My mom reads the newspaper very early in the morning.She loved this article, that she read it to me on the phone.It's by the Jordanian Karaki writer Abdel Hadi Raji Al Majali,published in today's Al Rai newspaper.Very genuine article,I had to paste here for everyone to read:Enjoy!
...إثنان
في العمر اذا وقفت امامهما أخجل وربما اذوب الاستاذ حكم شرايحه الذي علمني
اللغة العربية وسحرها في المرحلة الابتدائية، والدكتور رجائي المعشر الذي
علمني كيفية الموافقة على القروض البنكية دون كفلاء.
... وهناك ثالث وهو الكنيسة الموجود في حارة الزريقات في «الربه» ، حيث
كان «أبونا (آلدو) يؤسس فينا أبجديات الحب والمعرفة لقد عشت في قرية نصفها
كنائس ونصفها مساجد.. وتعلمت أن الصليب العربي يؤسس للفداء والوطنية.
... الناس لم تعد تفرق بين مسيحي وآخر والناس صارت تعتمد أقوال «بنديكت»
على انها تمثل رأي الصليب في الشرق علما بأن صلبان الشرق لا يمثلها البابا
بقدر ما يمثلها دم الشهداء والوطنية الاردنية الرصينة، التي إمتدت من
يعقوب زيادين اقصى الجنوب وحتى شماغ صالح المعشر على اول جبل على بطن
السلط الحبيبة.
... لا أريد لأي مسيحي أردني أن يتصدى للدفاع عن صليبه لأنني أنا الذي
سيتصدى لذلك في وجه من يحاولون الغمز واللمز.. في وجه من يحاولون ان
يخلقوا من «3000» عام من الحب عداء و «3000» عام من الفداء كذبا و «3000»
عام من الشرف العربي.. وهما.
... في قريتي الوادعة، ما زلت اذكر التفاصيل، القومية في حديث الاساتذة،
وما زلت أذكر العصي التي كنا نتلقاها على الكتف من معلماتنا واساتذتنا..
واغلبهم كانوا مسيحين، وما زالت اذكر ذاك الوقوف بشكل مستقيم يشبه حرف
الالف حين يعزف السلام الوطني، واذكر كيف كانت معلمتي تخبئني تحت معطفها
الشتوي في صباحات الشتاء القارصة وقد كنت طفلا على اول درب في الحياة،
وكيف كانت تلمني تحت المعطف كي لا يبلل المطر جسدي النحيل..
... أنا أكتب وفاء لكنائسنا في الجنوب التي اشترت لنا الكتب ودرست ابناءنا
في عواصم الغرب وعلمتنا ان الحب يأتي من القلب وان الوطن قداسته من قداسة
الصليب... ورسمت لنا القومية، والفداء خطا لا يجوز الرجوع عنه او الانقلاب
عليه.
.. ليقل (بنديكت) ما يقول فقد كان يحمل كتابا ويقرأ عنه، ولكن الصليب في
الاردن كان يحمل بندقية ويقاتل دفاعا عن ثرى العروبة والاجداد وهناك فارق
بين صليب يشحن الناس بالكره وبين صليب إنعطاف المستقيم فيه كما انعطاف
السبابة على الزناد في معارك الوطن والعروبه.
... ليكن بالمعلوم اننا نحن الذين سندافع عن كنائسنا ورجال ديننا ليس في
وجه أحد ولكن في وجه من يحاولون ان يسيئوا الى تعايشنا او تصاهرنا او
تاريخنا المشترك..
في وجه من يحاول ان يلغي نزف المسيح او طهارة مريم، وفي وجه من عاد بهم المطاف الى ادراج الحرب الصليبية على قوائم الشرق وحساباته.
.... حمى الله الاردن.. حمى الله الصليب
عبد الهادي راجي المجالي
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from Jordan
said:waaaaaaaaaaw salam, its ana amazing article thanks for posting it :)
from Jordan
said:WOW
That's really a great and powerful article and I could not agree more to everything he said ... so very true and let them say whatever they want to say as this will not change the deep connection we share :)
Thank you for sharing!
from United States
said:Great article Salam, love the way he writes, and I have respect for that man anyways.
Peace
Salam,
You know I respect your taste (given the fact that you sometimes like what I write) :o)
But this Abul Hadi Raji guy is the most nauseating thing to ever hit a newspaper. I mean the guy is so pretentious, his style is a failed attempt of imitation and he is a complete failure.
Most of his articles have the style of a 5th grader who is failing Arabic every semester. (Most of them follow the template of once upon the time (a childhood story (fine) ….and hence (a completely unrelated conclusion,loaded with sucking up ). His second favourite style is.. (I want to write abou....)and then tons and tons of unnecessary adjectives.
He hardly ever makes a clear point and his blabber is a complete waste of space.His lack of genuinity is clearly evident and really annoying to the point of disgust.
He was just recently accused of being on the payroll of some governmental establishment as a reward for the trivial, straight forward sucking up, media horn,“national articles. he pollutes the space with.
As for the above article, it is no different and a perfect example of his superficiality. If anything, he proved that he DOES look at people with that scope. The Christians in Jordan does not need such a loser to defend their Arabic Nationalism, or to “defend their Cross”!! (I cannot believe he referenced Youcoub Ziadeen in an article about the cross!!).
from Jordan
said:Dear Abu Shreek,
I tend to agree that the guy blabbers a lot,he often jumps to irrelevant conclusions ,his style does resemble folk tales,and often times the talk about Abu flan does sound like major sucking up,I have also heard about being on someone's payroll,which I find a completely useless piece of gossip,since if he was being (biyetbar6al)then he is not the only one out there doing that,BUT:I can not overllok the fact that the guy's style attracts a big audience,his karaki accent has its fans and does deliver a message to a lot of people who can't relate to Tareq Masarweh or Fahed el Fanek or other elite writers who address the learned Jordanian .This article in specific I felt was a really good one,since we sometimes need to be reminded that one christain,even though he is the Pope,is not talking for all other christains.I can't stop thinking of teh hatred that people could be planting in their children's hearts towards other religions,because of such foolish remarks made by his eminence.If there's anything I hate is for one to be labelled as el masee7i,as is often the case,at least let him be labelled that without having the title carry around the stigma of hatred and segregation!
from Jordan
said:Salam decide! Genuine or a suck up? you changed your mind completely!
Anyway, it is always more acceptable to hear someone praising el 3aroos other than her mom, so that one doesn't get "ou meen yesh-had lal 3aroos"!
If this was written by Fahed Fanek or Tareq Masarweh, I am sure it wouldn't have been posted here, because its strength lies in the religion of the author, nothing else!
from Jordan
said:Dear noone,I HOPE not everyone thought of it this way,I meant he does often suck up but this time I felt it was genuine,the guy has nothing to gain,the catholic church won't be distributing any gifts any time soon,I hope at least!
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from United States
Very touching, and so true.
The words speak out of our solidarity and our common struggle.
There should be no one who would dare question the true bond we have. That I am so proud of. A beacon of tolerance of the face of the west. A proof to peaceful coexistence within the same Family
Thank you Salam for posting this, and Thank you Abdelhadi for uttering these words