Missing this Christmas:
1. Arabic Christmas carols by the wonderful Fairouz, especially Laylet Eid (Christmas Night- the Arabic version of "Jingle Bells") and Najmet al Eid (Star of Christmas- the Arabic version of "Angels We Have Heard on High"):
Ya sama tetloj ash'aar oo salaam
"Oh the sky is snowing poems and peace!"
2. Walking/driving around the beautifully decorated Al-Qassaa' neighbourhood while people walk to the churches for the midnight mass.
* Picture: Al-Zaitoun (Olive) Church, one of the oldest in Damascus.
Beautiful. Golden church dripping with golden light and softly waiting for whipsers of worship.
ReplyDeleteI hope it snows peace this year.
Best Wishes
La Luna.
We missed you!
ReplyDeleteWelcome back and merry Christmas
Abdulhadi Najjar
Finally back!
ReplyDeleteErm... when was the picture of the church taken?? During christmas?? how come it's so empty?? It would have been nice if you'd taken pictures of the streets ;D
I honestly wonder how X'mas songs would sound like in Arabic... It's like a paradox! Arabic is the language of Islam but it is used to sing songs glorifying Christianity. Imagine singing Eid Mubarak songs in HEbrew!!
I think it's beautiful- such paradoxes.
Nesace
Marhaba Ayman,
ReplyDeleteI congratulate you on a great blog. There's nothing that cures the homesickness like a few pics from back home. Keep up the great work...
E-mail me sometime if you got the time
omar1984@yahoo.com
Dear Ayman ...
ReplyDeletejust wanna to say to all people :
missin u man ...
Rafeed
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