Category Archives: Memories

أمطرت وبكيت

Posted on November 26, 2014 by Ymn

ﻟﻤﺎﺫﺍ ﻧﺘﺬﻛﺮ ﻛﻞ ﻣﺎ ﻳﺤﺰﻧﻨﺎ ﻋﻨﺪﻣﺎ ﺗﻤﻄﺮ؟ ﻫﻞ ﻫﻄﻮﻝ ﺍﻟﻤﻄﺮ ﻣﻨﺎﺳﺒﺔ ﻟﻬﻄﻮﻝ ﺃﺩﻣﻌﻨﺎ؟ ﻧﺘﻮﺣﺪ ﻣﻊ ﺍﻟﺴﻤﺎﺀ ﻓﻨﺒﻜﻲ ﻣﻌﺎ” ؟ ﻭﻫﻞ ﻳﻐﺴﻞ ﺍﻟﺒﻜﺎﺀ ﺍﻟﻘﻠﻮﺏ ﻛﻤﺎ ﻳﻐﺴﻞ ﺍﻟﻤﻄﺮ ﺍﻟﺸﺠﺮ ﻭﺍﻟﻄﺮﻗﺎﺕ؟ ﺇﻟﻰ ﺳﺎﻛﻨﻲ ﻗﻠﻮﺑﻨﺎ، ﺍﻟﻤﻘﻴﻤﻴﻦ ﻓﻲ ﺫﺍﻛﺮﺗﻨﺎ ﺃﺑﺪﺍً، ﺇﻟﻰ ﺍﻟﺬﻳﻦ ﻓﺎﺭﻗﻮﻧﺎ ﻭﻟﻢ ﻳﺒﺘﻌﺪﻭﺍ … Continue reading →

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كان غير شكل الزيتون

Posted on November 8, 2012 by Ymn

It’s a long term passionate relationship that I have with olives, far from being my all time favorite food, it can take me to that period of beautiful childhood days where olives meant endless fun with my siblings. It’s that … Continue reading →

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آن اوان الرحيل فاعذرني

Posted on April 30, 2012 by Ymn

I got the news while in the school poem recital competition this very same day (April 30th)  back in the year 1998. I remember I wept a bit when my friend announced it on stage : “The king just passed … Continue reading →

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A blast from the past

Posted on April 6, 2012 by Ymn

I spent the first day of vacation spring cleaning in terms of putting away winter clothes to give room for lighter ones, more suitable for the quick change of the weather. For those of you who have done it before … Continue reading →

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Abou Arteen

Posted on February 17, 2012 by Ymn

If you had lived in Azmi street in the late seventies – early eighties, you can’t possibly not know Abou Arteen. He was one of the most respectful figures in the neighborhood who knew everyone living there with their relatives … Continue reading →

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على شرفة ذلك المنزل…

Posted on November 22, 2011 by Ymn

على شرفة ذلك المنزل عشت أجمل لحظات طفولتي. ذلك المنزل القائم في وسط شارع عزمي الذي لم يعد منزلا” الآن، المميز بشرفته الفارهة التي حضنت مقيميه و نزلائه وشهدت لحظات مميزة لا تزال حيّة تنبض بقلوبنا نحن الأحفاد… نعم انه منزل … Continue reading →

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Summer love

Posted on September 18, 2011 by Ymn

It was the summer of 1996, I was only 14 and he was about 20 or maybe a bit older I’m not sure. I don’t know much about him except for the fact that he was the lifeguard at “The … Continue reading →

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Goodbye El Mina Public Park

Posted on August 13, 2011 by Ymn
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Farewell Fehman…

Posted on July 25, 2011 by Ymn

I just read the news of Fehman’s death. I don’t know why the news moved me that much. Maybe because the actor was a solid part of my childhood. A comedian in “Abou Salim’s group”, he was perhaps the funniest among them. … Continue reading →

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Abou Youssef

Posted on July 19, 2011 by Ymn

The one, the only Abou Youssef from the Lebanese University- third branch. If wikileaks were on the trend back then, he would definitely be nominated as the most important figure of the Lebanese University not only between the years 99  & … Continue reading →

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