tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35137734.post5158908396137769890..comments2023-10-10T10:50:56.735+02:00Comments on Inanities: Sham el naseemSarah Carrhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02146943046266549277noreply@blogger.comBlogger24125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35137734.post-61101855652713766192008-03-23T17:06:00.000+02:002008-03-23T17:06:00.000+02:00Thanks, Ramy. Of course you may but if it's on the...Thanks, Ramy. Of course you may but if it's on the blog which is for invited readers only, invite me please :-)Scarrhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08000921519899599070noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35137734.post-19879625259768266582008-03-23T16:53:00.000+02:002008-03-23T16:53:00.000+02:00as you can see, im going through almost every sing...as you can see, im going through almost every single post you've written (i have never done this)...<BR/>you've had so many compliments on this one, so i wont add to them.<BR/>well except to say it is unforgettable.<BR/>can i post it to my site please?Qhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05959946684475332968noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35137734.post-29725639559912920142007-04-15T20:31:00.000+02:002007-04-15T20:31:00.000+02:00Enthralling....Enthralling....maxxedouthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08485196985393976662noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35137734.post-32555733358805644062007-04-14T12:15:00.000+02:002007-04-14T12:15:00.000+02:00Al Ahram Weekly, an English language newspaper pub...Al Ahram Weekly, an English language newspaper published in Egypt.<BR/><BR/>weekly.ahram.org.egScarrhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08000921519899599070noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35137734.post-21158603875149404742007-04-13T22:07:00.000+02:002007-04-13T22:07:00.000+02:00oh what's the weekly?!oh what's the weekly?!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35137734.post-11695409940769546602007-04-13T14:49:00.000+02:002007-04-13T14:49:00.000+02:00Daily: Ah thanks :-)Amir: Hope you enjoyed your ho...Daily: Ah thanks :-)<BR/><BR/>Amir: Hope you enjoyed your holiday, and thanks for the kind words. The writing full time thing is something I'm thinking about a lot at the moment.<BR/><BR/>Pink: No probs, and Streets Apart was actually published in the Weekly.Scarrhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08000921519899599070noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35137734.post-85167913285889939802007-04-12T21:36:00.000+02:002007-04-12T21:36:00.000+02:00i just realised that i posted my earlier post on t...i just realised that i posted my earlier post on the wrong article. I was supposed to post the above comment about publishing on 'streets apart'. I did not at all mean the account of this poor guy. apologiesAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35137734.post-46758475041897404912007-04-12T17:46:00.000+02:002007-04-12T17:46:00.000+02:00Great Post Amenesiac,I was away on holiday for Eas...Great Post Amenesiac,<BR/>I was away on holiday for Easter and have been catching up to your last two weeks' posts. Keep it up, your critical but more broad minded and understanding of why Egypt is where it is than other blogs i've read about Egypt. You certainly should think about writing for a living, you invoked empathy in me for the tortured man when I can safely say I have never felt close to as broken.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35137734.post-24839322112877684662007-04-12T13:28:00.000+02:002007-04-12T13:28:00.000+02:00stunning post, ur blog is fast becoming one of my ...stunning post, ur blog is fast becoming one of my favourites.DailyAnticshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02962783640832074561noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35137734.post-23420407329408931832007-04-11T22:49:00.000+02:002007-04-11T22:49:00.000+02:00Carmen: Great.Pink Panther: Thanks :-)GC & Forsoot...Carmen: Great.<BR/><BR/>Pink Panther: Thanks :-)<BR/><BR/>GC & Forsooth: Not quite for a living (yet?). It is something I am thinking hard about at the moment. Streets Apart was actually published in the Weekly. <BR/><BR/>Fully P: Forsooth has an interesting turn of phrase, but in her defence I can say that she is one of the few people I know who say unconditionally that they enjoy living in Egypt.Scarrhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08000921519899599070noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35137734.post-64979600143567271722007-04-11T21:21:00.000+02:002007-04-11T21:21:00.000+02:00forsooth -- at the risk of diverting the attention...forsooth -- at the risk of diverting the attention from the post, i would like to ask why do you stay in egypt if you dislike it so much (from what i've read from you at least)? as i understand it, it is possible for you to go live somewhere else, right? why dont you just do that?<BR/><BR/>i dont mean to sound like an ass, i am just curious.fully_polynomialhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02626627354385237871noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35137734.post-49089193974650969912007-04-11T15:57:00.000+02:002007-04-11T15:57:00.000+02:00she does. not much of a living fil balad el weskha...she does. not much of a living fil balad el weskha.<BR/><BR/>yes she was journeying to helio to meet me and i pre-heard this story but the written version is way better.Forsoothsayerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02765993032234113659noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35137734.post-60034869456298391532007-04-11T15:01:00.000+02:002007-04-11T15:01:00.000+02:00How come you don't write for a living? This post,...How come you don't write for a living? This post, and the art review post, are so much better than 90% of what's published in Egyptian English language publications.GChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08884957561850804381noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35137734.post-64226207343312608882007-04-11T12:33:00.000+02:002007-04-11T12:33:00.000+02:00hi,great writing, get this published.I don't know ...hi,<BR/><BR/>great writing, get this published.<BR/><BR/>I don't know if she can help but try:<BR/><BR/>http://riskingit.blogspot.com/index.htmlAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35137734.post-40970371394507339282007-04-11T04:39:00.000+02:002007-04-11T04:39:00.000+02:00Words Without Borders is great! I've already found...Words Without Borders is great! I've already found five stories to use in my classes!Carmenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09272008864071799695noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35137734.post-88254315163297932952007-04-10T23:51:00.000+02:002007-04-10T23:51:00.000+02:00Humphrey: 7 - 1!!!!!! Imagine how that mamma mia b...Humphrey: 7 - 1!!!!!! Imagine how that mamma mia bloke is feeling now.<BR/><BR/>Fully P: You certainly know how to make a girl smile. Greatest hits!<BR/><BR/>Marwa: Thanks. The man was completely unreachable by which I mean he was beyond the stage where - even if I or the driver knew what to say - we could turn things around.<BR/>I briefly considered calling an ambulance (yeah right) or the police, but concluded that government involvement at any level would probably only make confirm to him that his choice was the correct one.<BR/><BR/>Seneferu: Thanks...Publishing wouldn't know where to start.<BR/><BR/>Carmen: Thanks for sending this site mate. Do you know Words Without Borders? http://www.wordswithoutborders.org/<BR/><BR/>I think you might like it.<BR/><BR/>N: the frightening thing is that because I had my Egypt armour on the initial shock was minimal somehow...It was only afterwards when I reflected on what happened that the sadness of it struck me, but that was the result of a cerebral process remote from raw instinctive emotion somehow.Scarrhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08000921519899599070noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35137734.post-25699838729724533012007-04-10T23:23:00.000+02:002007-04-10T23:23:00.000+02:00you must be shook up...you must be shook up...Nhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11785953855854960970noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35137734.post-5848863827565502622007-04-10T16:13:00.000+02:002007-04-10T16:13:00.000+02:00Ditto to all the above and you should visit Common...Ditto to all the above and you should visit Common Ties (www.commonties.com/blog) to consider publishing this or writing something new. They need good voices from Egypt.Carmenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09272008864071799695noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35137734.post-39174838615575154602007-04-10T13:26:00.000+02:002007-04-10T13:26:00.000+02:00p.s: and nice title too:)p.s: and nice title too:)Seneferuhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06156245757294970589noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35137734.post-16463293172298189732007-04-10T13:25:00.000+02:002007-04-10T13:25:00.000+02:00You should publish this, Amnesiac. Heartbreaking s...You should publish this, Amnesiac. Heartbreaking story, but excellent writing to convey it.Seneferuhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06156245757294970589noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35137734.post-61099397787058739712007-04-10T11:52:00.000+02:002007-04-10T11:52:00.000+02:00Heartbreaking.Heartbreaking.Mumbo Jumbohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12583195616686936966noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35137734.post-11294872396429035722007-04-10T09:18:00.000+02:002007-04-10T09:18:00.000+02:00Very moving, Amnesiac ... I feel that I was in the...Very moving, Amnesiac ... I feel that I was in the taxi with you. I can't help but wonder, why did you and the driver leave the guy behind? Did you get to know what was wrong? I wonder how he felt every time a car passed him by. - great post.Marwa Rakhahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01667215746872413429noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35137734.post-14220222488285608292007-04-10T04:19:00.000+02:002007-04-10T04:19:00.000+02:00it is starting to get to the point where i come he...it is starting to get to the point where i come here and have my heart leap temporarily upon realizing there is a new post. i think it is the unassuming style. it feels like you're telling me this story on the phone or something.<BR/><BR/>if we ever make a 'greatest hits' collection of this blog, this post would be in the top five or so. its very sad, but at the same time it does not ask for the reader's sympathy. it just presents the incident w/ no pretense whatsoever that it is difficult to realize how sad it is on first reading. that the man got back to lie in the middle of the road is such a shocking end, and that this is fact and not fiction makes it almost unbearable to read.fully_polynomialhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02626627354385237871noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35137734.post-82981393053128511102007-04-10T02:04:00.000+02:002007-04-10T02:04:00.000+02:00Achingly beautiful post, Amnesiac. You have the gi...Achingly beautiful post, Amnesiac. You have the gift to make people feel through words. The struggle for meaning and happiness is a theme that never gets old, and you handle it very well.Basil Epicurushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10882946059262129059noreply@blogger.com