البلاد بالف خير Photo by Ante Hamersmit on Unsplash البلاد بالف خير “Le pays est comblé de grâces”. Cette tournure quelque peu superlative est la formule consacrée que l’on utilise dans ce coin du monde pour signifier que le pays va bien. C’est en tout cas celle que tu utilises et qui me fait penser que tu es... Continue Reading →
Cette barque t’embarque et débarque l’espoir Jusque-là dans ton cœur gravé comme une marque Qu’un jour, une nuit, au crépuscule d’un soir Tu reviennes au bercail dont tu te démarques Cette barque, tu sais, elle en emporta d’autres Comme elle m’emporta en un soir de septembre Telle une brise qui caresse un champ d’épeautre A... Continue Reading →
Monsieur, C’est avec regret qu’il a été décidé de ne pas donner suite à votre candidature. Comme vous le soupçonnez sans doute, les jeux étaient faits d’avance. Les dés étaient pipés. Il fallait jouer le jeu de l’égalité des opportunités, de la transparence. Montrer patte-blanche dans ce monde où le bon sens d’il y’a quelques... Continue Reading →
A small note inspired by Beaudelaire and The Doors Photo by Dima Pechurin on Unsplash There is no simple way out. It is not that the doors are locked, it is just that there are so many of them. They all look alike. Many lead nowhere. Most lead to other doors. And we get tired of doors. They... Continue Reading →
And her path to a warm home and a friend Photo by Viktor Vasicsek on Unsplash I met her on a cold winter evening. She was laying on the sidewalk, in the pouring rain, abandoned there by her last abuser. She was visibly broken by years of hardship. The old scars were still visible. The more recent ones... Continue Reading →
This is all it takes to make a difference Photo by Capricorn song on Unsplash This is all it takes to get to Disneyland Paris by public transportation, from the center of Paris. Five euros. The price of five baguettes, the local bread around here, enough to shelter a family from hunger for another day or two. The... Continue Reading →
And a moral dilemma in that little brain of mine Photo by Alejandro Garay on Unsplash So I wake up on lottery day, with a weird idea wandering in my sleepy mind, as if speaking to me. “Say you win the lottery today, would you give it all up, all the 154,000,000.00 euros, for no reason whatsoever?”... Continue Reading →
Routes levantines ou chemins de l’esprit, nous les sillonnons sans répit au risque de nous y croiser, frères ennemis, mais compagnons d’infortune d’un pays au bord de l’oubli. This is a story in French about my home country Lebanon. Bon courage et bonne lecture chers amis. Photo by Dorsa Masghati on Unsplash Des routes six fois millénaires, chemins... Continue Reading →
Take a leap of faith and buckle your seatbelts Photo by Robin Pierre on Unsplash Driving on the most dangerous roads in the world. Not because of the road itself, but because of the people. My people, who have lost all hope in life and do not expect much from their small country on the verge of oblivion,... Continue Reading →
Your choices are as good as what you make of them Photo by William Krause on Unsplash The non-choices First, let me set things straight with the title: some choices are obviously wrong. You can tell right away. You would be ashamed to even consider them. In this sense, they are not exactly choices. Some others are a... Continue Reading →
Hidden as the destination may be, your inner compass is constantly pointing to it Photo by Cherise Evertz on Unsplash The inner compass North. South. East. West. Uptown. Downtown. Left. Right. Center. Liberal. Conservative. Socialist. Republican. Democrat. It seems however you do not belong to any of the above. Your path is not solely defined by your belonging... Continue Reading →
The Idea Sounding Board 