Meu tio me introduziu ao mundo do futebol árabe faz alguns anos, quando comentou de um adolescente talentoso de Pirituba que, sem espaço nos clubes de São Paulo, foi para os Emirados Árabes Unidos. Aos 12,13 anos, eu não conseguia imaginar futebol por aquelas plagas. Jogavam na areia? Vestidos da cabeça aos pés? Nem a Copa do Mundo de 1994, com o golaço do meia da Arábia Saudita, mudou muito meu conceito.

Nesta temporada, os árabes desembarcaram com tudo e levaram Valdivia, do Palmeiras, Rafael Sobis, ex-Inter, da Espanha, compraram o Manchester City e empregaram Robinho na Inglaterra. É um movimento diferente do que aconteceu com o Japão, que também era longe, mas  só levava jogador em meio/fim de carreira. Os árabes, com os lucros dos preços recordes do petróleo, estão competindo com os espanhóis, italianos e ingleses. Não à toa, nenhum jogador brasileiro saiu do País rumo a um grande da Europa. As maiores cifras vêm dos países produtores do "sangue negro".

O campo do Nardini FC do começo dos anos 80 ronda os clubes de finanças maltrapilhas do Brasil atual, mas as mãos pretas de óleo do presidente Lula esboçam, para dentro de alguns anos, o novo mapa do futebol no Brasil. Os prefeitos das cidades que recebem os royalties do petróleo vão investir em breve nos seus times de futebol. Dá voto, como mostra a ascensão meteórica do São Caetano no começo desta década. Talvez, dentro de algum tempo, Corinthians, Palmeiras e São Paulo tenham de disputar jogadores com o Campos de Goytacazes, algum time de Sergipe ou do Espírito Santo.

Ramadan is here and everyone's imaan should be hitting the roof.

It is the most beautiful month and the time for you to reflect and hone your mind.
Come close to the right path and lets all ask Allah to help us become the best of Muslims. Ameen.

Allhumdulliah We have Iftaars. The different types of Iftaar's we will enjoy.

This is the time for you to shine.

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Ramadan is here and everyone's imaan should be hitting the roof. 

It is the most beautiful month and the time for you to reflect and hone your mind. 
Come close to the right path and lets all ask Allah to help us become the best of Muslims. Ameen. 

Allhumdulliah We have Iftaars. The different types of Iftaar's we will enjoy. 

This is the time for you to shine.

Share with the world what you are having for iftaar.

Upload pictures and tell me what you are eating.

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Enjoy and have fun in Ramadan. 

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Why does the question of Mohammed's teaching of Islam only come?

 Its because even within his lifetime Mohammed did things that are unacceptable to society today, or to any civilized society of anytime. Apart from that, even a person totally unread in the Quran, but only with knowledge of the history of "Islamic raids" can tell that something was (from the beginning) fundamentally wrong with Mohammed's teachings or the way it was put or propagated. Why? Because, just 2 years (yes, just two years!) of Mohammed's death in 632 CE (CE = Common Era, or AD), after he had completed teaching his "God sent" message - the Arab Muslims started their world conquest, threatening people throughout the Globe !! As far as they could, they sent the message of, "Embrace Islam or Pay the Jaziya or face a Muslim invasion". The Jaziya is an extra tax on Non-Muslims under a Muslim dominion, that itself forced many poor people to convert as they could then forfeit the Jaziya, after becoming Muslims. In the year 634 CE (two years after Mohammed's death), the Muslim Arabs, "rapped" the doors of Persia with these messages. Of course, faith in a religion can't be forced, obviously the early Iranians objected. The majority Iranians at that time followed the faith of Zoroastrianism, better known as Mazdayasna among the "Zoroastrians" back then and among those who live today. There is a great Zoroastrian population in India, these people who are called the Parsis entered India fleeing from forced conversion during the Muslim Invasion of Persia (mainly Iran). Today, Islam is Iran's state religion !! Now, these messages of "Embrace Islam or Pay the Jaziya (special tax for non-Muslims) or face a Muslim invasion" were sent to all surrounding nations, like Western China, N. Western Indian states. The Muslim armies, it seems learnt only one thing from Mohammed viz to grow their Muslim numbers by any means. I mean, lets imagine, this invasion of Persia ended in 638 CE (after just 4 years). Their next "target" was the Indian Sub-continent. Furthurmore, though poor today, India had a lot of riches back then, which actually "invited" invaders. Even the British who came later, came eyeing these riches and spices. However, as far as the Muslim Invasion is concerned it was the most demonic of any, in which people were forced to convert. In Indian history there is also a chapter of the Goan Inquistition, which was forced conversion of the native Indians into Roman Catholicism, however this was done by the Portuguese only in one part of history, not in a continuous manner ever since their existence. The Muslim invasion of India, though it started immedeately after the invasion of Persia in 638 CE, was frictioned for many years. And they could only actually enter deep into India, to rule it completely, after over 800 years. Their invasion of China was cut short and ended abruptly by very fierce warring on the part of the Chinese. In this time of trying to invade India completely, the Muslim armies used any means to achieve victory. Which included, taking children as hostages, violating women etc. The Rajputs, who were Hindus, were a formidable force. They were, in the initial stages, the main reason for restricting the Muslims a conquest into India. Sadly, years later, like in the time of Akhbar, a Mughal (Muslim) ruler, the Rajputs became Mughal allies after having been subdued. Though Akhbar is known to be tolerant among the Mughal rulers, few know of his atrocities. He is also known to have massacred 30,000 hindus isolating them at a Temple entrances at one occasion. But all this is diminished by the far more, worse atrocities of Mughal rulers like Aurangzeb, who boiled Hindu Brahmins (preists) in water as they didn't accept Islam. This is why Akhbar is seen as tolerant, because though he was tolerant in many occasions, he did show this "other" side of his at other occasions. Initially, much before the time of Akhbar, about 500 years before his time, the Muslims were only setting conquest through many battles with the Rajputs. The fortification techniques of the Rajputs was impressive, and the Muslims couldn't get through easily or never at all. However, the Muslims stooped to such low levels of kidnapping children, threatening to kill them if the guards didn't personally reveal the secret entrances to these forts. Of course, many of them fearing for their family, gave in and eventually through such cheap tactics they won wars. In the later eras, the resources of the land was in the hands of the Muslims and hence any rebellion was subdued. At another instance, the Muslims signed a peace treaty with a Rajputs. However, this was only to be broken later. While this "false peace" lasted, the Muslims went over to the Hindu places and found armoured elephants. The armoured elephants were difficult to kill, one due to their size and edurance and second due to their metal armour. However, the Muslim armies solved this problem by coming to the regions of the Hindus as "friends" after signing the "only-to-be-breeched" peace treaty. They freely mingled with them for a number of days, but one day, they were allowed by the Rajputs to feed the Elephants. The Muslims prepared for such a liberty, fed the elephants poppy seeds (opium). The drug didn't have immedeate effect, it would take time. Appropriately, they went back to their side and started an attack. The Hindus who were shocked at breech of the peace treaty warred back. However, in the course of the battle the elephants started running amok. Such a huge beast is impossible to control, once drugged. The Hindu forces collided into each other, running disorganized and lost the battle. This is one of the many stories of Muslim deceit. There are many more, but these aren't taught in schools to children in the fear that a communal divide would rise, because Muslims are a part of Indian society. Hindu-Muslim violence in India is very less today, almost nil. Unfortunately, that doesn't change the truth of history. However, the extremism and "mad warring" from Muslim groups exists till today, especially against the Western nations. And I don't speak of induvidual Muslims, nor am I saying that all Muslims become terrorist. I am only pointing to a truth of history, and I am questioning the "God sent" message they learnt when just 2 years after it being completely taught, they go and destroy a nation and forcing a foreign people, by war and threats, to convert !! Of what meaning was it? 

Now the question of Mohammed comes here, because at no sizeable span of history did the Muslim armies, not try to invade a people or destroy them. And for what? Just to convert them to Islam ! If this is the message of Mohammed and this is the method of conversion, then surely it is no benevolent message. How do other parties stand aside from this? Its because the Islamic onslaught is seen throughout history. From the time Islam was founded, from the time of Mohammed's death till today, in a continuous manner - viz, From the invasion of Persia (in 634 CE), till the recent 9/11 (in 2001), 7/7 blasts in UK (2005), Jaipur serial blasts, in India, this year (2008), Islamic ruling parties have existed, like a terror, showing litte or absolutely no tolerance. From that time, till today, with the tactic of using children as suicide bombers by drugging them, they resort to any vile tactics, they can think of regardless of any morals. Today, Muslims defend their faith saying "This, what terrorists are doing, is not true Islam". But unfortunately, the question of "What did Mohammed teach?" remains as this violence has been the trend with Islamic ruling parties, ever since their existence from Arabia. So seriously, what did Mohammed teach, that led his people to go destroy others through series of wars, just a few years after his death and then continue such behaviour across the Globe? There were great Islamic rulers too, like Tipu Sultan, who were tolerant. Also the Ottoman were tolerant (to some extent), but many Islamic rulers have been seen as terrors, nothing else, as that is what they were to many people. Islam, many Muslims will defend saying is different from what terrorists are doing, its obvious that Islam is interpretted differently by many. But why don't they raise that voice loud enough, to make it have an actual effect? I quote Muhammed:

All mankind is from Adam and Eve, an Arab has no superiority over a non-Arab nor a non-Arab has any superiority over an Arab; also a white has no superiority over black nor a black has any superiority over white except by piety and good action. You know that every Muslim is the brother of another Muslim. Remember, one day you will appear before Allah and answer for your deeds. So beware, do not astray from the path of righteousness after I am gone.

The above message though not agreeable on details like Adam and Eve by many, is a message of tolerance. It seems to have been completely forgotten by the "Muslims" almost instantly since it was received, which led them to war against Persia. Even today, Mullahs like Zakir Naik easily say, "Every Muslim should be a terrorist". (http://in.youtube.com/watch?v=Bxk5AAA5FbI). And Zakir Naik is no "small" Mullah, he is quiet famous in India in the Muslim community. My question is: Where is that party among the Muslims who will teach quotes of Muhammed, like the above? Where is that party which will oppose Mullahs like Zakir Naik? Saying Islam is from the root word "peace" is all invalid when actions of "Islamic" groups show otherwise, because it is in history's record itself, that Islamic groups have been intolerant.

     I think that everyone have his own roots.  I’m very proud of my grandparents because they were great people.  They went through The Second World War and restored the economy of country.  I think that it is the most significant fact.  Our family is interesting because my Mother’s parents were deeply rooted in China and Arabian side.  At the same time, my father’s parents have roots from West. His mother was heir of a gold extracting industry in tsarist Russia.

         At the same time there were added German roots of grand grandparents. As always that time was keep the conflict between parents and their children which cover the time of my grand parents, grandpa was poor farmer who fell in love with my grandma who belonged to a rich family.  They got married and in their little family appeared five children, the fourth one was my father. It was time of civil war 1917. As a result economic and social view in country has changed. So my grandparents were deported to Kazakhstan. When they lived there friends in Kazakhstan advised them to change their surname to name of the grandfather. Consequently, my ancestors have lived as Antonovy since 1950. Grandpa was joiner and grandma was director of the restaurant at the railway station. They lived in an industrial district, in spite of all the misery, they were a big happy family.

         As to my mother’s parents, they refer to another social level. Grandmother was born in a family of rich farmer and jeweler, who escaped from China during the Great Chinese Revolution. All members in grandma’s family have economy and medical education. They combine several nations: Chinese, Uigur, Russian and Dungan.  Grandma knew seven foreign languages, and could drive a car, tractor, helicopter and combine. She was a director of agricultural complex, at the same time she was deputy in the parliament of country. During The Second World War grandmother lead collective farm and they sent provisions and clothes to battle-front. After the war she got a lot of honorary medals. Grandpa’s ancestries were Arabian prince. But he became an orphan very early. Despite that fact, he graduated from the University in St Petersburg, teacher's training college, military college in Moscow. He went through the Great Patriotic war and he has a lot of honorary medals.

     For me, it’s very important to remember about my grand parents in order to organize my future and make them proud of me.

     “Take care about present, foresee future and remember past” (Seneka).

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Musharraf exits the Pakistani stage as storm clouds gather

By

Rich Bowdenon August 20, 2008 7:40 AM

Pakistan's former leader Pervez Musharraf resigned yesterday in an emotional address to the nation ahead of impeachment proceedings brought by the country's newly-resurgent Parliament. Musharraf dominated Pakistani politics for almost a decade and strode the world stage as one of the U.S.'s chief regional allies in the war against terrorism. However the euphoria expressed at the ousting of the one time strongman was tempered with the knowledge that Islamabad is likely to face a protracted power struggle to fill the vacuum.

Musharraf's ascendancy was the catalyst that brought together the two main parties; the Pakistan Peoples Party and Pakistan Muslim League (Nawaz), though the two have traditionally been rivals throughout the country's history. With the chief reason for the parties' awkward and fragile coalition now gone, the country could face an uncertain, if not violent, political future.

The record of the two parties coalition since obtaining office in February is mixed and there have been squabbles over key issues such as immunity for Musharraf and the vexing question of whether to reinstate the judges ousted by Musharraf, an act which proved to be the tipping point for Musharraf in the eyes of the Pakistani public.

Now despite an apparent agreement between coalition leaders Asif Ali Zardari and Nawaz Sharif that all judges would be reinstated within 72 hours, this looks again to be on shaky ground as Zardari looked today to be backing away from the deal. Chief among points of contention seems to be whether or not the independent-minded judiciary will look to open an investigation into past corruption allegations against the leaders of the coalition.

These are not the only points of difference between Zardari and and Sharif though. Musharraf leaves two damning legacies: a militant Islamist movement gaining in popularity and a failing economy. Since the coalition's election in February, significant difference in ideology in how to deal with these problems have emerged.

According to the Sydney Morning Herald's Matt Wade, reporting from Lahore, little progress has been made by the new Government on either of these fronts.

There are significant ideological differences between the two parties on how to tackle Pakistan's two biggest challenges: combating militancy and managing the economy.

One of the reasons for the collapse of Musharraf's reputation was a failing economy, battered by capital flight, rapidly falling foreign-exchange reserves and soaring inflation, now at 21 per cent. People struggle to pay for flour and fuel. The entire country suffers from prolonged power failures, which, according to the International Monetary Fund, can be attributed largely to the failure of the Musharraf government to build power plants.

The new Government has made no major policy response either to this deepening economic crisis or the country's security problems. [source]

As if to underline the simmering problems facing the administration, a bomb ripped through a hospital in the north-western Pakistani town of Peshawar killing twenty-three people just hours after Musharraf's resignation. The region has seen prolonged sectarian violence. Agence France-Presse reports a provincial police spokesman Riaz Ahmad as saying, "It is not clear if the blast was a suicide attack."

Thus far the leadership of Pakistan's military has behaved impeccably, at least to Western eyes, promising to stay out of politics and uphold the democratic decision of the people in February. However history has shown that Pakistan's military has not been shy in coming forward to "save" Pakistan in times of political upheaval. The last such coup was in October 1999 when Musharraf led a bloodless takeover from the elected corruption-riddled government of Nawaz Sharif. Musharraf became the fourth Army chief of Pakistan to have assumed executive control.

As the road ahead for the governing coalition appears fraught with ideological potholes, the White House is concerned that Islamabad's war on Al-Qaeda and the recently resurgent Taliban could be compromised.

With anti-Americanism on the rise in the country, both Sharif and Zardari may look to loosen ties with the United States, in order to maintain popularity with the Pakistani people. If the struggle between the parties does indeed turn violent, and more pointedly, if the Islamist parties in Pakistan were to take advantage of the split to take control of the country, will the U.S. administration support the Pakistani military in yet another coup? The fact that Pakistan has been a confirmed nuclear power since 1998, the year before Musharraf's coup, adds a dangerously potent factor into the Pakistani political cauldron.

The White House has thanked Musharraf for his support during the Bush years and his alliance in the war on terror though many inside the administration have quietly claimed over the years that he was playing both sides against each other, allegedly harbouring Al-Qaeda militants on Pakistani territory or not doing enough to pursue them. Musharraf's tactics were on the one hand to persuade the Bush administration that he was a loyal ally against such Islamist organisations such as Al-Qaeda while placating his own internal fundamentalist Islamists who accused him of being too pro-West. Musharraf had already escaped a number of assassination attempts at the hands of Islamist supporters.

His final place of retirement is unclear with some reports suggesting he will be exiled to either Saudi Arabia or the USA. With his penchant for whiskey and the company of woman, one would think he would be suited to a retirement home in the United States.

Description: A trader goes on a journey and at a strange place he, by a  freak accident, kills a child and his father instantly arrives at the scene. He is a Jinn and he demands, 'A life for a life,That is only fair.' The merchant pleads for time to put his affairs in order. One year later he arrives at the same spot and awaits Jinn as promised. It so happens he is in for something extraordinary. As typical of tales from One Thousand and One Night it is to be read and looked at. Let me not spoil your enjoyment by telling any further.

Happy reading, folks!

benny

O valor foi modesto pelo grande craque que ele é: 8 milhões de euros. E o processo de fritura pública comandado por Vanderlei Luxemburgo deu certo para o objetivo maior da diretoria que era vender o cara. Você acharam mesmo que aquelas críticas eram para melhorar o desempenho do Mago?

Mais uma vez, o futebol brasileiro prefere vender seus craques por valores questionáveis, em vez de valorizar seus clubes e campeonatos. O retorno de ter grandes jogadores nos times é muito maior do que vendê-los para a Arábia ou qualquer outra subpotência. Mas não é assim que a coisa acontece.

E, pelas notícias que andam pipocando, o Palmeiras anda mal das pernas por conta dos altos salários pagos à equipe de Luxemburgo. Talvez vender o chileno fosse a única solução. Que pena. Perde o Palmeiras, perde o futebol brasileiro.

POSTADO POR ROJAS.

Intanto c’è attesa per il prossimo 23 settembre, giorno di Festa nazionale in Arabia saudita,
quando un gruppo di attiviste dei diritti civili invierà al governo un appello affinchè sia
restituito alle donne il diritto di guidare l’automobile. Lo reso noto nei giorni scorsi il
quotidiano saudita "Arab News".
Nel documento a firma dell’Ente per la tutela e lo sviluppo dei diritti delle donne (Spsdd) le
firmatarie chiedono che le "saudite possano riottenere la possibilità di guidare, come accade
in tutti gli altri Paesi islamici" e quindi di poter godere "di un diritto che era accordato alle
nostre madri e nonne e che è stato successivamente annullato".

Fonte: http://www.ilgiornale.it/a.pic1?ID=282863

Yet this mysterious stranger- whose eastern garb concealed his true identity- touched her only with tenderness, driving her wild with new sensation, his scorching kisses igniting the fires of her very soul . . . sweeping her beyond the harem walls into a palace of love's eternal dream.

From the moment Philip Caxton sets his eyes upon lovely Englishwoman Christine Wakefield, he knows that he must have her. Born half-Arab and known among his people as Sheik Abu, he plots to have her kidnapped and brought to his remote camp in the desert.

Christina is angry and frightened when she suddenly becomes the helpless captive of this strikingly handsome stranger...but is soon weakened by her heart's blazing desire to explore her virile captor's most sensuous cravings. Her idyllic time with Abu is interrupted when she is kidnapped again, this time by another tribe. This act was done in order to lure the sheik to their camp so that an act of revenge for a past misdeed may be carried out. Abu rushes to Christina's rescue and, after escaping a slow death, brings his beloved back to the safety of his camp. But their happiness is shortlived when Christina is falsely told that Abu no longer desires her and wishes her to leave. With a broken heart, she leaves the desert to return to her past life in England.

But nothing will ever be the same, as she still loves Abu and fears she may never see him again. Or will she?

Hoje vamos encerrar o "Era uma vez na Arábia" com uma festa das Mil e Uma Noites, mexendo os ventres aos ritmos passados pelo nosso amigo e grande DJ M2life.

Coloquem os vossos melhores fatos de odaliscas e princesas árabes, de sultões e tuaregs e venham juntar-se a nós pelas 22:30 GMT / 02:30 PM PDT.

AH!!! Já vos disse que vai haver concurso com um prémio de 500 Lindens para o mais bem vestido? ;)

its good to see the religious police cracking down on pet shop owners selling "marital" and "dating" aides disguised as cats and dogs. for too long, young men and women have been getting it on while their pets are busy sniffing each others asses!

the streets will be "clean" once again,.... no more "immoral behaviour" like people walking their dogs, and definately alot less doggy poo.

once again, bravo religious police!

but,...

for all your efforts, my dear religious police,...

there is one segment of the public that continues to elude you. i am sure you are working on them and i'm sure you have agents "undercover" as i write this, but just in case you dont allow me to enlighten you:

they are cunning, they are clever, they are tenacious and relentless.

they congregate under your very noses.

they are both an integral part of your society and the sole cause of your boys and girls hooking up, as the kids call it these days.

they work by word of mouth, sometimes employing "agents" who spread their message, while the more tech savy work by mobile phone text messages, and online forums. they know no borders, and freely operate between countries without the slightest bit of scrutiny.

and like al-qaeda, there is no boss, only a network of loosely organised groups in each city, in each neighborhood and on every street. some are very sought after and demand very high prices for their expertise.

and they will never rest until their job is done.

no, they will never rest until every last boy and girl is ultimately engaged in the act of sexual procreation.

they are relentless in their pursuit of the opposite sex for their "client", and they are constantly out looking for suitable partners at weddings, family gatherings, supermarkets, highways, airports, etc.

they are more numerous than numerously  numerous things,...

they have pressure applying techniques that are thousands of years old, and they use them liberally.

they are so cunning that one word or one look can cause you to engage a therapist for years on end.

thats right religious police, i know you know who i'm talking about, and i am sure you yourselves have your own horror stories to tell.

if you dont do something about them then every boy and girl you know will at some point be engaged in sexual acts.

:o

the next one could be you.

:o

thats right it could be you.

:o

i'm afraid there is no easy way to say this, so i'll just come out and say it :

MOTHERS must be banned!

ps: please hurry before my mother reads this.

Europe, only a few centuries ago was this way. However, all that changed when people of Europe just got sick of the Church imposing its rule on the people. Eventually, the Italian Renaissance only made European nations a superpower of their time. Is this the right time for an Islamic Renaissance? Maybe, because Islam came about 600 years after Christianity did, and the Italian Renaissance started in about the 1400s, so perhaps 600 later is the Islamic Renaissance? Which is 1400s+600 = 2000s :) Yes, perhaps this is the time for it. But who can do this Renaissance? The Arabian people themselves obviously! The world is helpless if a madman is determined not to rectify his nature. This should come to the attention of the Saudis themselves, but they are too drenched in the luxuries of life, that they don't want to take the trouble to ride into battle!

Treatement of Women in Saudi Arabia

As mentioned earlier in this article, the women of Saudi Arabia, especially of the royal house, life pitiful lives. As the world outside Saudi Arabia (KSA) speaks of equality for women and various demonstrations are held by feminists to demand their rights, the situation in KSA is much much worse. The ill-treatment of Saudi women, even of princesses and other women pertaining to the royal house of the Al Sa'uds is far worse than what most people can imagine. The demands of Saudi women from all classes isn't much, it is the usual rights that all women on the Earth have since birth. The right to have their voices heard, the right to move out freely, the right to be a part of the decision making on matters etc. But for over many centuries, even before the formation of the state called "The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia" (KSA) they have been suppressed and live worse than animals !! Saudi women ask for, the removal of the veil, right to have a say in matters, to drive, to be educated, to not be ill-treated. In KSA, a woman isn't allowed to drive, the supposed reason from Saudi men being that they just can't. It is this kind of egotistical and male chuavinistic view of Saudi Arabian men that has hindered any success of women acquiring rights that should have been theirs ages ago. There are some tortures to Saudi women which people won't believe. I myself, stayed in KSA for 14 years but had little knowledge of the domestic violence and ill-treatment of Saudi women. Why? Because it is all hidden behind thick walls and doors, especially matters of the Royal House. I have been inspired to write this article after reading the novel named Princess which is a shocking tale of the actual treatment of Saudi women, by their men and through their ridiculously barbaric laws. I am reading its sequel right now named, Daughters of Arabia. Both were written by an American author named Jean P. Sasson, but is a true account of her friend, who anonymously called herself 'Sultana' (Arabic for princess) who is a princess in the Royal Al-Sa'ud house. I urge all people to read this book and understand the injustic for themselves. Surely, after reading the book, a person with the smallest feeling of humaness will fiercely detest the conduct of the Saudi men or the laws they have formulated, or just continue reading in shock. In the book among other stories in it of Saudi women, it includes the story of a friend of Sultana named Nadia, whose parents, yes parents, drowned her in their swimming pool (legally!) because she had committed some form of "adultry". The book mentions how, these girls were so harshly imprisioned in their land, through customs that treated women like dirt, that they unfortunately seek no vent for their human emotions and urges but these! Sultana, herself a princess had no fantasy life, she was like a prisioner in a golden cage ! A house full of riches, but she had little say in her own life and is like a slave to the men of the household. Sultana's sister, Sara and her story of attempted suicide after being wed against her will to a 62 year old man, is also written in vivid detail. Sultana has lived a brave life, of a rebel against evil practices, which is how she came to ask her American friend Jean P. Sasson to write this book and to reveal to the "real world" the atrocities of Saudi customs. In the book Princess, another friend of this girl Sultana, in the later chapters of this book is given a punishment far worse than even death. For adultry, her friend Sameera was put in what is called. "The Woman's room". Its no lively place of gossiping women, but a dungeon that is secluded from the world, where no light can reach in and where no sounds can reach in or come out from, due to the thick walls. There was just one slit in the room door, to give food to the girl, and a tunnel in the floor to discharge body waste. Know well, that this girl Sameera is a rich girl. Now what worth is richness in a life like this? The children of the Indian slums live better lives ! In her confinement cell, this girl, Sameera, after spending many days there, sadly, became mentally ill. She spoke a gibberish which none of the servants, who gave her food or the family people understood. Even in the end of the book Sameera, is mentioned to still be in confinement. This biasness is so evil, that it will enrage and deeply upset many, even as they just read the story. The Saudi women and girls have felt the very fangs of this injustice for years, we can only imagine how they would feel. The book Princess by Jean P. Sasson reveals many other disguisting truths of the KSA of the treatment of women in the land. It is a matter of great shame, I should say for KSA and its men folk, that not one, not even one man came to oppose such biased laws and evil conduct against their female folk. There is an old Arabian saying, "The best among the men is he who respects his women folk". Let the Saudi men, who try to prove their hollow virility by making the lives of their women miserable be remined of those words. Till today, the Saudi men, worse than animals, only look at their women folk as an object of sexual pleasures and a machine to bring up their children. When this shallow attitude is rectified, only then the Saudis can understand change. They need to understand that if they continue this way, the world, socially will move ahead and they will be left in a dark age. The world has seen a number of riots and struggles and fight for rights, but in KSA there is and has been for many years a fight for justice for the treatment of females. Let the world hear their stories. I type this post as I was completely appalled and shocked by this tale of 'Sultana' in the rich nation of Saudi Arabia.

The Biased Laws of Saudi Arabia

Typed below are not the exact (word to word) laws of the KSA, but its what they are, or how a person would understand them. In KSA nothing is the mistake of a man, between a man and his wife, its always the wives fault. A man can stoop to any level of disguisting nature but he will, if rich enough, be forgiven. All laws made to maintain order are sought to change the life of women. Like of example, if a man rapes a woman in a nation of this civilized Earth, it would be considered his crime and would get a death penalty for it, as it should be. In Saudi Arabia (KSA), the woman will be questioned as to why she was there in such a vulnuerable position and as to why she wasn't escorted by a male! Wonderful Arabia, wonderful! Blame it all on the women! Next, if a woman was scantily dressed and a rape happens, it mean the woman was "inviting men". Rather, the lustful nature of men is considered "natural" in Saudi Arabia, and some (most?) men would even say it was natural for a man to behave in such a way !! Hence, they say that women or girls above puberty should wear an abhaaya and a veil. The question that doesn't come out here is: Are Arab men, dogs? Nay, even dogs don't behave this way !! The man is asked to control his wife, and his word is final. In Saudi Arabian law, till this day a woman witness is not considered, which reflects in the way the culture sees women. The reasons cited by them for not considering women as witnesses are given are like women are uneducated and hence can't really understand what they see, or that women are mostly influenced by their husbands and can misunderstand an event, or that women are in general more emotional and are likely to give wrong judgements. All these reasons are only valid because the Saudi Men have made their society in a manner that suits them, by rarely educating their girls, and not encouraging it. They are the ones who label their women as "emotional" or "influenced by their husbands" without giving them a chance. 

And this is for the Saudi Arabians themselves: How long will they supress one part of their society? What worth is any wealth development ruled by such evil dogma and irrational laws? Do the Saudi Arabians want to watch their world back in the dark ages as the whole world looks down on them and procceds furthur? Only the Saudi Arabians can be the ultimate change of such a rotten system of a country.

Conclusion

Saudi Arabia is the worst of all Islamic nations, other Islamic nations are tolerant to a greater extent. But, socially the Islamic world lags behind and people aren't free to voice out their opinions. There are too many restrictions in the Islamic world, and not all for the good. The trend needs to change. Today there are two worlds, "The Islamic World" and "The Other World", continuing this way all Islamic nations for restricting the rights of their people will naturally become alienated by the world and the world will become alienated by them. Islamic nations take great deal of help, and do trade with the world, but this mindset of theirs needs to change if they wish to see true development, a social development. Life is more than riches and good trade, though those are important aspects of a developing nation, they mean nothing without good social development. The nations like KSA are the worst of all cases and are actually an equivalent to nations of a Dark age.

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"Stella del mattino è pura fiction"

In parte editori di se stessi, con libri che diventano in rete dei veri e propri progetti, con appendici di ogni tipo e altro materiale che si accumula intorno, il collettivo Wu Ming assiste al debutto come romanziere del suo numero 4 . S’intitola Stella del mattino, in copertina campeggia Lawrence d’Arabia, personaggio mitico e ambiguo “con cui non ci si immedesima ma si dialoga”, nel libro al centro di una storia particolare, un crocevia di destini già consumati dalla prima guerra mondiale e di ambizioni intellettuali da verificare.

Stella del mattino è ambientato a Oxford contrariamente a quanto ci si potrebbe aspettare, parlando di Lawrence

La scelta di Oxford, negli anni 1919/20, è precisa. Mi interessava la storia delle sue imprese vista però al momento del rientro quando Lawrence, un eroe ma anche un personaggio intricato e in parte patologico, deve fare i conti con la sua fama e col trauma post bellico. Il centro di Oxford è un compact di storia britannica, John Donne, Newton, Wilde. Intorno a Lawrence e a questa storia si muovono grandi nomi in erba, tutti giovani reduci dalla prima guerra mondiale: il poeta Robert Graves che provò a mettere in versi l’orrore delle trincee, J. R. Tolkien, che nel conflitto perse due cari amici, C. L. Lewis, autore del ciclo fantasy delle Cronache di Narnia. Tutti interessati allo studio del mito e alla ricerca personale di una strada, poetica o accademica.

Come nasce la scelta di concentrarsi sul personaggio di Lawrence d’Arabia?

Da bambino ero rimasto affascinato dal kolossal con Peter O’Toole, poi in età adulta ho letto i Sette pilastri della saggezza. La storia di Lawrence è un coacervo di battaglie tra critici e storici, fin da quando era ancora in vita. Non c’è accordo sulla sua figura, lui stesso ha fatto di tutto per avvolgersi di una cortina di verità e non verità. Inoltre quasi nessuno di quelli che gli furono accanto, sono riusciti a forare l’armatura del personaggio. Graves ha vissuto per tutta la vita con una immagine personale del suo amico, nonostante siano venuti alla luce negli anni i molti e controversi aspetti della personalità.

Lawrence è al centro di una storia ma non è l’unico protagonista

Volevo provare a riflettere su mito, racconto e storia, per questo ho usato Lawrence come un prisma, per farlo vedere con gli occhi degli altri, punti di vista non necessariamente conciliabili tra loro, che ne rappresentassero le tante sfaccettature. Loro che avrebbero inventato e studiato miti, ne avevano uno portata di mano.

Stella del mattino è pura fiction, un what if molto plausibile anche nelle forzature. Ho immaginato che i destini successivi degli altri, potessero coincidere con quanto disegnato qui (Tolkien in realtà non l’ha mai incontrato), e che ognuno riuscisse a trovare  un punto di svolta nella propria vita passando attraverso Lawrence.

Come ci si trova a scrivere da solo e che cosa differenzia questo libro dalla produzione Wu Ming?

Siamo abituati a discutere tutto e tutti assieme, quasi una scrittura con editing incorporato, dove è impossibile avere dei blocchi visto che siamo in cinque. Ho lavorato molto appartato anche rispetto a tutti gli impegni di Wu Ming senza avere persone con cui confrontarmi. Gli altri lavori solisti nascevano da un’esigenza privata, personale. E infatti sono molto diversi tra loro. Qui confluiscono discorsi e tematiche comuni a tutti, a cominciare dal mito, con Lawrence come cartina di tornasole. La cosa più inedita per l’esperienza di WM (e che riesce a portare qualcosa al collettivo) è stato provare a concentrare unità di tempo spazio e luogo in poche centinaia di metri quadrati, proprio a Oxford, il parnaso della quiete accademica. Gli sprazzi epici ci sono ma come dei flash onirici, scritti in prima persona quasi per toglierli dalla storia.

Nel libro la questione medio orientale è vista da lontano. Più che i grandi temi, sembra esserci una riflessione particolare sulle scelte dei personaggi

È la storia di un gruppo di intellettuali che si trovano a riflettere alla fine di un passaggio della storia.. Lawrence guarda il proprio mito e lo trova ingombrante. Qualcuno ci ha fatto notare che poteva essere letta in senso autobiografico, su come eravamo 5 anni fa, quando ci siamo ritrovati a raccontare eventi, a fare mitopoiesi sul Movimento e sulle grandi scadenze internazionali, quando eravamo scrittori in prima linea, anche ingenuamente. Un fondo di verità c’è.

(Epolis luglio 2008 )

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