We
need some people to intrude into the very moments of our life… whose main
mission is to bring joy back to us… to sneak it back to the forefront of our
reality and then let it permeate to what lies behind this forefront…meaning in
the tiny details of the social and psychological composition of people… hoping
that our old Egyptian qualities can come back… atop of this is our smile and sense
of humor… also, the principle of “do it and leave the rest to God”… which means
do your job fully, love your country, and leave the rest to God… as he is the
one to rely on and ask for help.
In
theaters and circuses, there are some people who mean to bring joy to people by
performing satirical entertaining comedy… and maybe they intrude into the
moment and capture it when they do their performance… meaning they could be
suffering from a hardship or dogged by a tragedy in that same moment… but for
the sake of delivering their message, doing their job, sustaining their source
of income, or maybe all these together, they sieze the moment and please people,
who came to search for a spot of light amid darkness, to give them a glimpse of
hope of finding a feeling of happiness even if temporary.
This
is not a call to mislead people, deceive them, or keep them busy from achieving
a real change in their reality… but a call to revive our spirits, alleviate the
pain and unlock our potentials… it is a daunting task not anyone can do it.
We
need male and female teachers in the tertiary education and professors in
university education entitled to deal with the conscience and minds of their
students… teachers and professors who have no shame in being humble with their
students during teaching or even in a part time of the break, between lectures,
or in a journey… we need male and female teachers and professors who recognize
the importance of student activities and who can be seriously in charge of
activities’ committees and university students’ groups… ones who attend the
activities of scouting, sports games, acting, music, and drawing… they may even
exert some effort, spend more time, or spend some money for the sake of this.
We
need employees; seniors and juniors, who can separate between their low income
and tough life conditions, and their role in serving the people of this country…
employees who know that kind words and smiling at people is a good deed…
employees who realize that their job is to serve people’s needs… and that only
God is the one who will reward them for their good job… employees who know that
the renaissance of their nation will not take place unless they do their job
with diligence, honor and spirit of giving… not waiting for reward or thanking
words from anyone.
We
also need artists, journalists, writers and thinkers who realize that word is
more powerful than any weapon… and that this word knows its way to its target;
meaning to revive the nation on all levels… and so they do not use this word to
serve the ruling regime… as in such case, this word will lead to people’s
aversion to what they say and to people hating their exaggeration in ignoring
negative things by making excuses and faking positive points while the regime
itself is adopting the principle of transparency and openness and believes the
most successful way to achieve reform is to admit mistakes and reveal negative
points… since forcing the pus to ooze out is better than dying.
We
need artists, journalists, writers, thinkers who realize that the bullet of
resistance is different to that of fighting… and that aiming at the target
shall not disregard the course the bullet will take… as maybe, while in its way
to attack and hit an official or an institution, it may pass through the nation’s
body, making it bleed while the targeted one missed the bullet.
It
may look unsuitable to mention the next example, however I have already written
about it before and I find it very suitable in a way or another to our present
case; that is the difference between Naddaba[1] and the clown… as people
either recall or go to both of them… they ask the services of the first one to
express moments of grief and pain while the second is asked to bring about moments
of joy and hope.
As
some of those who write in newspapers or write plays, movie scripts for TV,
cinema and even mobiles are always keen to play the role of Naddaba…
that one who may dye her face and hair with black… not hesitate to throw dust
over her face, head and all her body… is professional in coining phrases of
wailing and lamenting… and may go far in raising her voice tone just to bring
people to grieve over the dead… she does all this just to master her role… such
Naddaba lay her conditions down since no one can do her job like she
does, while she does not have the slightest feeling of grief or pain.
On
the contrary, the clown exaggerates in making his outlook appear funny by dyeing
his face with bright joyful colors, getting dressed in comic costumes, doing
more comic gestures specially to children who still have hope in life… he aims
at planting joy and hope in people’s souls… at paying their attention to deep
humane significance using a simple satirical humorous language… as what he does
may alleviate the hard times he himself may be passing through.
We
yearn for the joy those criminal terrorists killed in us… those who did not
only killed our sons in the armed forces, police, judiciary, and civilians… but
also meant to kill joy, happiness, and hope in our life… so that we become a nation
poor in its feelings… a nation that lives on pain… but we must resist.
Translated
into English by: Dalia Elnaggar
This article was published in Al Ahram newspaper on
July 13, 2017.
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