يعكس الصورة الأكبر لمجتمع يرمى كم أعباء مهولة على كاهل المرأة و النظرة لها بأنها أداة يجب أن تؤدى دورها مهما كانت حالتها الصحية أو النفسية, مما ساعد على إستهانه المرأة بألآمها النفسية أو الجسدية اللآتى مع الوقت تجثو و تتراكم على قلبها بدون إرادتها.

ثم ننتقل مع خصلة الشعر المتراقصة المتكلمة فى حكاية " سوسن وأنا " إلى نقطة أخرى فى غاية الأهمية, ألا وهى المعايير والصفات التى يحدد على أساسها جمال المرأة مثل الشعر الناعم أو البشرة الفاتحة!! الأمر الذى يدفع كثيرا من النساء إلى محاولة تغيير أشكالهن ليكونن أكثر جمالا فى نظر الأخرين ,مؤذية بذلك لجسدها و نفسها . فالحقيقة عندما تم تغيير طبيعة سوسن الملفلفة و محاولة فردها لتكون "أفضل" لم يحدث إلا فقدان أجمل ما فيها و هى طبيعتها المتمايلة المرحة. لا يوجد معايير للجمال و يجب أن يقدر الجمال الطبيعى للمرأة و مساعدتها على حب هذا الجمال بدون إذائها لجسدها من أجل التشبه بما هو ليس أفضل.

قدم لنا هذا العرض تسع حكايات مشوقة  تعبر عن المرأة و ما تواجهه من صعوبة فى التعامل و تخبط فى المشاعر و التفكير, مما يجعلنا نعيد التفكير فى كثير من الأمور و الأراء و الأحكام و المعايير التى تأخذ كأمر واقع  على مر أجيال كثيرة حتى وصلنا إلى ما نحن عليه الآن من مفاهيم مغلوطة عن شخصية المرأه  و جسدها و دورها و قيمتها داخل المجتمع.  فمن يريد أن يرى لأول مرة كل ألوان قوس قزح التى لم تكن واضحة من قبل, يجب عليه وعليها أن يخوضوا هذة التجربة الفريدة مع أبطال مشروع البط الأسود فى عرض الحكى "قوس قزح" . 

إنضموا لهم فى مسرح الهناجر بالاوبرا 21 -22-23 من فبراير و فى مسرح جزويت بالفجالة فى يوم 24 من فبراير.

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Remembering a Legend

        by: Sherif El Herraoui

Thirty nine years after her death, Umm Kulthoum  is still regarded as the greatest Arab singer of all times. Her voice with the distinctive character and her witty choice of poems and talented composers have enriched the modern classical Egyptian and Arabic music scene with timeless gems for generations to come.

Years after her death, her figure is still remembered and commemorated in the modern pop  culture such as the above selected Graffiti decorating the walls of modern Cairo, reminding people of their recent past, when art was a part of peoples' daily life and beauty was never shameful or forbidden. 

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soulmate

by : Muhammed Magdi 

How many times we’ve heard the word “soul mate”?

“She found her soul mate” or “They are soul mates”

They say there’s a soul mate for everyone.

So what’s a “soul mate”?

A soul mate is that person you feel most comfortable with, someone similar to you in every way or almost every way. Someone you love, and be loved back. You share intimacy, sexuality, spirituality, compatibility and trust.

It’s like your souls are bound together with secret sacred bond.

The origin of this concept was Plato an ancient Greek philosopher and he says at 1st there were no men and women. There was only a unisex creature which had a round ball like shape with one head, two faces, four feet, four hands, and two genitalia.

They were so powerful, really fast too as they didn’t run instead they rolled around themselves. They threatened to conquer the gods.

So Zeus the father of all gods and humans wanted to punish them for such a thought.

Zeus split them in two halves in order to weaken them.

And then Apollo took care of their appearances as he “plastic surgeries” for us to look the way we look right now. All that’s left from this operation is our “belly button”.

So every half would miss the other half and keep looking for it miserably to become whole again.

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1984 Summer Olympics judo finals witnessed remarkable fair play from the side of Mohamed Ali Rashwan, an Egyptian judoka, who didn't aim at his rival's right leg, Yasuhiro Yamashita, because Yamashita tore a right calf muscle in the preliminaries in the tournaments. The Japanese Yasuhiro Yamashita won the match and the gold medal and Rashwan got the silver medal and titled "The Winner of Fairplay International Award, 1984". Rashwan became a symbol of fair play in the Olympics and his story went viral in both Egypt and Japan. In the press conference, Rashwan stated that he didn't aim at Yamashita's right leg because the teachings of his religion and culture forbid him to cause harm to an injured man.

At the end of the video Rashwan helped Yamashita to step up to receive his medal in the tournament (speaks a lot of compassion & goodness.) 

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In order to understand Buddhism, you have to understand Zen Philosophy, enlightenment tree and all about masters' chats. If yoga puts your body and mind at peace through physical effort, zen does the same through contemplation and observing nature.

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“You must be shapeless, formless, like water. When you pour water in a cup, it becomes the cup. When you pour water in a bottle, it becomes the bottle. When you pour water in a teapot, it becomes the teapot. Water can drip and it can crash. Become like water my friend.”

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Christmas is jingling on the doors, a little odd this year. TV presenters on Fox News are persisting that Santa is white (not black!) on which Jon Stewart had fun of it in The Daily Show; and now this: Photographer Ed Wheeler studying classical paintings for a decade that he decided to celebrate Christmas on his own way. 

Santa Classics is a new series of images created by artist, photographer and Santa devotee, Ed Wheeler. Wheeler imagines Santa entering into the great masterworks of art, with humor and reverence for the originals.

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Amazing button sculptures by Miami based artist Augusto Esquivel.  Absolutely stunning stuff!

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"LIMITLESS"

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O.M.G Exhibition

O.M.G is compiled work of Bassem Samir, a young talented artist that combined photography and graphic design to produce an insightful photo-manipulated artwork that offers a brave and bold insight onto our culture and heritage. His work expresses a blend of modern and traditional social and political ideas. The vibrant, bold color palette, symbols and details gives his artwork a level of depth and layering that hinges you to the floor and forces you to look at the work over and over again, engaging and intriguing your mind and senses; the more you look at the artwork/pieces the more you grasp and see. This multi-layering technique keeps you coming back to re-view the artwork and take a deeper look into it. The idioms painted over the pieces blends with intended modern concept revealing part of the latter and yet keeps wondering.His work is well crafted and his attention to details leaves it almost perfect.

The exhibition is held in El Safar Khan in Zamalek during this week. 

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Fascinating letters. Interesting correspondence.

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500 Years Old Love Letter (c.1582)

A love letter was found in the ancient tomb of a mummified corpse in Andong City, South Korea., the letter was written by a grieving pregnant widow to her dead lover, Eung-Tae Lee. The 16th-century male was a member of the ancient Goseong Yi clan and died long before his beloved at the age of 30.

Even though Eung-Tae Lee is now mummified, his death can still break our hearts. This letter was resting on his chest, a message of love that stayed by his side since 1582 by his pregnant wife whose life was falling apart.

The letter reads:

To Won’s Father

June 1, 1586

You always said, “Dear, let’s live together until our hair turns gray and die on the same day.” How could you pass away without me? Who should I and our little boy listen to and how should we live? How could you go ahead of me?

How did you bring your heart to me and how did I bring my heart to you? Whenever we lay down together you always told me, “Dear, do other people cherish and love each other like we do? Are they really like us?” How could you leave all that behind and go ahead of me?

I just cannot live without you. I just want to go to you. Please take me to where you are. My feelings toward you I cannot forget in this world and my sorrow knows no limit. Where would I put my heart in now and how can I live with the child missing you?

Please look at this letter and tell me in detail in my dreams. Because I want to listen to your saying in detail in my dreams I write this letter and put it in. Look closely and talk to me.

When I give birth to the child in me, who should it call father? Can anyone fathom how I feel? There is no tragedy like this under the sky.

You are just in another place, and not in such a deep grief as I am. There is no limit and end to my sorrows that I write roughly. Please look closely at this letter and come to me in my dreams and show yourself in detail and tell me. I believe I can see you in my dreams. Come to me secretly and show yourself. There is no limit to what I want to say and I stop here.

Love is timeless. The love these two shared centuries ago is just as strong as the love we share today. It’s an incredible thing.