This may be the last post I do for a bit. But not for any bad reason.
We’re going to move from here sometime tonight and then head to a new safe haven. We’ll still be close by … but … enough details about that!
I’m hoping that the next place will have secure internet access so I can go on posting. Maybe even I will be able to use skype …. I dunno …
If not, I really hope it has some books! Just in case, I spent a lot of time today downloading a mountain of e-books – free ones mainly – so at least if that’s the case, I can read (serious books, silly books … I downloaded all the available Edgar Rice Burroughs and H P Lovecraft as well as all of Gibbon (Bury edition) and a lot of randomly interesting titles …
(by the way, a tip to readers – a series I’ve really enjoyed (and no, I can’t download it for free!) in recent years is a thing called “The Merchant Princes” by a guy named Charlie Stross …. It’s fascinating for a lot of reasons but one for me personally was that I could strongly relate to the main character, Miriam Beckstein; she’s an ordinary middle class American professional … who at the same time is embroiled from birth in inter-clan struggles in the Kingdom of Gruinmarkt and there are wheels within wheels within wheels …
anyway, I’m babbling …
being cooped up alone with your father for days, no telephone, can’t go out … my beloved unreachable except by internet (and yes, more than a little horny and can’t do anything about it) … argh …
and scared and worried
for me, for my dad, for my country …
serious repression in Homs … and more deaths. I read over a martyrs’ list; I saw people with our surname on it. I don’t know them, but my dad knew how they were our cousins and to what degree …
I want freedom for all Syria …
I want to be somewhere that mattters … though nowhere matters more than being here, now …
I have travel plans for later on in the year: in June, I plan to be in Italy, in August in the USA and Canada, in September in the UK … before all this started I got accepted into grad school in the UK …
But all those plans may be on hold; I won’t leave Syria until I know I can come back in … and who knows when that will be …
I want this to end; I’ve waited all my life for it to end. And now I discover that the worst thing about living in a revolution is that it is like the last day before vacation in elementary school … it never ends …
Anyway, I am babbling … I hope to be back blogging soon!
16 comments:
Good luck A. we'll miss you. (bet you're back tomorrow)
Stay strong, and thank you for speaking up and writing about your experiences. I pray for you and for your father, that you stay safe and keep fighting the good fight.
**hugs** Your such a strong person! I will be sending much love and light your way! You ever need a place to stay in the US to hide out *wink wink* you have it at my home. My sister is an openly gay woman who lives with her partner and I cannot imagine the pain you go through on a day to day basis. I know some of the trials my sister went through and it was tough, I know yours must be surmountable! I will thinking of you and and your father and all of your family! Take care and most of all be safe!
Hey Amina, for more free ebooks I recommend this http://www.bookdepository.co.uk/free
Stay safe!!
first and foremost keep your life !
take care Amina
Take care and be safe always, Amina.
My thoughts and prayers go to you, your father, and to all the good people of Syria who only want what's best for their country.
Good luck, be safe.
There are many people thinking about you, and hoping that you'll be able to come back to travel plans soon enough.
I am glad that you reconnected with your father, and that he is okay.
If you ever make it to Richmond, Virginia, dinner is on us.
The Syrian government has been trying to hack people's Facebook profiles using man-in-the-middle attacks, BE CAREFUL if your browser gives you a warning when logging on to Facebook, Blogger, or other sensitive websites, ESPECIALLY if the warning has something to do with "certificates".
Be safe, I hope you can return to posting soon!
Good luck and stay safe, Amina. We're pulling for you, and for Syria.
PS: If you like Stross AND Lovecraft, you might want to try his Atrocity Archives series.
Good luck Amina. I just stumbled on your blog, and I wish there were something I could do to help from California!
Good grace Syria, a faint hope that this won't go like Libya, inshallah
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Good luck and stay Safe, Amina
supporter from the Sultanate of Oman
Take care!
(And if you get a chance, drop me an email: charlie.stross@ gmail.com. The least I can do is send you another ebook or two.)
Good luck with everything Amina. I will pray for you and your family. Hopefuly one day everyone can put all their differences aside and hate will be a thing of the past.
If you can try and read The Book of Disquiet by Fernando Pessoa one day. Good book and I'm sure you will like it.
A big hug from all of us in England.
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