Comments on: Oh I Would Love to Dump You, Syria

By: Leila

Leila — Tue, 05 Jan 2010 10:28:29 +0000

My goodness, why would you confuse poetry with ungratefulness? Let the girl free her spirit, it´s therapy and shouldn´t be taken literally. Syria is a beautiful country with amazing things to enjoy and amazing people too, but can´t one have an identity crisis? You´ve really never struggled with yourself, with the concept of territory and citizenship and patriotism and belonging? Let´s try and look deeper than the surface.

By: Syrian

Syrian — Tue, 05 Jan 2010 02:58:53 +0000

Just don’t go there or don’t talk about it anymore. If you don’t want Syria, I bet Syria doesn’t want you. You are a typical ungrateful immigrant who lived and was hosted in Syria, and still doesn’t appreciate the hospitality our generous country gave you. I knew many Armenians and Palestinians who were born in Syria, went to schools in Syria, worked and lived like Syrian citizen, and still hated the place and its people. Simple solution, leave us alone, and forget you ever lived there.

By: Leila

Leila — Sun, 13 Dec 2009 19:09:58 +0000

I´m amazed by your writing, Razan. By the strange combination of passion and frustration, by the cocktail of emotions that don´t need to make sense, by your crisis…

You know, I´ve never seen Syria this way, like through your eyes. I have Syrian background myself, but grew up in Spain and I see now that I´ve been thinking I had a pretty complex perspective of this country, my country, because of my family ties and the people and places I´ve met during the time I´ve spent there. But you´re opening up unexpected things to me. I´ll be following you, keep it up!

Leila

By: bubidu

bubidu — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 07:18:52 +0000

I always thought that nationalism is stupid anyway.. But for me, I care about my family and friends and that also goes for other places that I’m also attached to.

By: TQ

TQ — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 03:47:15 +0000

you’re amazing.

By: Jazz

Jazz — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 14:22:00 +0000

Dump it, throw it away, live something else, and what remains after years in memory is what you love about it… it astonished me…

a country is a culture, Syria is a lost, chaotic, and hypocrite one, although reach, colorful and energetic.
Syria is the place were you loose your identity in a salad of aggression, and fight over power…and that’s not only in politics, it’s in art, business…etc.

My friend used to say “Damascus is a prostitute that preaches conservatism, a silly superficial that pretends deepness”. and that explained a lot of what I felt.

I forgot to mention what remained for me after years of divorce, but that’s me, and each tastes beauty in a different way.

Ur old buddy,
Jazz.

By: RISKABILITY

RISKABILITY — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 23:05:55 +0000

That’s the Norm
you are OK

By: need a name

need a name — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 19:11:05 +0000

self-indulgent,

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By: Gottfried Stutz

Gottfried Stutz — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 17:49:51 +0000

Razan, I think I understand the feeling, but I don’t consider myself qualified. One thing, though: Whether this turns out to be a passing low moment or it becomes a future outlook, the important thing is that you keep writing.

@Of course: My only comment is “Of course not!”