Pentru ca vreau la Festivalul ARTmania de la Sibiu

Nu-mi trebuia decat o motivatie indeajuns de puternica incat sa pot tasta "blogger" in browser si sa-mi amintest si parola de la blog ca sa imi reiau scrierile despre Liban si nu numai.
Stiu ca unii amici se bucura, altii si-ar fi dorit sa plec acasa de mult si sa ma fac femeie de serviciu ( nope, not gonna happen!)

Multumesc, Zelist Blog, pentru motivatie. Cum am auzit, acum 5 minute, de campania "Rockere, Zelist te vrea la ARTmania Festival (netuns)" am si deschis blogul sa postez fotografia mea de rocker salbatic, mare fan Nightwish.

Iata ce spune campania:

"Posteaza pe blogul tau o poza cu tricoul tau de rocker, filmeaza-te cantand o melodie rock, povesteste-ne cum te-ai distrat la primul tau concert rock, trimite-ne o poza in care sa ne arati colectia ta de CD-uri rock, autografe sau orice altceva ce poate dovedi ca esti potrivit sa devii membru in Gasca bloggerilor.

Te poti inscrie in concurs pana la data de 07.08.2011, ora 23:59.

Posteaza pe blogul tau si pe Twitter utilizand hashtag-ul #gascabloggerilor sau adauga-ne ca prieteni pe Facebook - Ze list - si comenteaza in cadrul postarii referitoare la concursul organizat."

Asadar, iacata-ma-s, de Anul Nou cu Capitan Gallego, ofiterul de presa de la baza militara Miguel de Cervantes a contingentului spaniol din cadrul trupelor ONU de mentinere a pacii in Sudul Libanului. In spate e spitalul de campanie al trupelor chineze. Sper ca apreciati ca era o ocazie speciala, era ajun de Anul Nou, deci am purtat o tinuta speciala.

Ma multe poze, cu sau fara tricoul meu de rocker salbatic, aici.

Masacrul din Deraa. Video

Si un reminder: la Bucuresti, in noiembrie 2010

O intalnire amicala, un pranz simpatic, glumite.  Bashar al Assad la Bucuresti.  Si ma uitam la televizor fara sa aud vreun comentariu despre prietnia prea stransa dintre Traian Basescu si Bashar al Assad.

Assad despre revolutiile din lumea araba

Interviu cu presedintele sirian Bashar al Assad, 2 februarie 2010, in Wall Street Journal despre valul de revolutii din lumea araba.


Cea mai interesanta parte a interviului:

" It means if you have stagnant water, you will have pollution and microbes; and because you have had this stagnation for decades, let us say, especially the last decade in spite of the vast changes that are surrounding the world and some areas in the Middle East, including Iraq, Palestine, and Afghanistan, because we had this stagnation we were plagued with microbes. So, what you have been seeing in this region is a kind of disease. That is how we see it.
If you want to talk about Tunisia and Egypt, we are outside of this; at the end we are not Tunisians and we are not Egyptians. We cannot be objective especially that the situation is still foggy, and not clear. It has not been settled yet. So, whatever you hear or read in this period cannot be very realistic or precise or objective. But I can talk about the region in general more than talking about Tunisia or Egypt because we are one region. We are not a copy of each other, but we have many things in common. So, I think it is about desperation. Whenever you have an uprising, it is self-evident that to say that you have anger, but this anger feeds on desperation. Desperation has two factors: internal and external. The internal is that we are to blame, as states and as officials, and the external is that you are to blame, as great powers or what you call in the West 'the international community', while for them, the international community is made up of the United States and some few countries, but not the whole world. So, let us refer to the latter as the 'greatest powers' that have been involved in this region for decades.
As for the internal, it is about doing something that is changing; to change the society, and we have to keep up with this change, as a state and as institutions. You have to upgrade yourself with the upgrading of the society. There must be something to have this balance. This is the most important headline. Regarding the west, it is about the problems that we have in our region, i.e. the lack of peace, the invasion of Iraq, what is happening in Afghanistan and now its repercussions in Pakistan and other regions. That led to this desperation and anger. What I tell you now is only the headlines, and as for the details, maybe you have details to talk about for days if you want to continue. I am just giving you the way we look at the situation in general."

Proteste in Daraa, sudul Siriei, in apropierea granitei cu Iordania

Aleppo: protestatari batuti

Revolutia din Siria

Stiu ca am spus la revedere si m-am apucat de scris pe un blog in engleza, dar am senzatia ca e momementul sa revin. Mai ales ca valul de revolutii a ajuns fix peste parleaz, la Damasc.

Cam greu de ajuns acolo in acest moment. Autoritatile siriene nu dau vize strainilor. Jurnalistilor nici atat. L-au refuzat si pe celebrul batut la Cairo, Anderson Cooper.

La granita dintre Liban si Siria stai ore intregi, esti cautat si in buzunare, nu treci decat daca ai recomandari speciale si daca platesti spaga 200 de dolari.

Updates pe NOW Lebanon cu harta protestelor in Syria. Si urmariti pe twitter #Syria.

O amica din Daraa, unde au izbucnit protestele zielele trecute, o amica de la AFP imi spune ca sunt 400 000 de oameni in strada, dupa ce se pare (nu stie nimeni exact daca ciferele se confirma) ar fi fost ucisi 100 de oameni.

Video de la Damasc.