Wednesday, August 26, 2009

What Hollywood depicts The Arabs on movies is a stupid cliché

في الأفلام والتلفاز يرتبط العربي إما بالفسق أو الغدر والخديعة المتعطشة للدم.ويظهر منحلا , ذا طاقة جنسية مفرطة,قديرا,دون شك,علي المكيدة البارعة المراوغة ,لكنه جوهريا, سادي, خؤون , منحط , تاجر رقيق ,راكب جمال ,صراف ,وغد ,متعدد الظلال : هده هي بعض الأدوار التقليدية في السينما . وكثيرا يري العربي القائد ) للصوص المغيرين و القراصنة , والعصاة " من سكان الأصليين " يزمجر في وجه البطل الغربي المأسور والفتاة الشقراء ) وكلاهما مفعم بالصحة والعافية , ( رجال سيقتلونكما , لكنهم – يحبون أن يسللوا أولا" , وينظر نظرة تنقط خبثا وشبقا فيما يتكلم : وهدا حط شائع من قدر ( شخصية ) شيخ فالنتينو . وفي أشرطة الأخبار, أو أشرطة الأخبار المصورة, يظهر العرب بأعداد ضخمة.لا فردية,لا خصائص أو تجارب شخصية .وتمثل معظم الصور الهيجان والبؤس الجماعيين , أو الإشارات والحركات اللاعقلانية ,( والشاذة حتى اليأس ,بالتالي ) و خلف هده الصور جميعا يتربص خطر الجهاد المهدد . والعاقبة: الخوف من أن المسلمين ( أو العرب ) سوف يحتلون العالم.
Orientalism by Edward Said

Saturday, July 25, 2009

SNRT pays Homage to Abdessalem Kachan


Arabic music is spread all over the world now .Thanks to Ray Music originally coming from Algeria and supported by a fervent military soldier ,a lieutenant who sympathizes with the cause of the damned and oppressed youth of North Africa.

Ever since music magnificently has existed in the world, Mediterranean people are really fascinated with it either in their death ceremonies or during happy moments.Arabs,mainly Zeriab has played a good role to spread music in Europe, which was the old world in the past.

Morocco is a popular kingdom whose people loves music very well .Moroccan classical music is a bourgeoisie genre created by Andalusia Arabs called Andalusia music whereas El Malhoun is written by bohemian and sofi poets.

No Doubt, Morocco artists are influenced by these kinds of waves including international flavour of Mozart and Wagner. Among Moroccan Maestro whose craft is very well known in MOROCCO is Abdessalem Khachan, a respected national composer and very loved by former king of Morocco Hassan Second. He is a descend man known of his great knowledge of music and its terminology.SNRT pays homage to this Maestro by calling major music composers and national artists.

Allal El Alaoui


Abdessalem Khachan




Saturday, July 11, 2009

Khalid Jamaï writes an open letter to The King Of Morocco for the sake of freedom of speech

Global Voices: The World is Talking, Are You Listening?





Khalid Jamaï has done it again. But this time he addresses the king of Morocco Mohammed the Sixth via an open letter .The main topic of his letter deals with coercive measures that are taken by the authorities against Moroccan journalists in the name of the king himself knowing that that nowadays journalists are brought to court and sentenced quickly without “taking” sometimes any considerable proofs .According to “Le Journal’ some Judges are taking orders via “ The Secret Telephone” That might come either directly from Moroccan home office or some higher places .

Tuesday, July 07, 2009

UN PRISONNIER EN TRANSIT.

Prisonnier Transit



SYNOPSIS FILM : MASJOUN TRANSIT


Ezze est un jeune réparateur de coffres-forts qui se trouve mêlé malgré lui à un problème qui l’entraîne en prison. Son affaire par la suite ne cesse de s’aggraver. Des événements inquiétants le secouent. Il va bientôt se poser la question de savoir s’il peut désormais s’en sortir ou pas. Il connaîtra un destin tragique à cause d’une simple erreur dont il n’a pas tenu compte.
Le message intrinsèque est qu’il n’existe pas d’erreur négligeable, parce que l’erreur ne cesse de grandir et de nous entraîner de plus en plus loin.


Titre du film : MASJOUN TRANSIT ( UN PRISONNIER EN TRANSIT)
Interpretation: AHMED EZZE – NOUR SHERIF – IMANE EL ASSI.
Réalisation : SANDRA NACHÂTE
Durée du film : 90 minutes .

Thursday, June 18, 2009

Moroccans invited to go to Mars via Nasa.



Moroccan immigrants are everywhere on earth but not on other Universal planets .Now that everybody has the right to sign in to go to Mars via Nasa. Moroccans are invited by The National Aeronautics and Space Administration to record their names for future "Spatial Hrig".We may log in to Nasa's Science laboratory rover in order to get familiar or close to strange creatures that we call Extra-Terrrestres.Yet, some artists dream to go to Mars only to sing about love, others like myself want to see the magnificence of Allah’s beauty which remains eternal and the third ones want to make movies in slow motion, genre Mars Style. Good Luck.

Allal El Alaoui


Spatial Hrig : Intelligent Immigration.

Saturday, June 13, 2009

Azazil by Youssef Zeidan,a delicious novel for future cinema.



Youssef Zeidan is an Egyptian writer, whose faith is Islamic.But, he happens to write a great novel based on truthful events about Christianity and its orthodoxy. His novel called « Azazil » literary meaning the Devil, awarded internationally this year 2009, talks about an Egyptian priest who travels from his native land to Jerusalem and else where in order to meet other priests to talk about theology; Jesus and his birth as a man but not as a God .This work signed by Youssef Zeidan makes controversial debates in the church of the Orthodox in Egypt and also in Rome.


There are great movies based on novels that talk about the church still make hot controversy around the world namely “I love cinema”, “Davinci Code”; “Il Nome Della Rosa” and of course our interesting book “Azazil” which is a delicious book to devour, because Youssef Zeidan, within his highly poetic and beautiful style of writing, succeeds to seduce his reader not to put his book away.



Allal El Alaoui

Friday, June 05, 2009

Maalouma Ben Midah ; a sweet voice of Sahara.


There is a famous saying in Maghreb that says if you want to charm people of north-africa,you just bring them Maalouma Mint El Meydah in order to enchant them "Habibi Habeytou". In fact, this lady, having beautiful Saharian charm, can deeply move people to blissful moments.


Maalouma is a Mauritanian singer who becomes the first parliamentary lady releasing an album. She surely charms her fan with her sweet voice that has mysterious tone and intonation; the secret of this is her mixing up Ray music with Mauritanian folklore using all modern musical instruments.

Maalouma Mint El Meydah belongs to an African country called Mauritania which is is named after the ancient Berber kingdom of Mauretania. The capital and largest city is Nouakchott, located on the Atlantic coast.

Allal el Alaoui



Tuesday, June 02, 2009

Gran Torino, a stylish technique of film writing.



Gran Torino is another magical movie made by a great actor and filmmaker Clint Eatwood.Some critics say that this movie is about the new age of America, some say it is a cinema of Barrack of Obama; whereas others state it is a new genre of drama movies that is targeted to hit box office in the sates. I think this movie simply belongs to an intelligent cinema remarkably made by a master of filmmaking called Clint Eastwood.

It is true that we have missed to watch good films coming from the sates, although Gran Torino shifts to the genre of realistic films. The movie is a 2008 American drama film directed ,produced and starring by Clint Eastwood.Its story talks about a Korean veteran haunted by memories of the war conflict. “A racist Korean War veteran living in a crime-ridden Detroit neighbourhood is forced to confront his own lingering prejudice when a troubled Hmong teen from his neighbourhood attempts to steal his prized Gran Torino.”


The leading role chosen by Clint Eastwood is Walt Kowalski who has a beautiful car called Gran Torino planned unfortunately to be stolen by Hmong neighbors and precisely by a shy Thao Vang Lor (Bee Vang). His feisty sister Sue (Ahney Her) succeeds to be a friend of Mr. Kowalski who in turn becomes nearly a member of Hmong .Lately in the movie, he heroically dies for them.

What strikes me most is the final scene when Mr. Kowalski prepares himself to revenge his neighbors. Technically speaking, Nick Schenk,the screenplay is intelligent to make us thought that Mr. Kowalski is going to revenge his neighbors by using all reversed techniques like for example asking his intimate barber to borrow him his razor and the locking up young thomg into Walt ‘s house to prevent him to do any tragic mistakes .All reveals a brilliant style o film writing. We have the impression that the protagonist is going to shed blood through an unpitiful armada ,but in fact, by our surprise and deceit Mr. Kowalski is killed and therefore this latter was preparing to die may be to get rid of horrible images of his past and also for his principles to die as a man.


Allal El Alaoui
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Tuesday, May 26, 2009

"Remoune Treaty", the Reunion of Al Maghreb Al Kabeer in Oujda.



< We call it “Remoun Treaty» because it is symbolic and ideal may be to unite all Maghreb countries into one .Why Remoun? In fact, Ahmed Remoun is an artist of the ninetieth century who has lived in Oujda; a northern east town of Morocco whose borders are with Algeria. His grand -son, Abdelkader Remoun called proudly by Algerian intellectuals, Romaman, is still fighting in Italy for a better life that people of Maghreb Al kabeer should have and enjoy like all other countries. Primer things urgently scheduled to the people are democracy, justice and of course no more coercive governance.


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In 1896, Mhammed Remoune wrote a classic song, genre El Malhoun mingled with beautiful “Kwafi” verses called Kanouna.Already aired on SNRT ex-RTM in 1983,this song was praised by Moroccan and Algerian tv spectators.Some intellectuals just like our honorable fatima Mernissi asked media to redifuse this song in which Ahmed Remoun described magnificently the beauty of women .Eventually this song is about a man whose sacred heart falls in love with a woman who walks graciously in an Andalusia garden found may be in Oujda.




Oujda was once thought to be the capital of Al Maghreb Al Kabeer by Moroccan and Algerian nationalists. Indeed this city has not stopped to deliver resistants, intellectuals and nationalists for both countries Morocco and Algeria. In fact,North-African people has not forgot the distinguished nationalists called Group of Oujda, born in Morocco naming for example Abdelhafid Boussouf, Houari Boumediène, Bouteflika and Ben Bella and more. They have not also forgot Abdelkerim Al Khattabi,the symbolic leader of resistance and “Al Haraka Al Watania” the national movement of Morocco spearhead by Allal El Fassi and Mehdi Ben Barka whose one of its dream is to see Al Maghreb AL Kabeer strong and united.

Allal El Alaoui


This Song Written in 1896 by Ahmed Remoun Describing Beautifully,A Woman

Tuesday, May 05, 2009

« Basta » with killing Mehdi Ben Barka.


Basta is an Italian word meaning literally enough. Yes, i have chosen this word in purpose to title my article, because this word was almost the last word uttered by this assassinated figure and also I feel deeply angry about the neo-killings of our charismatic leader ,Mehdi Ben Barka.Indeed I have written “Our” because simply this man belongs to people and exactly to Moroccan memory . He is so loved by simple people in Morocco that some macbethian politicos still want to ‘commit crimes’ against Mehdi for the benefit of ‘some elections’ that can not even refer to Ben Barka’s unfound “tomb” let alone serve this people.

Now that so many people know the truth, the fact that Mehdi Ben Barka remains ‘Monsieur Le President’ as he was called either by Fidel Castro, Mao tsi tong, de Gaulle or even by some Palestinian friends, other political figures in Morocco dare to profane Ben Barks’s tomb using all ugly words that exist in the Moroccan politics, hoping to get rid of this name which ironically becomes eternal in the breast of every Moroccan . So, please enough with buying and selling cheap political thoughts and enough with killing people whose epitaphs can not even be found.

Mehdi Ben Barka is a popular figure in the Moroccan politics and mysteriously becomes more popular in his death. Mehdi used to belong to a political party called ‘Hizb Al Istiklal’ which has become USFP; recently made concessions with former king of Morocco, Hassan the second, to govern Morocco (see alternance). Unfortunately this party has sent its people to interior exile .I believe it has killed this man twice by nailing into Moroccan politics Machiavelian phraseology called constipated mentality. Because Moroccan press has taken the place of nearly all political parties, I will not be surprised that these same parties might do again some ‘dirty works’ to gain “Popularity” which has disappeared from the dictionary of its “fighting”.
We will not be surprised again if Mehdi Ben Barka will be killed by Mossad, CIA or other secret services whereas his family and his Moroccan people can not even trace his epitaph just to read peaceful words upon his soul .


Allal El Alaoui

Thursday, April 30, 2009

The powerful image through Al Jazeera Channel.



A nation without memory is nothing. This is a heavy conscious thought that the people of Morocco and its government are always discussing it seriously .It is true that local journalists are in some extent feel free to use their pen to tackle touchy subjects that in older times namely during years of plumb these same journalists would think twice to write, however freedom of speech still remains an unaccomplished job that many are asking to fulfill its complete mechanism into a dynamic, awaking yet fragile country called Morocco.



Al Jazeera Channel has done it again .I mean another scoop. It is about a program called “Shahidun Ala Asser” animated by Ahmed Mansur that presents a political prisoner; Ahmed El Marzouki who has revealed to Al Jazeera viewers every detail with brilliant precision and description of hellish times that he has endured in Tazmamart; a secret prison in south-eastern Morocco at the Atlas Mountains. The program becomes very popular not only in Morocco but also in the Arab world, because it introduces people that are considered persona non grata, exilers and sometimes political opponents usually rejected by their regimes.



Ahmed El Marzouki, a special guest to “Shahidun Ala Asser”, has made controvecy in his country because he dares to tell the truth which is a will considered by his Tazmamart mates, an act of courage and honor. People of Morocco are deeply shocked by El Marzouki’s announcements and this makes civil society organize seminars, movies and debates to find a lost memory of a nation which is still looking for itself within tradition and modernism.



Allal El Alaoui

Tuesday, April 28, 2009

Sufism within music in Fes.


Dikher through the heart is the most exquisite and secretive way to communicate with Allah, dikher has eleven rules:

1- State of pure ritual obtained by ablution “ablution erases sin”
2- Fluffiness of praying of the two raka àt.
3- Orient oneself towards Qibla by positioning your body in a solitary place.
4- Pressing your position to the opposite one that you usually do for praying.
5- Asking Allah for forgiveness “ Astirghfirullaàh”
6- Reciting “Fatiha” one time, and Sourate Al –iklas three times.
7- Close your eyes, press your lips and tie up your tongue as if you eat it with true calmness. This act helps you to chase strange thoughts that come through your vision.
8- A spiritual act called “ Epitaph attachment “ ràbi-tatu-l-qabr- means the consideration of death : you see yourself dead, washed ,wrapped into shroud; once the death ceremony is about to finish, you see yourself taken upon a tomb ,your family and your friends are gone leaving you all alone ,then nothing can be in your side apart from your good deeds.
9- To link yourself into a spiritual direction “rà-bitatu –l – murshid” .In this act, the disciple directs his heart towards his master’s heart, and keeps his image into his consciousness, even though his master‘s absence.
10- Concentration of all body senses by orienting all your powerful perceptions to Allah
stating “you are my goal and your satisfaction is only what I ask”.
11-Waiting for the “eventual” effect called –ghaiba- “ecstatic fainting”.

For more details read “Anthology of Sufism” by Eva de Vitray-Meyerovitch.


Sufism

Saturday, April 25, 2009

Happy Arab day to Al qods Al Arabi.




Arab streets consider Al qods Al Arabi as a newspaper of dignity and pride speahead by a palestinian figure called Abdel Bari Atwan, born on the 17th of february 1950 in Deir al-Balah in Palestine.


No matter how hard some constipated mentalities have worked to destroy this respectful newspaper, well read through out the Arab world, Al qods Al Arabi still continues to look for truthful events and informations in order to edit them for people, beautifully analysed before the eyes of weak arab regimes and Nazis Isrealis governments supported plainly and secretively by the west.


Today Al qods Al Arabi celebrates its 20th birthday and still writes smart articles edited by courageous journalists who usually tackle touchy subjects of a wounded world called Arabs. In my country, it is sad to hear from time to time that some journalists are given bribes to keep their thoughts hidden.However,there are others just like our modest newspaper , Al qods Al Arabi choose to fight for the truth and rightfulness.

Allal El Alaoui

Tuesday, April 21, 2009

HASSAN ET MORKOS is in Morocco .


Titre du film : HASSAN ET MORKOS
Interprétation: ADEL IMAM – OMAR SHERIF – LEBLEBA – MOHAMED IMAM
Scénario : YOUSSEF MAÄTI
Réalisation : RAMY IMAM
Durée du film : 120 minutes
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SYNOPSIS FILM : HASSAN WA MORKOS
Il s’agit d’une comédie satirique, l’histoire d’un prêtre chrétien et un cheikh musulman dont des menaces de mort les obligent a ce que chacun se déguise dans le personnage de l’autre sans qu’aucun d’eux ne dévoile à l’autre la vérité de son comportement. Le cheikh se fait passer pour un prêtre et ce dernier pour un cheikh. Lorsque contrairement au dicton, l’habit fait le moine et le cheikh, cela peut amener à de drôles de quiproquos. Le récit du film, comme une plongée au sein même de ces deux personnages, crée une structure de fiction et cinéma vérité.
Le Cheikh et le Prêtre attaquent sur tous les fronts, prêchent la cohérence, la tolérance dans la foi musulmane et chrétienne et tirent une sonnette d’alarme pour avertir des dangers d’une dérive extrémiste qui se fait menaçante, et tend à s’ériger contre le progrès de leur pays en même temps qu’il sape toutes les valeurs de tolérance, de paix et de cohabitation.
Que de belles images chargées de symboles et de signification, qui représente musulmans et chrétiens a la face du monde, main dans la main, unis et solidaires , façonnant ensemble, dans une œuvre commune, leur action en faveur de la paix , la cohérence, la tolérance et la compréhension entre les peuples.


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Monday, April 13, 2009

The secret words of love.





Nessma is an Arabic word gently breathed very often by a gifted poet or Azzajal.This word derives from beautiful dunes and wild climates of silent Sahara. Arab cinema “see Chadi Abdessalem’s movies and also Moroccan movies” have not denied to mention this sweet word either uttered shamefully by a lover” see famous verses written into Malhoun by Ahmed Remoun «والعاشق قاتله حرام " "or by an orator ( see Ahmed El Maanouni’s film “Alyam, alyam ” ) .


Smart Moroccan writers like Fatima Mernissi whom I have the honor to refer to her wonderful book on love and its mystery “ l’Amour dans les pays musulmans “,has endlessly kept writing amazing books about women and men referring to their dignity to be respected ,to love and to be loved . Being myself a lover and because my readers from over the world are eager to know about Arabic culture, here in this context I mean my Moroccan one, I have republished Ibn Al Hajala’s fifty words of love because it is public and meant to be known for everybody as it is mentioned by Mernissi herself.Therefore, I think that Fatima will appreciate what I have done, the fact that I have willingly put publicity to her book within my weblog .I know things will work out very well because it is all about love and a message of love to the people who love just like our handsome writer Fatima whom I have been told that she is a great intellectual having a big heart and a lover too.


May be in Sahara,love is much stronger and mysterious than other places in the world. Lahssen Badis; a Moroccan Azzajal ; born in Errashidia which is a magical town situated in the south of Morocco, known of its huge raising sun that comes out from golden dunes, would tell us more through his craft about love ( see below the secret of words of love that inspires our Azzajal.No doubt ,native of Sahara, this has great impact on Lahssen Badis as it has on many mysterious writers like for example Antoine de Saint-Exupery whose works remain mysterious but eternal . Antoine admired too much Sahara and no doubt he was inspired to write great art through his vivid imagination .What strikes most is that Antoine and Badis have something in common ;both men have no doubt seen magical beams of light in the sky through flying because they were simply pirates .


Arab culture in general is based on poetry see classical “Souk Al Oukad” where in that time of pre-Islam, multicultural poets from all over the tribes and cities came to Mecca just to enchant and obviously to show off their brilliance of writing poetry.Poets then, stated to listeners exquisite words that affect their souls and praise hearts of Al Assiad .That is why, Azzajalin and poets enjoy to use within their art, verses of love that is eternal in the human breast. By the way, Arabic language has about fifty meanings of love in the Kamuss. Surely, Poets manipulate these rich synonyms in their works so well that no barrier; soldier nor any gate of Palaces will prevent them from penetrating.


Western cinema also refers to this word “see the dying protagonist in that movie ‘The English Patient’ written and directed by Anthony Minghella or through cinematography that describes beautifully nature of Sahara ( see Davis lean’s movie ‘Lawrence of Arabia’.However,too many western movies shot in Sahara mainly in Ouarzazate, still focus on shooting funny films that are unfortunately ideological or anti-Islam ,ignoring of course the beauty of Sahara that God has given,read Juan Goytisolo and Edward Said works .

Allal El Alaoui



Al Assiad : Lords and rich traders
Azzajal : Poet who writes poetry into slung language. Or dialect.
" والعاشق قاتله حرام it is forbidden to kill a lover.
Malhoun : dialectical verses sung in a large group see Malhoun in Andalusia and North Africa.

Kamuss: Arabic Dictionary.

Love Names in Arabic


Azzajal Lahsen Badiss

Saturday, April 11, 2009

天然パーマンTENNEN PARMAN. A special welcone to the world of cinema from a colleague



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Do you know dear Parson that Morocco literaly means Sun Going Down and Japan means Rising Sun .



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