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Al Watar - A tune that can only be played by two

2012-06-20T19:06:00.000+02:00

I just watched this movie on TV the night it was aired for the first time, I liked it a lot and wanted to write about it ..

Ghada Adel: Maissa

Arwa Gouda : Menna

Mostafa Shaaban: Seleem

Ahmed El Saadany: Hassan

Swasan Badr : The Mother

Written by: Mohamed Nayer

Directed by: Magdy EL Hawary

Music by: Sa7ara

I liked the movie as a whole.. It would seem in the beginning that its another crime mystery movie were the killer is the least expected character , but it turns out to be totally different, what we discover through the movie is more shocking than knowing the identity of the killer.

Probably I don't know the right technical terms for these things, but the cinematography is matching so much with the mood.. gloomy and dark. The way Maissa always appears with shadows on her face makes you try to look closer to figure out what is she about , it adds to the mystery of the whole thing.

The scenes are quick and events flow rapidly back and forth in time, and also in the imagination of the characters.. so missing a minute would make you feel lost.

The music is just WoW! .. the final scene where both Maissa and Menna are playing while the whole story reveals in Selim's head as if the dual tune whispered to him the secrets of the truth .. They killed Hassan together in slow motion as if they danced in a couple dance on the tune.. I got goosebumps.. looking at their eyes and thinking how they both suffered from long years of insecurity and Hassan whom they both hung some hopes on, betrayed them and disappointed their expectations.."He deserved it!", thats what I thought while he was dying with their hands on the an amazing piece of music..

Menna's character is brilliant! How she seemed at first so sweet and needy , always insecure and helpless, the existence of her sister makes her weak, hateful and submissive.. Then, the layers start to fall revealing the power within her ..actually she is only complete with her sister's existence, that's only when she is in full power, and confident. She forms with her "A tune that can only be played by two"

Really brilliant ! that quote really sums up the whole thing.

Maissa in my eyes is a protector.. she protected her sister , mother and herself by the only way her corrupt upbringing made her think of.. I admire her much..she is strong ..though yet she is also incomplete without Menna.

I couldn't figure out Seleem.. did he realize the truth of his unfaithful wife from the beginning and that what made him emotionally unstable? or that the fact he killed her by mistake? but in both cases it made him the right man in the right place.. to set the girls free with a perfect shot right in their head of their perverted step father.

Arwa Gouda is a great actress with amazing abilities, Ghada Adel as well did a good job.. As for Mostafa Shaaban , I'd say he wasn't bad as this role was far away from being romantic which never suits him in my opinion . Ahmed El Saadany was perfect for the girls player role ..but didn't convince me as a heart breaker who is able to make both girls fall for him.

Sa7ara the band did a great job with music.. was out of this world!

~~As a whole the film is really good and I enjoyed it.~~

My First book in Arabic

2011-09-02T20:24:00.002+02:00

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I miss you

2011-08-11T13:57:00.001+02:00

I miss you..

I miss you so much..

I need you.. I need you to make every thing feels right again..

Without you, its hard to grasp anything.. every thing is irritating.. and makes no sense..

Come back to me my sweatheart... I'm longing for every thing about you..

Your smell.. Your richness.. I need to indulge my self in your taste..

When I'm alone with you.. suddenly happiness invades me..

I could smile.. understand.. feel good about every thing..

My Dear cup of coffee.. I miss you

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2011-06-02T14:43:00.003+02:00

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She Said..

2011-06-02T14:09:00.002+02:00

The so called "Worry about you" is only your cover up for "Jealous sick". Admit it for God's sake!

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I always wonder, if you'r gonna do what YOUR MIND tells you, why ask for MY choice in the first place? Have fun with your mind!

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Always be sure I never miss a word you say; When I ask you to repeat what you just said, it means you got another chance to change it!

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When I ask you to hold my hand in public might mean: I'm teasing your x-girlfriend, My hand is cold, or I simply miss you..

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Staying by your side should be added to "Best Things EVER" list. But hurt me and your Name will be added to "R.I.P" list..

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I know the reason behind your boredom, you lost your favorite hobby: "Seeking my attention". Now that you've got it, no wonder you'r bored..

To be cnt..

Menna Fawzi

A song by Nancy Sinatra: Bang Bang

2011-03-30T23:19:00.003+02:00

I was five and he was six

We rode on horses made of sticks

He wore black and I wore white

He would always win the fight

Bang bang

He shot me down, bang bang

I hit the ground , bang bang

That awful sound, bang bang

My baby shot me down

Seasons came and changed the time

When I grew up, I called him mine

He would always laugh and say

Remember when we used to play

Bang bang

I shot you down, bang bang

You hit the ground , bang bang

That awful sound, bang bang

I used to shoot you down

Music played and people sang…

Just for me the church bells rang…

Now he's gone I don't know why

And till this day some times I cry

He didn't even say goodbye

He didn't take the time to lie

Bang bang

He shot me down, bang bang

I hit the ground , bang bang

That awful sound, bang bang

My baby shot me down.

Doubts

2010-09-28T23:16:00.002+03:00

I can't live in those doubts any more...

sometimes I'm certain and sometimes I'm half way back...

It's proven in front of my eyes 100 times,but I tell my self this can't be true...

I wanted to scream out loud many times, pointing my finger to what is quiet clear under my nose...but something tells me "shut up! it's not enough"...

The more I see, the more I'm sure...but the more I'm silent,the more I'm loaded,the more I'm losing the common sense,the nonsense acts keep flowing out of me...

Is it the silence that causes nonsense?? or is it nonsense to be silent ?? overloading causes explosion!

When I tried to let out smoothly the steam causing the pressure within me , thinking that letting it out will bring me relief...

I was wrong...

In fact I felt ridicules...as all of it just vanished in the air and non was taken seriously...because its just steam!... vapor!... nothing!

Doubts are always like so...like steam...stressing with no solid existence...

If they had solid existence they would have not been called "Doubts" they'd be called "Facts" ...

So I decided never to let it loose again, let it just fill me in the inside, stressing me... driving me crazy...

Till the explosion finally comes...

but explosions shatter things into pieces...brakes it...hurts it so bad .... that its impossible to restore it back again...

Could that happen to Me?? My heart?? My life??...

It wont make any difference... the doubts are messing me up, making me act like a fool...

and it breaks my heart with fear that those doubts are true...

and my life became tasteless...nothing is enjoyable any more...

what can happen worse??!!

My Truth About Love & Marriage

2010-09-16T03:27:00.026+03:00

We all fall in love with a person or with love itself through a person, and in the second case we imagine or actually pretend that the this person has got all what we want, in both cases we just live sweet days full of sweet feelings and emotions such as passion, anxiety, anticipation, self confidence, etc..

We enjoy lots of glorious, romantic and extra ordinary moments, such as a bunch of flowers on our desk, doorstep, or even our car, just to express love or apology or only “I miss you”.

A romantic dinner on our birthday followed by a huge surprise party that includes all your friends and you learn later that your lover has been through a lot in the few days before to make it happen.

Hardly noticing he has friends as all his time is spent with you.

Finding lots of things from your secret wish list are getting achieved by your lover, like running in the rain, eating some kind of ethnic food, or traveling to a certain place.. and it makes you wonder "did he read the list behind my back" or "we wish the same things" so it’s a sign that he is your soul mate.

And oh yes… on the top of all gaining all the envy of your lover ex’s and yours as well; for the amazing relationship you’ve got.

Isn’t that something!

Then, it comes to a phase where you feel you just can’t live without this person and you want to spend the rest of your live with him, and you both take serious steps for such purpose, then you find yourselves actually in “The getting married process”.

You face lots of pressure and problems regarding the house, the furniture, the furnishing, wall paper, floors, families , parents, money , stress , honeymoon reservation, work leave and so on.

You hang on and tell yourselves "if we can make it through all this mess, we can make it through anything else to come".

You fight the temptation to fight, you try to overpass your lovers mistakes and try yourself not to make any... just until this stressful phase passes.

At last you get married to the one you love passing through the path of thorns, you fought everything to be together with your lover and start your romantic love story.
Yeah right!

After you come from the honeymoon and settle in your new house, it’s so exciting everything is significantly new, you are so happy.. and not to forget you are with the one you love, isn’t that just perfect!

Now it’s the phase of Realization and Discovery. You discover that your lover snores!
He sleeps late, you sleep early...

You realize that he thinks ”flowers die, so it’s more beneficial to buy something that would actually live, but only if you insist I’ll get you some” .

You realize that just a nice home cooked dinner for him is a better celebration, than the surprise party you gave for his birthday.

You discover that he actually got friends and he must hang out with them once or twice a week!

That he never eats the supper meal unlike you, and that he sleeps with the a/c on while you freeze if you did so, so it’s always a fight whether to turn it on or off.

You realize that you love Italian food, and he hates it and got sick of it! , and he only likes Indian food so it’s really hard to decide a restaurant.

He doesn’t like old movies and you do , he loves sports unlike you, so it’s always a fight over the remote control.

You realize he hates almost all the music you like and loves almost all the music you hate.

Finally you discover and realize that you married your opposite with all his habits and likes and hates. And you wonder how come all that wasn’t clear from the beginning?! you went to hundreds of restaurants and listened to lots of songs and you talked lots of times about your personal likes and dislikes..how could this be my life with my soul mate? Isn’t it a pity!

Resistance! That's what you both do, you resist his method of spending his day and night and he resists abiding to your system of living…you try to change him, he tries to make a new “you” and all the trials fail with feeling of despair and dissatisfaction, but you both still keep trying.

Sometimes you think of the word “compromise”, he comes to you half way and you go to him half way…useless! you both feel you did your own share of sacrifice and compromising but still not happy with the conclusion, and you see that neither your partner is happy with it.

Then what? Then you feel desperate and believe that all your dreams of an eternal romantic love story have crashed on the rocks of reality, so you try to cope with your new “miserable” life with that horrible opposite of you, you try to search for some light some positive things just to ease the fact on you..you keep up all night …you think and think and gradually it all comes to you…

The reality about your lover and you… let’s look at the bright side… remember how many times a day you say “ I love you” to each other.

He doesn’t get you flowers unless you insist, but he gets every bag, shoes and piece of accessory you ever wish for ,with or without an occasion.

When he turns the a/c on he makes sure you’re well tucked in the cover ,and takes you in his arms to keep you warm.

When he is out with his friends, he calls you on your cell phone from time to time to check on you and say he misses you.

When you sleep early and he is still awake as he sleeps late; he does some house chores to help you... he always makes sure there is water by the bed side so you won’t have to get up in the middle of the night to drink, and he puts your cell phone on the charger as you always forget, so he can call you the next day when you’re both out.

When he said “I would have loved more the home cooked dinner than the surprise party” it was followed by “ as I wanted to spend this occasion only with the one I love most.. and indulge myself with her fine cooking”.

He is sick of Italian food as he spent all the period since he has ever known you eating it for you and trying to force himself to like it, but he failed, however he just loves the Indian food since the day you tried it together.

You both love horror movies and you spent evenings stuck to each other on the sofa under the warm blanket watching a horror movie and eating popcorn.

You sat next to him for around an hour cheering and screaming and asking stupid and ignorant questions concerning the match you were both watching, where your national team was playing in the world cup matches and he was even patient enough to explain to you what was going on.

Though you hate oldies songs unlike him, you love to listen to “you fill up my senses” as he says it reminds him of you. You both adore Latin music and you took salsa dancing classes and did the best performance ever at your wedding party.

Then by the end of the night ,you figure it out…

He is all what you want even if he was your exact opposite!

You go to bed to sleep, you find him sleeping and snoring, you smile, he wakes up and in a sleepy voice he says:“ shall I turn off the a/c??”

You answer: “no, just take me in your arms, and I’ll be fine”

He cares when...

2010-09-15T01:14:00.006+03:00

Some guys care, and some pretend they care...

I think he cares:

When his first gift to you is a mobile charger for the car because you always forget to charge it at home..
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When he tries to win the hearts of your best friends..because he knows that would make you happy and proud of him...
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When he is not shy to hold your hand in front of his buddies...
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When he is hanging out with his buddies..and calls you in the middle of a "Winning 11" match just to check if you are having fun too...
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When he willingly lets you win in PlayStation games ..just to watch you scream out happily: "YESSSS!"...
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When he just steps back in the middle a fight between you...just because your tears appeared..no matter how big is your fault and how much he is upset...
And when later on after you have stopped crying he continues the fight as he is still upset, however he is so keen not make you cry again...

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When he wakes up early in a weekend though he has slept at 5 am because you just mentioned the day before that u wish if u could spend longer hours enjoying the morning sun...

Trying to get up

2010-09-15T00:51:00.002+03:00

I woke up feeling tired and stressed, after 10 hours sleep and still stressed! I couldn’t possibly figure out the reason why my eyes still want to shut again and my mind wants to wonder away to nowhere, why my body refuses to move 1 cm out of the bed and the well tucked cover, Its aching and pleading to me “please let me stay ...let me enjoy the sweet warmth of the bed”, but this annoying voice inside my head says “get up your going to be late” I try to force this lazy body to move, I push my arm to slip out of the cover and reach to my mobile phone slowly... there...good job … now it’s in my hand… it’s time to open the eyes to see the time.. yes I did it.. I can see.. ohh I’m really going to be late , though my eyes closed again but I can clearly see myself standing up and going to the bathroom then getting dressed in a cute black dress …here I’m coming down the stairs... what’s this noise?? It familiar! It’s getting louder and louder …I suddenly open my eyes to see my hand in front of my face holding the mobile phone from where the alarm sound is coming. Oh God! I was dreaming that I got up…now I have to really get up , but how can I get up …it’s too hard I don’t know why, I usually take much less time...there goes my eyes again and with it my mind ..I see my dear uncle’s face…it doesn’t feel strange actually it feels totally normal to find him with me now, for the matter of fact I’m happy to see him, as if I miss him…he is smiling to me like he always does …I can see myself … but as a child...now this is strange…I’m sitting on a carpet near a window and its warm and sunny... he is playing with me and tickling me.. I laugh so loud that that my lungs almost appears form my mouth hole…oh I cannot express how much I’m attached to this man …he hugs me and kisses me on the forehead and leaves… I cry and raise my arms calling him…I cry and I cry…I open my eyes full of tears I see a blurred picture of the bed again... it makes sense it was a dream of course…but why am I crying? I’ll figure out later... now I have to get up, but I feel as if I’m paralyzed … I try to remove the cover but my arms won’t do it, I try to open my eyes, I can’t , as if my body has a will of it’s own...and there goes my mind again, its slipping away..I see myself running away in a street... just running …nobody in following me...I’m just running very fast…what’s this noise? Music?! Again, I open my eyes to see my mobile that’s still in my hand and ringing, I know it’s my mum I recognized the ringing tone, I answered with my eyes closed and mother’s voice comes saying “ did you sleep well? I hope you did u seemed shocked yesterday…Get up we have a hard day coming ahead… you know they need us to support them in their crises …get dresses quickly we are going to be late for your uncles funeral… your aunt and cousins are waiting"