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On Wednesday, March 23, an event titled “What’s Your Concen-

tration?” was held at 6:30 pm in the Maamari Auditorium, at the Olayan School of Business (OSB). Organized by the OSB Stu-dent Representative Commit-tee (SRC) of the year 2010-11, the event targeted AUB Busi-ness students, especially soph-omores and juniors, to help them choose their concentra-tion in later years. The event consisted of presentations on each concentration by OSB professors from different em-phases: Accounting, Instruc-tor Bassima Hout; Marketing, Instructor Leila Khauli-Han-

Recently, secularism has become quite the hot issue in Leba-

non, and especially on cam-pus. Just last week AUB’s Secular Club hosted an ex-hibition by graphic design-er Khaled Saab, entitled “19 could end it,” which dealt with the problems sectari-anism has caused for Leba-non. The exhibition ran from Tuesday through Thursday, March 22-24, and consist-ed of various graphically de-signed posters surrounding the West Hall common room with strong imagery and text that questioned the Lebanese directly in their acceptance and advocacy of the sectarian status quo. Lebanon’s 18 sects have

The University Sports department, in collab-oration with the lo-

cal Official Nike distributors “United Sports of Lebanon” launched the “Nike Elite Training Program” for the second consecutive year, on the Greenfield of AUB. The program, which took place between March 19 and 22, is a football contest that opened the opportunity to all males between 16 and 19 years old, including AUB students, to participate in the try-outs.

Every one of the 347 players who showed up for the try-outs on March 19 wanted to be of the lucky three who will win the luxury of training in one of Manchester United’s football schools during the Summer of 2011, at the full expense of Nike. In an interview with Out-look, AUB Sporting Direc-tor Ghaleb Halimi explained to us the nature of the pro-gram and its execution. “Last year, the chosen players went to the Juventus Camp

‘Mini Football Spring Tournament 2011’

This week, the Cultural Club of the South presents to you its “Mini Football Spring Tournament 2011” on Thursday March 31, Friday April 1 and Monday

April 3 at the AUB Green Field.1st place: $200 cash, Adidas vouchers, 4

lunches at Tasty 2nd place: $150 cash, 6 lunches at Tasty, Coffee and Donuts at Dunken Donuts

3rd place: $100 cash, breakfast at Dunkin Donuts

(All prize packages include medals and trophies).

Subscription fee is 50,000 L.L. per team (5 players and 1 substitute)

Sign up now, stands will be wait-ing for you facing West Hall.

Dalia HosnStaff Writer

Nader Zeidan & Nour Safa

Hadi MehioContributing Writer

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“What’s Your Concentration?” OSB SRC-organized lecture

na; Decision Systems, Assis-tant Professor Victor Araman; Business Information, Assis-tant Professor Reina Arakji; Finance, Instructor Lina Tan-nir; Management, Assistant Professor Lina Daouk; Entre-preneurship, Senior Lecturer Tarek Kettaneh. The audience was almost full and there was interaction be-tween students and professors and some minutes for Q/A after each presentation. Interested students were wel-comed to e-mail professors for further information. Follow “OSB SRC 2010-11” on Facebook by liking our page to stay updated on furtherevents and to post any con-cerns.Nader Zeidan and Nour Safa

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Issam Fares Institute for Public Policy and International Affairs hosts workshop on negotiation

CHES (Chemical Engineering Society) The latest engineering society to date

The Faculty of Engi-neering has been one of the most active facul-

ties along the years, continu-ously organizing events and activities. One of the reasons behind this activeness is the abundance of engineering so-cieties and committees. Two new majors have been add-ed to the FEA, being Chem-ical and Construction Engi-neering, both having a 3-year program, the first belonging to the Mechanical Engineer-ing department, the second to the Civil and Environmen-tal Engineering one. They are both one year and half old already. Chemical Engineer-ing students raised a point lately “Why do all the majors have societies except for us?” They found no answer to this question; instead, they took

Last Friday March 26, AUB’s Issam Fares In-stitute for Public Poli-

cy and International Affairs (IFI for short) hosted the first of its two negotiation work-shops between the hours of 10 a.m. and 2 p.m. target-ed at providing undergradu-ate students with a general introduction to negotiation. The second, more specialized workshop targets graduate students and will be held this Saturday April 2. The workshop was made possible by the efficient man-agement of IFI Program Co-ordinator Mouneira Hobal-lah who called on specialized lawyer in public law and trained mediator Dr. Martin Waehlisch to host the event as an IFI visiting scholar. Registered in the workshop was a batch of 16 students spanning various prospec-tive majors including Busi-ness Administration, Philos-ophy, Political Studies and Public Administration, Bi-

action and eradicated it by establishing a society of their own by the name of CHES, an acronym for Chemical En-gineering Society. The elections took place Monday, March 21 at 6:00pm in Wing D and lasted only about half an hour. The pro-cedure was the following: Only 2nd year Chemical En-gineering students could run for the elections, but all 1st and 2nd year ones could vote for the previous candidates. The elections went pretty smoothly as most candidates won by default, except for the position of Vice-President. The results were as follows:- President: Samar Semaan- Vice-President: Dina Ibra-him- Secretary: Rawand Mady- Treasurer: Ayoub Abi Rafeh- Member at Large: Mira Tou-kan- Chapter Initiator: Rana El-

ology, Math and Landscape Design amongst others. After introducing themselves and ranking their level of negoti-ation on a scale of 1 to 5, reg-istered students were given their first case study allow-ing themselves a go at real-life negotiation. This first study broke up the students into two groups of eight, with one group assum-ing the role of a seller and the second group assuming the role of a consumer. Both groups where then made to mingle such that each person from one group was paired up with an individual of the oth-er group; and with varying conditions and interests they were challenged with reach-ing a compromise. Soon after began the pre-sentation divided into three equitable parts: Structure and concepts, Communica-tion techniques and Negotia-tion tactics respectively. Part one on “Structure and concepts” briefly explained the Thomas-Kilman mode of conflict behaviour, graphical-

chances for experiential learning were realized with further opportunities for role play and ample videos illus-trating key negotiation tac-tics and strategies. A modest reception of re-freshments and appetizers was made accessible to the members during and after the workshop. All in all, registered mem-bers were quite impressed with what they had learned. Political Studies undergrad-uate and IFI research volun-teer Ali El Yassir comment-ed on the workshop saying “it

Halaby Ibrahim and El-Halaby both ran for Vice-President, Ibra-him getting a higher number of votes, but everyone was go-ing to have a role in the soci-ety as El-Halaby earned the role of trying to find the right path to have CHES become part of the IChemE (The In-stitute of Chemical Engi-neering) as the chapter ini-tiator of the society. The elections were supervised by four Chemical Engineer-ing professors: Dr. Moham-mad El-Hindi, Dr. Joseph Zeaiter, Dr. Walid Saad and Dr. Fouad Azizi. Samar Se-maan, President of the soci-ety, said “I hope that our so-ciety would serve the needs of the chemical engineering students in a way which en-riches student-faculty inter-action as well as prioritizes the interests of students in such a new program.” Mira

ly demonstrating the types of negotiators one may be clas-sified under in light of the two factors of cooperative-ness and assertiveness. This first part also touched base on the different approach-es to negotiation and eluci-dated terminology such as positions, interests, options and the concepts of Worst Alternative To a Negotiat-ed Agreement (WATNA) and Best Alternative To a Negoti-ated Agreement (BATNA). Part two on “Communi-cation techniques” focused mainly on the various com-munication tools such as re-framing, reading in between the lines and dealing with hidden messages were exer-cises on all three were hand-ed out to and completed by the students. Finally, part three on “Ne-gotiation tactics” surveyed various strategies for negoti-ation as well as the traps ne-gotiators can get into when not well prepared. All through the three sec-tions of the workshop, more

was quite interesting and is no doubt necessary for every-day living for people of all ma-jors and walks of life.” Philos-ophy Student Julia Newhide added “The workshop opened up my eyes to just how little I knew about negotiation. I now realize just how often I’ve been fooled in the past. No doubt, such workshops pose a golden opportunity for honing skills and implement-ing concepts and I look for-ward to the day that AUB en-dorses launching a course on this invaluable subject.”

Toukan, Member at Large, added “It’s a very good step to finally have our own society because we need to improve our program. I am very hap-py to be part of it!”

Chemical Engineering stu-dents can only be applauded and congratulated for this big step they took. They can only be wished the best of luck and let us hope that CHES

Emile ZankoulStaff Writer

Outlook Staff

Left to right: Dina Ibrahim (Vice President), Rawand Mady (Secretary), Ayoub Abi-Rafeh (Treasurer), Samar Semaan (President), Rana El-Halaby

(Chapter Initiator), Mira Toukan (Member at Large)

IFI Visitng Scholar Martin Waehlisch converses on negotiation tactics (Photo by Rami Diab)

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AUB Freedom Club’s “Nuit Blanche” at Palais

The lighting, the music, the dancing and the fun! That was the dom-

inating mood all through-out the night of Thursday, March 24, at Palais locat-ed in Monot. As a matter of fact, AUB Freedom Club had organized a party event by the name of “Nuit Blanche” which has a double meaning in French “White night” and “Overnight.” It was planned on Thursday for the partic-ular reason that Friday was going to be a holiday in oc-casion of the Annunciation Day and that Palais can only be booked for events during weekdays. The event was one of the very few parties and few entertainment events that take place in the mid-dle of a semester when quiz-zes have started. Also, Pal-ais is one of the biggest and most prestigious clubs in Bei-rut. Despite the challenging timing and space, 824 peo-ple attended which had the club completely full! Tickets were available only one week before the event on a stand in front of West Hall and in

ABC Achrafieh’s Quiksil-ver. More than 40 tables were booked three days be-fore the event. Limited tick-ets were also available at the door. Palais’s manag-er affirmed that this party was one of the most success-ful ones to take place in the club and the most successful this year. Nancy Razzouk, 2nd year Civil Engineering, who attended the party, said “It was a great party. I had a lot of fun and I really enjoyed my time! ” People started ar-riving at around 10:00 pm and kept coming till 2:00 am when a group of 11 people ar-rived and bought their tick-ets at the door. The attend-ees spent the night dancing under the beats of DJ Lil’t and DJ Rude who turned the night into an exciting R&B and House one. The event was sponsored by Quiksil-ver, Beirut Nightlife and few others. It was also covered by Beiruting. Michel Al-Hadd-ad, 4th year Mechanical En-gineering and Freedom club’s ex-President, with Michel Darcy, 2nd year Economics and current President of the club were the main organiz-ers of the event. Al-Haddad

stated that “Nuit Blanche” is the biggest and most suc-cessful AUB party that had been witnessed this year. Darcy added “The ‘Fall Back Party,’ our first party earlier this year, was a big hit. This is why, we, as the Freedom

Club, had to keep this high level of success which was a bit challenging due to the fact that quizzes had start-ed. So we worked hard on it, and as you can see, our effort paid off eventually. I would like to thank all those who

contributed to the success of the event such as Michel Al-Haddad, the Freedom Club’s cabinet and members, and of course the sponsors. This is definitely not our last event this year, we promise you more to come!”

Emile ZankoulStaff Writer

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19 could end it exhibition

secular views and principles in the community, hoped that the exhibition would in-spire the celebration of our religious differences as Leb-anese. Like many of the Lebanese that grow up in other coun-tries, Khaled Saab was sur-prised when he finally came to Lebanon, “Everything was disgusting” he says, and “Ev-ery time you come back you find that it’s regressed. So these are the images that I as-sociated with Lebanon.” The images that he chose to rep-resent Lebanon were high-ly graphic and creative: raw meat in the shape of Lebanon on a dish, crime scene inves-tigation tape with the dates of the Lebanese Civil Wars, that read “Do not cross: 1990, 1989, 1986, 1983, 1982, 1975, 1957, 1860.” Another poster

had a Lebanon made with a hundred foreign flags and de-clared, “There isn’t a border we haven’t crossed, nor a re-gime or people we haven’t known or accepted. We agreed to be anywhere and everywhere, instead of choos-ing to live in harmony in our tiny country.” Saab was motivated to bring his art to AUB as “there’s a very important portion of the society, the new genera-tion, the students, that are going to have to deal with this built in problem that we have.” The sectarianism does indeed feel as though it has been embedded into to every generation’s psyche. One of the posters read, “We have chosen to become herds of sectarian loyalty robbed of any decision making, led by political affiliations inherit-ed from one generation to an-other, that share us in peace

as spoils, and in war we are burned as mere fuel.” Also, many of the posters were di-rectly linked to the theme of immigration and the aban-doning of one’s country, and at the same time the respon-sibilities of the young gener-ation. Saab wanted to convey

such feeling to the new gen-eration, saying, “I felt that if I could get my voice out to those students they can feel what I felt and what type of country we live in and how we want it to be.” Ultimately, the exhibition was meant as a wake-up call

and at the same time a firm motivator for change in the way things have been in Leb-anon, a change that begins with ending the oldest of in-stitutions in this country, sectarianism, by creating the last and final sect: 19.

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Alumni classnotes

Alumni graduates of the 1990’s continued

Tarek Yamani (BS 2001) is a self-taught, world class pi-anist who found himself ex-ploring Jazz at the age of 19. Being driven towards rhythm has sparkled his curiosity to approach many other styles, including Afro-Cuban, Bra-zilian, Electronic music, and others. Tarek has performed in festivals in many coun-

tries including France, Ita-ly, Spain, Tunisia, Slovenia, U.A.E, Sweden, and Egypt. He has also performed with many renowned interna-tional artists such as Jim-my Green, Rene Mclean, and Mimmo Cafiero. Beirut The-ater, Ain el Mrayse, Beirut.. Recently Tarek Yamani was the Grand Prize winner at

the Thelonious Monk Jazz Competition.Tarek Barhoum (BAR ’03) During his educational years at AUB, Barhoum received the Fawzi W. Azar archi-tectural scholarship award

for outstanding academ-ic achievement in design. He is now a managing part-ner for Design Class (www.designclass.com). Among his recent honors are first prize in the Carlton Architectural Design Competition, 2008 in Beirut; first prize in the Lim-ited Architectural Design Competition for the mayor of Riyadh H.H. Prince Ab-dulaziz Bin Ayaf’s residen-tial complex, 2009 in Riyadh; and the International Res-idential Property Awards’ Best Interior Design, 2009 and Best Architecture, 2010 in Dubai; San Diego, Cali-fornia; and London. [tarek-barhoum(at)designclass.com] [tarekbarhoum(at)gmail.com]

Nadine Knesevitch (BA ’80) is assistant to the librar-ian at Jafet Library, Archives and Special Collections De-partment. She enjoys work-ing with students and re-searchers. [nk20(at)aub.edu.lb] Hayat Kai Bikhazi (BS ’85) is working as a coordinator in AUBMC’s Quality Man-agement Program. [hk14(at)aub.edu.lb]

David-Imad Ramadan (former student, 1987-89), Virginia Governor Bob Mc-Donnell has appointed Ra-madan to the George Ma-son University Board of Visitors in Fairfax, Virginia. [davidramadan(at)usa.net]

Tarek Ammar(BBA ’90, MBA ’93) is a re-gional director for Ara Re-search and Consultancy in Lebanon (www.ararac.com) [t_ammar@ararac.com] Ziad Jeha(BS ’90) After earning his degree in geology and com-pleting some postgraduate courses at AUB, Jeha joined Dar Al-Handasah (Shair and Partners) for six months where he worked as a geo-

physics supervisor in Yemen. He then joined Schlumberg-er seismic services where he worked for many years in oil and gas exploration. Jeha has held a number of mana-gerial positions in Schlum-berger’s WesternGeco Divi-sion, where he is currently the Kuwait country manag-er. [zJeha@slb.com] Samer Harb(BS ’95, MS ’97) and his wife Mona Osta are happy to an-

nounce the birth of their sec-ond child, Farah, on June 7, 2010. In May 2009, Harb and his family moved to Kuwait where he joined Gloria Jean’s Coffees Franchise, Aqar In-ternational Co. as a business development manager. [mr-sam66@hotmail.com] Mohamad Koubeissi(BS ’95, MD ’99) completed his clinical training in neu-rology at New York Universi-ty in New York and his clin-

ical and research epilepsy fellowship at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore. He then joined the faculty of Case Western Reserve Uni-versity in Cleveland, Ohio. Koubeissi has lectured wide-ly on the medical and surgi-cal treatment of intractable epilepsy and published pa-pers in prestigious medical journals. He is currently ed-iting a book on epilepsy sur-gery. He is also a reviewer for a number of major jour-

nals, is on the review com-mittee for master’s and PhD students, and is the program director of the epilepsy fel-lowship program at Univer-sity Hospitals Case Medical Center in Cleveland, Ohio. Koubeissi is married to Maha Haddad; they have two boys. [Koubeissi@gmail.com]

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Suduko Campus spotlight

with deep emotionality that comes out beautifully in the acting. The main character, “Baby Doll,” played by Emily Browning, most known for her role in “Lemony Snick-et’s A Series of Unfortunate Events,” is admitted into a mental health institute due to her step-father’s mali-cious designs. The entire movie thus follows her bid to freedom as she embarks on a quest to collect vari-ous items: a map, fire, knife, and key, as well as a myste-rious element that that will set her free. She joins forces with four other girls, Sweat Pea¸ Rocket, Amber, and Blond-ie, played by Abbie Cornish, Jena Malone, Jamie Chung, and Vanessa Hudgens re-spectively. The key factor in the mov-ie is fantasy and the abili-ty to escape into one’s own mind, wherein they are the only master. The fantastic events are all embedded in a single moment as “Baby

From dragons and orcs to robots and Darth Vaders, “Suck-

er Punch” has the perfect appeal for sci-fi and fanta-sy geeks everywhere. The number of varying elementsand interwoven story lines keeps the audience at the edge of their seats. As can be expected from the direc-tor of “300” and “Watch-men,” Zack Snyder, the graphics and cinematogra-phy put the audience in the midst of the action. Unlike “300,” however, this movie consisted of five gun-totting hotties, that would sure-ly catch the eye of any male audience, sci-fi geek or oth-erwise.Despite the fact that most action movies are preoc-cupied with the elements of sex and violence, “Suck-er Punch” added a realistic outlook that was magnified by the touching performanc-es of the actresses. Suffice to say, these aren’t just su-perficial girls in skimpy out-fits, they’re real humans

Doll” faces the sharp threat of a lobotomy that could leave her completely brain dead. She promptly creates a world where she is the main attraction in a broth-el alongside other severe-ly mistreated girls. Even in that fantasy, she escapes to another, wherein she and her friends are action heroes that embark on various war missions. Ultimately, this is a powerful story, which im-mediately captures audi-ences in its emotional open-ing with detailed imagery and a gripping soundtrack, with no dialogue to impede the skilled physical acting. The quick action that fol-lows leaves little room for boredom. Though the ac-tion is the most prominent element, the artistic film-ing and emotional portray-als may be of interest to a wide range of audiences. In short, the movie is sure to take audiences by surprise, as the name “Sucker Punch” implies.

Movie Review Sucker Punch Dalia Hosn

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Plants held for sale at AUB lower campus (Photo by Rami Diab)

Tom the cat doses off after attending a differential calculus solving session at Nicely Hall (Photo by Wael Salem)

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1. Ibrahim Daghman (Computer and Communications Engineering): The movement has had lots of

people from different age groups and backgrounds. People watched us from the balconies; some with curiosity,

others with joy and others with suspicion. It’s important that the Lebanese get aware of this just movement that

is calling for basic civil rights. We need a secular state not a tribal one.

2. Lara Saab (Studio Art): For once Lebanese people stood together fighting for one thing. It’s a great thing.

Unfortunately they affiliated it with political parties as soon as they felt change coming. I think it’s high time for

change here, hoping for a better future.

3. Marwa Bohsaly (Political Science and Public Administration): All around the world, people are go-

ing on demonstration with anger. But we Lebanese have been always going on strikes for the last century. So

having this last demonstration would make a difference, but at the end much of these strikes have become an

outing to have fun. Yet having this demonstration was a great step into a change, into a better future.

4. Nouhad Awwad (Environmental Health):ان ما يحصل شيء مهم ولكنه غير كاف. فنحن بحاجة

الى توعية أكثر والى خطة واضحة ومنهجية. كما ان التحرك يفتقر الى الرأس. ويجب ان ال نغفل أن جزء كبير من الشعب البناني هو بحد ذاته طائفي ويرفض اآلخر.

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5. Ahmad Barazi (Civil Engineering): There is no change with no movement. Be the change you want to

see and always leave your footprints wherever you go.

6. Khaled Saab (Graphic Designer): We have been waiting for it for a long time. This is one Major step,

but, sadly, there is no main decision maker or any clear program. H opefully, it will be directed properly.

7. Iyad Raya (Electrical and Computer Engineering): Well, first of all, what’s expected from these move-

ments (at least that is what I think) is not a pressure on the government/regime but rather a pressure on the peo-

ple. Lots of people don’t really know what is secularism because of lack of interest or even pre-judgement. These

demonstrations will make people more interested in knowing what’s going on and perhaps getting a better idea

about secularism and the purpose behind it, and maybe eventually participate in the movements. Another sig-

nificance about the demonstrations; they are the only kind of demonstrations where you can find people from all

sects, classes and even ethnicities. They all agree on one essential idea, secularism.

8. Richard Bekhazi (Computer and Communications Engineering): I am with it!!!

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AUB President’s Club 2nd International Sports Tournament ScoreboardSwimming Scoreboard

Ranking University Points (Men) Points (Women) Total1st AUB 149 148 297

2nd AUS 116 80 196

3rd BAU 81 81 162

4th JUST 58 - 58

KeyAUB American University of Beirut

AUD American University of Dubai

AUS American University of Sharjah

JUST Jordan University of Technology

(V) Varsity team

(J) Junior team

Track and Field Medals RecordRanking University Gold Medals Silver Medals Bronze Medals

1st AUB 5 6 5

2nd AUS 4 1 1

3rd BAU 2 2 2

4th JUST 58 - 58

Sport Discipline Team Rankings

Women’s FutsalAUB 1st

AUD 2nd

Men’s HandballJUST 1st

AUB 2nd

Women’s Table TennisAUB 1st - Tivine Moumjoglian

JUST 2nd – Amani Kader

Men’s Table TennisJUST 1st – Lutfi Jaber

AUB 2nd – Avo Moumjogh-lian

Men’s TennisAUB 1st – Rami Osman

AUB 2nd – Wael Ayyash

Women’s TennisAUB 1st – Yasmine Sahy-

oun 1st

AUB 2nd – Maria Baladi

Sport Discipline Team Rankings

Men’s Basketball

AUB (V) 1st

AUS 2nd

AUB (J) 3rd

Women’s Basketball

AUB (V) 1st

AUB (J) 2nd

AUD 3rd

Men’s Volleyball

AUB 1st

AUD 2nd

AUS 3rd

Women’s Volley-ball

AUB 1st

AUD 2nd

AUS 3rd

Men’s Football

AUS 1st

AUB 2nd

AUD 3rd

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in Italy. It was a very good first time experience. This year, the program has more coverage in terms of media and schools, and the train-ing drills are more techni-cal.” As for the benefits, Hal-imi saw that “It is a win-win situation. The young players come to AUB, and get to en-joy the privilege of its facili-ties. The winners will have a chance that they have always dreamed of, and their educa-tion will not be stalled, since the camp is in the summer.”On March 19, the program took off with a tutorial vid-eo which was explained by Coach Ruben Della Morte, who was chosen by Nike from FC Barcelona’s Acad-emy in Dubai for this pro-gram. The video showed the players what the program’s requirements and expecta-tions are. The try-outs start-ed directly after that. The

found the training program “very demanding in terms of speed and endurance.” In re-sponse, Coach Rabih Idriss said, “This is football. The game is quick and physical-ly demanding. Yesterday we picked 100 out of 300, and some of them were not phys-ically ready. Today, we can-not let them continue. There were other players who have decent skills, but they were not physically able to endure the game.”On March 21, the top 64 play-ers showed up and were giv-en more drills. Hussein Alameh, a 16 year old who reached the final 64 saw that “Some players were techni-cally good and were unfairly eliminated from day one.” He also said that the drills were “demanding in terms of ball control, speed, passing, tech-nique, and skill.” Coach Ru-ben, who did not deny that the training was hard, re-sponded to a question of how

Greenfield was packed with players who were training in groups. The coaching staff consisted of Coach Ruben, Coach Rabih Idriss, AUB’s football varsity Head Coach, and Coach Vacheh, his assis-tant. They followed up with the players closely, monitor-ing their speed, endurance, and technique. Naturally, some players were eliminat-ed on the first day. On March 20, the top 100 showed up to training. When asked about whether he expects to win, 16 year old Ghadi Dak-roub shook his head: “I do wish to qualify, but I am re-alistic, therefore I do not ex-pect it.” Dakroub got elimi-nated later in the afternoon when 64 players were chosen for the next round on March 21. He considered it a valu-able experience and made it clear that he would want to come next year and try his luck again. On his views of the training drills, Dakroub

the Lebanese players fare in this training compared to other countries in the Middle East: “The players in Leba-non have the technical abili-ty, but they do not have the proper infrastructure. The players here are at a disad-vantage in terms of tactics. They might have shown some flair and skill, but they were not given the basic train-ing drills when they were lit-tle. In Europe, football train-ing starts with childhood.” Nevertheless, Coach Ruben praised the Lebanese expe-rience in terms of facilities: “The facilities are great. You have the Mediterranean Sea next to you, and it’s a magnif-icent sporting environment. The AUB has very nice facil-ities that are clean and well equipped. The artificial grass is very good, of the newest kind.” When asked about the possibility of a female football academy in the Middle East in the near future, he said: “A

female football academy is difficult. A mixed academy, however, is possible. In Leb-anon, the girls who play foot-ball are very good.” He chuck-led and said, “Some are even better than the guys!”On March 22, the final 64 competed and 16 players were chosen and ranked in order of ability. The winners were Waleed Hanach ranked 1st, Mahdi Kaysi ranked 2nd, and Alexi Khazza’a who came in 3rd. Makram Cha-hine, Alek Alejian, and Carl Maroun came in 4th, 5th, and 6th place respective-ly. Finally, when Coach Id-riss was asked about the win-ning players’ chances in the Manchester United Training Camp, he said: “If the play-ers continue to develop, they have a bright future.” Con-solation prizes were given out in the form of Nike Foot-ball Kits. A few lucky players even won the new Nike CTR 360 shoe.

8 MArch 29, 2011 OUTlOOk VIewPOInTOpinion

Opinion

Editor’s CornerA leap of faith

“Take the first step in faith.

You don’t have to see the whole staircase. Just take the first step” (Martin Luther King).

As we make the jump from high school to university, we come

face to face with a number of challenges, most particular-ly that of choosing the right major. But as if matters weren’t hard on us as it is, we insist on making matters even harder by creating a chase of this sensitive tran-sitory stage. Why jump the gun with such major life de-cisions? Where’s the rush I ask? Maybe some of us could use a year off to explore our options and reflect. Worried sick about “keeping up with the game?” Relax, opportunities will always refurbish themselves and the chase is only seldom less valuable than the catch. Moreover, what good is a university degree if we have not allowed for countless sacrifice in its making? And can a college degree suffice as a sign of progress if we are not to have placed our hearts and souls in earning it? Now let’s think to ourselves shall we? How many such peo-ple do you think we will en-counter on graduation day? Whose drive and fuel for ac-ademic advancement took the form of crude passion and wild, intrinsic volition; and by that same reasoning, how many as a result of fear, peer/family pressure and/or any other ulterior motive? Colleagues, let us hold our horses, take a step back and ponder our very existence. How often have we tried to write without an out-line and succeeded? Tied to build without a blueprint

Rami DiabEditor-in-Chief

and emerged victorious? Ex-ecuted an operation without planning? How often? Why take hastily to flight when we have only just begun our first steps and are yet to mas-ter the momentous run lead-ing up to our lift off? Where is the use in it all? Even had there been a purpose, life is more than just a rat race. Life my friends should re-flect our sincerest of wishes, our most earnest of interests and our most holy of whole-hearted convictions. What are we doing with our lives? What justifies our presence here at AUB? Are we happy? Are we sat-isfied? Are we swayed by a combination of reason and emotion or not? If these are questions we cannot an-swer rather convincingly, then maybe we ought to take some time off to ponder our futures. After all, we only live once. Without prior contempla-tion on just what our inter-ests are and whether or not they coincide with our cours-es, not only are we not get-ting the best out of our edu-cation, not only are valuable dollars being squandered, not only is our self-worth and sense of autonomy being tar-nished, but more important-ly, precious time is slipping away from us, and one can-not turn back the clock. In the words of Gibran Khalili Gibran “Life goes not backward, nor tarries with yesterday.” Let us then pro-ceed to take our first steps in faith as King puts it, in rean-alyzing our current state of affairs and fear not, for sure-ly the light of our hearts will illuminate our best path as is destined.

A new era

Christine SalibaContributing Writer

Last week, my advertis-ing professor gave us an interesting assignment:

Pick a Lebanese ad and ana-lyze its semiotics. After many hours spent examining (chaot-ically placed) billboards while driving, poring over magazine ads and scanning the Internet’s collection of Lebanese ads, I fi-nally chose a novel and unique campaign launched in Novem-ber 2006 by H&C Leo Burnett. The campaign consisted of ads featuring everyday objects, such as name plaques and buildings, carrying not only the name of the person, but also his/her religion. For example, one of the posters displayed a very realistic looking building, with the sign “For Druzes Only” ap-parent. Another commer-cial consisted of doctors’ name plaques, and under each name, the religion of the person was specified. For instance, under the name Dr. Ahmad Itani one could read Muslim Sunni. By specifying people’s religion in a blunt and provocative manner, this non-commercial campaign was saying out loud what Leb-anese society implicitly be-

lieves: One’s sectarian identi-ty is more important than one’s national identity. The ad’s pur-pose at the time was to get so-ciety to assess itself as the na-tion was spiraling in political turmoil. This anti-sectarian-ism campaign received inter-national acclaim for promoting this laudable message in a nov-el and unique way. Four and a half years lat-er, I am appalled to realize that the message carried out by this campaign is more rele-vant than ever. The rise of the secularist movement is being covered by every newspaper in the country. Blogs, Tweets and Facebook events are promot-ing the ritualistic Sunday pro-test. But amidst all this media frenzy, I cannot help but won-der whether all these efforts to abolish the confessional sys-tem in Lebanon will ever pay. What are the people partici-pating in these marches asking for? What does abolishing sec-tarianism even mean? A sepa-ration of religion from personal status matter, such as marriage and inheritance? An end to the intrusion of religious figures into the realm of politics? A dis-mantlement of Lebanon’s sys-tem of political sectarianism,

which divides power equally among different religious com-munities? And if a secular sys-tem were to be installed, what are the processes to be followed in order to protect the rights of the minorities and prevent con-trol of the state by the largest sect in Lebanon? Here lies the heart of the problem. Previous efforts by Lebanese civil soci-ety groups to encourage a secu-larist schema have proved un-successful mainly because of the vagueness of their ideas. Venting the merits of a govern-ment free from sectarian quo-tas is not enough. A concrete proposal explaining how such a system would function and the process needed to estab-lish it is imperative to accom-plish real change. The current weekly marches seem destined to suffer the same fate as the Leo Burnett campaign: a brief, hopeful moment of energy, a flash of international praise, followed by a quiet death on the op-ed pages of Lebanese news-papers. I hope I will be proved wrong, but until the message promoted by this issue be-comes more defined and reali-ty-entrenched, the prospect of a secular Lebanon will alas re-main a distant image.

Secularism in Lebanon: Nothing more than a distant vision

Remarkable are these revolutions extend-ing all over the Arabic

countries. It’s about time; ac-tually I should say better late than never. Indeed, too long these nations have suffered a history of Arabic leaders that is shameful, inhumane and simply ugly; very few excep-tions stand out, to be fair. There is no dignity, no mo-rality, nothing of virtue in any of these “leaders”; no one has earned any respect throughout his years. Arabic leaders were busy destroy-ing the hopes of the nations, by controlling the govern-ment and brain washing peo-ple’s minds through their religious and political hy-

pocrisy, controlling the me-dia, wiping out the freedom of speech, and taking advan-tage of the economical and political states then; not to mention genocides, crimes, assassinations, and impris-onments they executed. Enough saying it’s a west-ern conspiracy, no it is the people of the Arab World fi-nally standing up to define a new era where every per-son can enjoy his rights. Any person or party disrespecting the will of the people that is capable of change are them-selves weak. Consequences of these rev-olutions? Well I can honestly say it cannot get any worse than what had been going on for

years, but positive conse-quences are about to happen, no doubt. One obvious result is self-respect; ending years of injustice is just triumph! Economical and social pro-gresses are bound to hap-pen, and definitely a better judicial system. Also a there is better quality of life, after years of poverty, fear and in-justice. There is also freedom of speech, which is impera-tive for a fair life. I would go on forever, but I will finally say that Ara-bic people will get to decide what is their destiny should be, and what is right for them through democracy.

Khaled Janom is a Biology undergraduate at AUB

Khaled Janom

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10 اذار 29, 2011 منوعات اوتلوك

أحمد مطر: ملك الشعراء

للعبة »البالي ستايشن« أبعاد

و عراقني يقتل الذي املهاجم منظر يصبح أفغانستانني وال عنده عاديا واجلثث الدماء وال األسف من بعضا يستحق صيحات ضمير إنساني، وبالتالي واجلرائم اجملازر أخبار وقع يخف على املشاهدين. مناظر أجساد املدنيني غير أو املدنيني القتلى تصبح طبيعية إذ املشاهد يرى مئات من هذه اجلثث على شاشة للغثيان واملثير كمبيوتره. حقا في عاملنا هو عندما يقوم عرب أو روس -مثال- بشراء تلك بقدرتهم ويتفاخرون األلعاب

افتراضي« »بشكل قتل على هويتهم يشاركونهم اللذين يشاركونهم من أو باخلصوص

االضطهاد عموما.العمل و احلث هو طلوب املم محلية شاملة مقاطعة على التي األلعاب لتلك عاملية و املميت العنيف للنهج تسوق هذا اإلنسانية. معاني لكل أحياءا منا يجعل الذي النهج يتآكل حياؤنا يوما بعد يوم. ومن جهة أخرى يجب االستثمار في

األلعاب املفيدة و تطويرها.

نضج مدى عن النظر بغض يتهافت العربي، املستهلك نني إلى شراء ألعاب العرب املتمديشتريها البعض الفيديو. والبعض التسلية أجل من حتطيم إلى يهدف اآلخر تقدمت وقد قياسية. أرقام كان إن اشواطا األلعاب هذه الصورة خصائص مجال في وتعقيدات اللعبة لتجذب املزيد واملزيد من املستهلكني و تفتح آفاقا كثيرة ألهداف اللعبة. و قد وصلت إلى حد أن بعض الباحثني الفيديو ألعاب يستخدمون ذوي أو مساجني تأهيل إلعادة لتغيير أي النفسية املشاكل وحتسني شخصيات الالعب عبر أن يستطيع أنه يدرك جعله

عربي، لفظته أرضه الى املنفى ليواجه املرض والغربة في صقيع بريطانيا. هو أحمد مطر الشاعر غاليا. احلرية ثمن دفع الذي رفض ان يكون مداحا للسالطني في الشعوب مناصرة وآثر احلكومات ظلم يصف شعر احلال وضيق العربية والقيادات في كانت بداياته األوطان. في مع عمره من عشر الرابعة الشعر الغزلي ثم حتول بسرعة وانغمس في الشعر السياسي واإلجتماعي. لديه عــدة دواوين الفتات بينــها: من ومؤلفات أعاله، املشنوق 1،الفتات 2 ،إني عليه يؤخذ الساعة،القــلم. اال يكتب وال األحزان شاعر أنه والثورة حتى واملوت املآسي عن نصحه قباني نزار الشاعر ان نفسه يدفن أن مرة من أكثر حيا. كثيرون من قرائه يطالبونه احلب وقصائد الغزلي بالشعر التي نأى نفسه عنها ويعتبرها ليس فقلبه املآمت في كالغناء يحمل بل بالصبابة مشغول احلريق في يسبح من هم لعنت اجملال: هذا في قال وقد الشفاه يغازل شاعر... كل زمن في والضفائر.. واألثداء الكالب واخملافر... واليرى فوهة الشفاه يرى ... حني بندقيةم

ق يحق الذي البطل ذاك يكون وأيضا، اللعبة. في املستحيل هناك ألعاب جديدة يكون فيها كالتخلص نبيال البطل هدف من اجلوع العاملي. هذا النوع من ا إنسانيا عند األلعاب يعزز حس

الالعب. لكن في املقلب اآلخر و بفعالية سياسية تأثيرات نرى أقوى, على األلعاب. ألغلب واضحة 9 أحداث بعد املثال, سبيل إنتاج تصاعد أمريكا في أيلول العرب. تناهض التي األلعاب وباحلقيقة كل األلعاب التي لها تأثير سياسي دولي ومحلي بالغ تنتج من شركات أمريكية. ذلك إختراع في براعتهم الى يعود ألعاب جتذب الشباب وتؤثر فيهم في الهائل اإلستثمار بسبب و احلرب فمن الشركات. تلك الباردة إلى اآلن ال زلنا نرى تدفق

رمانة يرى !وال مستجيره... األثداء يرى حني ناسفة... مستديره! ... واليرى مشنقة هذا الضفيره!. يرى حني ..بالده من هرب الذي العراقي العشرين في للكويت والتجأ رحاب في ليكتب عمره من الفنان مع القبس جريدة يوافقه كان الذي العلي ناجي فكريا ونفسيا ونفي معه لكن وبقي لإلغتيال تعرض األخير مطر نصف ميت وعزاؤه ريشة ناجي. خلدت اللتي صديقه الراية جريدة في حاليا ينشر »الفتات« زاوية حتت القطرية باإلضافة اإلنسان« و«حديقة »استراحة في مقاالت إلى

اجلمعة«. قوانني على مترد شاعر قضية له يكن فلم الشعراء، بقدر ما كان هو نفسه قضية.

بحور من بحرا ابتكر شاعر ميالد « قصيدته في الشعر من األخير اليوم في « املوت فيه زاوج وزن سنة 1980، على « و « اخلفيف مجزوء « بني األول. معكوس وهو « اجملتث التي التفعيلة قصيدة يعتمد للقصيدة الشرعية االبنة هي قراءة تعتبر شاعر العمودية. عليها يحاسب جرمية شعره القانون في الدول العربية. شعر حفظته الشعوب عن ظهر قلب مع أن كاتبه ال يرى على غالف

املواجهة د جتس التي األلعاب وأمريكا روسيا بني ما الباردة حيث طبعا تنتهي اللعبة عادة على األمريكي البطل بانتصار

الروسي اخلبيث.هو األلعاب تلك تأثير إذا الشعوب- عطف كسب

األمريكي الشعب باألخص اللذي هو بعلمه أو بغير علمه, برضاه أو بغير رضاه ممول حلروب جيشه. الوسيلة لتحقيق هذا الهدف هي تخفيض حساسية فعندما للحروب. الشعوب يوضع الالعب في موقع اجلندي

نهاد غازي عوادكاتبة صحفية

أو في مقابلة تلفزيونية مجلة طموحه ليست فالشهرة بكلماته استحقها ولكنه عن الصريح وتعبيره املدوية كقوله: الراهن العربي الوضع بأوربا اللص يصبح »بالتمادي، زعيما وبأمريكا، للنوادي، مديرا الفساد، وأوكار للعصابات شرعها من التي وبأوطاني قطع األيادي، يصبح اللص . . . زعيما للبالد! » يرى مطر الشعر في للثورة قرين والكلمات النازف الفلسطيني الدم زمن فالشعر للفعل بديال وليست وكشف التحريض مهمته فن والنظر الواقع وتوثيق احلقائق طريق ينير فهو األبعد. إلى التضليل. من ويحرسه الفعل الضمير. عن للدم غنى فال كلمات استنفذ لطاملا ضمير »مطر« مطر. وصحة وأفكار نفوسنا على هطوله نحتاج ثورة ووحدة بدل اجلديبة لينبت من أن نكفر بعضنا ونحجز اجلنة على أساس اننا الفرقة الناجية. »مطر« يطفئ نار اجلوع والفقر واحملسوبية والظلم والتشرذم أحمد هو »مطر« والتوريث. مطر شاعر أتقن دق الوتر بلفتات احلاكمة الطبقة بطر عاجلت أمراض ملعاجلة أفردها وأخرى يدعون من ريت ويا الشعوب. لنا يقدمون العربية الشاعرية

الالفتات بدل الفتات.

»نحلم باملسؤول الفريد الذي يتجرأ على توقيف كل لبناني يقوم بدعاية طائفية.«

»مناظر أجساد القتلى املدنيني أو غير املدنيني تصبح طبيعية إذ املشاهد يرى مئات من هذه اجلثث على شاشة كمبيوتره. واملثير للغثيان حقا في

عاملنا هو عندما يقوم عرب أو روس -مثال- بشراء تلك األلعاب...«

مفكر وفيلسوف ورجل سياسي لبناني – كمال جنبالط (1977-1917)

خضر أبو ديةكاتب صحفي

(Hourman.net :صورة) الشاعر أحمد مطر

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نادي الدراما والنادي الثقافي اجلنوبي يقدمان...

بولس الرسول بني املسيحية واليهودية

قتل حبيبته وينتظر القارئ شيئا أفضل

وحوارييه عيسى أن معتبرين هذه وأن بولس اختراع من هم اسطورة إلى حتولت القصة جتاوزت حدود عقله. انه الصراع إلى بانتمائها املسيحية بني اليهود وبني احلضاري سياقها

ونقيض هذا اإلنتماء.األستاذ تابع ثم العداء لتاريخ عارضا اسبر هذه واضعا للمسيح اليهودي التاريخي سياقها في العالقة

يختلج في نفسي من أحاسيس مثل فقط كانت مدونات في مجموعة أي »portfolio«من انعكاسات حلياتي اليومية. أساسا منها الهدف يكن لم في حصل هكذا لكن النشر

النهاية. ملاذا لم تلتزم حتى مبوازين الشعر

احلديث؟ أو اعتبره كتاب إن ما كتبته ال حتى شعر . إنه تدوين ملشاعري وأفكاري أحببت أن اشاركه مع اجلميع. و ألن من حق كل إنسان يشارك من هناك أن يشعر أن أن أردت وأفكاره، أحاسيسه يشعر القارئ أن هناك من يحس

مثل أحاسيسه. العبارات بعض استعملت ملاذا

املستفزة؟ ينبغي ال نفسه عن املعبر هناك شيئ. عليه ينبغي أن خطوط حمر في مجتمعنا لكن قناعة الكاتب بأي شيء تفرض به مقتنع هو مبا املضي عليه

ومتوقعا اإلنتقادات. »قتلت كتابك سميت ملاذا

حبيبتي، وانتظر«؟ ألن قلبي لم يعد يتسع إال حلبي إلى التقرب من فأخاف ألخي يؤثر أن من فخوفي احلبيبة. لذلك ألخي. حبي على ذلك قتلت حبيبتي وانتظر املرأة التي

ستجعلني أحبها. مبوضوع اجلنوب عالقة ما

كتابك؟ أنا من اجلنوب. وصحيح أن حب األرض يختلف عن حب اإلنسان تختلج األوقات بعض في لكن في صدري مشاعر جياشة بإجتاه عن أعبر أن إال أقدر وال اجلنوب

هذه األحاسيس بقلمي. املغيب اإلمام عن حتدثت ملاذا

موسى الصدر؟ تعبيرا عن حبي لشخص موسى

اليهودية بني النقائض مبرزا دين فاليهودية واملسيحية. يهوديا لم يكن يحتقر كل من اآلخر بإنسانية يعترف وال ويعتبر اسمه ناطقا على أساس أن شكله كان كاليهودي ليليق بخدمة اليهودي، وذلك كله يأتي والتوراة احلاخامات تعاليم بني فهي املسيحية أما والتلمود. باعتبارها حتترم لذلك النقيض إنسانية أساس على اجلميع

وال منطقي كإنسان الصدر طائفي. هذا جزء من شخصيتي وهويتي الوطنية. إنه يأخذ حيزا

في قلبي وتفكيري. كيف تفسر نص »ال أريد سالم

مع ربكم«؟ ال اآلن، النص أقرأ وأنا حقيقة أدري ما أستطيع أن أعطيه من كنت مباذا أعلم اهلل معنى. أحس أو أفكر في تلك اللحظة. وبالفعل ال أريد أن أعرف املعنى فليبقى النص بالنسبة لي كما

هو. ماذا تقول للذي يعتبر أن شعرك

سخيف؟ للحكم فاملعايير رأيه أحترم

على النصوص تتعدد. إذا سئلت من شاب: »ملاذا علي

قراءة كتابك«، ماذا ترد؟ تقرأ فإنك كتابي تقرأ عندما عليك عمرك. من شاب جتربة تقرأ أن تستطيع ما كل قراءة ألن كل كتاب فيه جتربة منفردة. كل جتارب اإلنسان تفيد وتغني الكاتب و بالك فما القارئ،

يعايش عصرك. الشعر يحترم ملن تقول ماذا

الكالسيكي فقط؟ الشعر ليس قالب تصب عليه. في هو اإلحساس. في الشعر التأثير في القلوب وليس الفكر

املمنهج. عن راضم غير أنه علي أضاف مستوى كتابته لكنه عليه أداء يهدء ثقافي وفكري. لذلك دور ولكن نفسه جتاه غضبه من تزيد. قدما املضي على عزميته عائلته يشكر أن أراد أنه كما في ورفاقه أهله من الكبيرة اجلامعة وخارجها ألن من دونها

كتابه مجرد حبر على ورق.

اآلخر.بقوله اسبر اكمل ال وكلماته بولس تاريخ ان بيسوع، فقط التزاما يظهران به، وعشقا وعلما فهما بل تبدأ كانت رسائله فجميع عبد (بولس الطريقة بهذه املسيح) وما يشابهها. يسوع وكان بولس دوما يقول أن »اهلل ليس مشروطا بال ناموس ولكن باإلميان، فـ«اإلنسان يتبرأ باإلميان

وليس بالناموس«، »اهلل جلميع األمم«.

الذين أولئك وكل دين املسيحية أن يدعون قد هم فقط واملهادنة السالم املسيح يسوع كلمة جتاهلوا من موعظة له على اجلبل »من ردائه فليبع سيف لديه ليس حني وكالمه سيفا« وليشتري قال »جئت أللقي على األرض نارا

وأرجو أن تكون قد اشتعلت«.

اليوم نشهده ما أما إصرار هو أصولية حركات من الديانات ارجاع على البعض لتقارب جائت التي املنفتحة أصلها إلى البشربة أخوة بني هو خطرا يشكل وما القبلي. حتريك على اليهودي العمل املسيحية القبلية النفسيات أعمالهم لتغطية واإلسالمية

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قتل حبيبته وينتظر القارئ شيئا أفضل

القومي اإلنعاش رابطة أقامت في األميركية اجلامعة في بعنوان محاضرة بيروت املسيحية بني الرسول »بولس اخلميس يوم وذلك واليهودية« الفائت الواقع في 24 من الشهر السادسة الساعة عند احلالي والنصف مساء. ألقى احملاضرة األستاذ أنطون اسبر. قاعة الـ » أوديتوريوم آي » ممتلئة تقريبا، واحلضور منوع جدا، من مختلف والطوائف، اإلختصاصات فاحلضور كما بدا واضحا وجليا

لم يقتصر على املسيحيني.األستاذ الكلمة استلم قائال وافتتح اسبر أنطون ليحرر جاء الرسول »بولس املسيحيني من ما حاول اليهود ليس أنه أوال أكد طمسه«. بعلومها وال بالديانات مختصا املقارنة، وأنه يرفض الدخول في األديان، بني مقارنة مناظرات جوهرها في متحدة فالديانات شكلياتها اختلفت وإن ليحاضر حضر وتطبيقاتها.

بدران، علي الطالب اطالق بعد تلميذ الهندسة املدنية، لديوانه الثاني »قتلت حبيبتي، وانتظر« ظهرت ردات الفعل اخملتلفة التي متتد من اإلستهزاء واإلستهجان وأكثر واإلعجاب. التقدير إلى التعليقات التي برزت هي أن شعر علي سخيف وأنه ليس بشعر. يبرر املستهزئون تهجمهم على في ركاكة يحوي بأنه الكتاب اجلمل مثال في الصفحة 23 في »رسالة عنوانها غزلية قطعة »بأن يقول احلب« في مشفرة و الوحيد« غالبك هو نيوتن الكتاب أماكن متفرقة في في إستخدام صرخة األلم أي اآلهات لم تكن إال مصدر لإلزعاج عند الصفحة في كما القارئ. بأنه اآلن احلب علي يصف ،83»كلعبة أطفال، أي قنينة عطر فأغلب بقال...« من نشتريها القراء نفروا من مثل هذه اجلمل للحكم معيارا منها وأخذوا

مبوضوع الديني لإلهتمام ال محاولة ليحارب بل احملاضرة، الرسول بولس صورة تشويه ومحو وقتل التاريخ عبر املشروع

الصهيوني.يتماهى البعد الديني والقومي احلديث هذا كل في والوطني فنحن مستهدفون في كل ذلك الصهيونية احلركة قبل من

العاملية.الرسول ببولس التعريف بأن أشبه هو كلمات ببضع من بقطعة احمليط تقطع ال اليوم حتى فنحن خشب، الروح صوامع من نغرف زلنا كثيرون بولس. مألها التي آخرين وكثر بولس حاولوا مدح كالهما. فسقط ذمه حاولوا من أكبر بولس فشخصية فهو اإلمتيازات، في السقوط دخل في كل جوانب احلياة فلديه آراء فقهية وإجتماعية وحياتية عبر هوزنر فجوزيف وعملية. من بأنه هو الرسول بولس عن املسيحية الشخصية »شحن حتدث كما وأيضا العمالقة«. القديس يوحنا الذهبي أن »كل ما تعلمناه ليس من بنات أفكارنا

على الكتاب كله. القراء من اآلخر البعض صدهم تخبط املعاني وتناقض اخلاص الوجهني في األفكار والعام. في الوجه اخلاص، وردت بعض في الفكرية التناقضات من النصوص وفي البعض اآلخر وباألخص بوضوح جتلت وطغت في نص »ال أريد سالم مع ربكم« إيجاد له القراء في الذي فشل في واضحا. سياقا أو معنى نص من اإلنتقال العام، الوجه إلى آخر ترافق مع تغيير مفاجئ في النبرة واإليقاع. هذا التغيير السريع يحرم القارئ من النزوح الهادئ من نص إلى نص ويجعل متابعة القراءة حتتاج إلى جهدم

أكثر. أقصى النقد كان في إعتبار الديوان مبتذل وال يقدم أي جديد إلى ساحة الشعر الواسعة. إذ م يرى البعض أن الصور التي تقدفقدان أو احلب عن علي بها تخرج ال احلبيب إيجاد أو عزيز عن إطار ما تقدم به شعراء كثر من أمثال نزار قباني وغيره. كما

للتعبير وسيلة إلى احتاج ما أدون فكنت مشاعري. عن

أدان البعض إدخال علي لبعض التي نصوصه في املواضيع تسويقيا هدفا لها أن شعروا واملقاومة اجلنوب كموضوع الصدر. موسى السيد أو دينية عبارات بعض إستخدام للتوصيف كان أيضا له نصيب العبارات هذه من و اإلدانة؛ من

عبارة »قل هو احلب أحد.« النقد، من األدنى احلد وفي العنوان من البعض إشتكى املستخدم الذي مت اعتباره خاليا

من العمق أي السطحية.من الكتاب يقرأ من لكن كما النقد. له يحق ال عنوانه اجملال يفسح ال الذي النقد أن كاحلكم هو يرد أن للكاتب مراجعته يتم الذي الغيابي بعد حضور املتهم. لذلك قامت علي بإعطاء األوتلوك جريدة بدران حق الرد على كل اإلنتقادات

عبر املقابلة التالية: حبيبتي، »قتلت كتبت ملاذا

وأنتظر«؟ كنت األكبر أخي توفى عندما

بل من حوارنا مع بولس الراعي«. هو الراعي بولس به قام ما اكتشافه لكل جدة املسيحية فهو سعى إلى بتر القيود التي اليهودية أسيرة تبقيها كانت الدخول لها وأتاح واليهود، دون من املعمورة أرجاء كل في انكفاء على الذات. كل ما فعله من سلبيا عليه انقلب بولس قبل اليهود الذين ضغطوا عليه إلى وماديا نفسيا السبل بكل رأسه أن قتل جسديا فقطعوا آخر حلظة متمتما ليظل حتى

»يسوع يسوع يسوع«.اليوم حتى اليهود ومازال ليقوموا املسيرة، بنفس املقاومة قادة باستهداف محاولة تزال وال واجملاهدين، بولس لشخص اإلستهداف قبل من مستمرة ولفكره عبر العاملية الصهيونية واجلبرية بالقدرية بولس اتهام فكرة على والتركيز والتعصب األول املؤسس وبأنه الفداء، واتهموه الديني. لإلضطهاد حبال، والعب حربائي بأنه

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