Just in case if you don’t know what is the famous Hakona Matata Principle, I will explain briefly about it.

Hakuna matata is a Swahili phrase that is literally translated as “There are no worries”. Hakuna Matata means you should feel cool and relaxed whatever happens. Be happy and don’t care about what’s going around you. You are good. In fact you are so good to the limit you shouldn’t listen to anyone. Even if there were millions telling you the opposite. You know yourself better.

That is exactly how the presidents in the Middle East and North Africa are thinking. Let’s take the current situation in Libya for example. Libya truly is a different type of country rather than Egypt and Tunisia. The social system may favor the belonging to the tribe. And while hundreds of thousands in Libya protest against the current president Al Gaddafi (soon to be the previous), Al Gaddafi still holds to the power and claims that he will fight till the last man. While you are going to ask yourself, fighting whom exactly? Is there any colonizing power in Libya or so!! Obviously NO.

The long live President, Al Gaddafi, means he will fight his people till the last man!! Here you have the right to ask again, Does Al Gaddafi own any special forces (Black Water or so) that will defend him? Actually he is going to use the Libyans to Fight the Libyans. A clear Civil war. Leaving the possibility if the Libyan army will do something against Al Gaddafi or not for the mean time and looking at the way such Presidents think!
I am finding it hard to understand the way they think. It happened the same in Tunisia and Egypt before. While after 21 days of bloodshed, the Tunisian president finally discovered that the People don’t really want him and decided to leave. On the other side, the arrogance of the Egyptian President stopped him from admitting such fact. Till his last speech he claimed that most of the Egyptians know how good he is! On the flowing day, he was forced to leave in a way or another without any leaving speech so far. I am quite sure that the previous Egyptian President Mubarak, still believes in a way or another, that he should stayed to rule Egypt till he dies and maybe pass it to his son after that. Just that the Egyptians weren’t grown up enough to understand what is better for them.
The protests in Syria, Bahrain, Yemen, Algeria and Morocco all follow the same way. The Presidents or the kings believe/Claim that they should stay because it’s for the betterment of their country.
Obviously all of them are either psychos or they have watched a lot of the animation series “Timon and Pumba” which focuses a lot on the “Hakuna Matata” Principle.

More than 100 years ago, there was a brilliant Syrian thinker who wrote a book to analyze the characteristics of a Dictator. The writer named, Abdel Rahman Al Kwakby in his explanation found that when a dictator becomes a professional liar to his people. It comes to a limit that they will start to believe themselves or in another meaning they will find it weird to say the truth or admitting it.
It will exactly become a disease, and maybe they will believe that they are the chosen ones. In either case that is an indication of the Hakuna Matata Principle.

Good thing is, People of the Middle East will get rid of those Hakuna Matata People very soon. While Egypt and Tunisia had almost completed the process, more nations to follow.
Hopefully not in the Middle East and North Africa Only.

Hakuna Matata © from my favorite animation Series “Timon & Pumba”

Image via Wikipedia

throughout our life we make decisions ..

لماذا يُتابِعُني أينما سِرتُ صوتُ الكَمانْ ؟

أسافرُ في القَاطراتِ العتيقه,

(كي أتحدَّث للغُرباء المُسِنِّينَ)

أرفعُ صوتي ليُغطي على ضجَّةِ العَجلاتِ

وأغفو على نَبَضاتِ القِطارِ الحديديَّةِ القلبِ

(تهدُرُ مثل الطَّواحين)

لكنَّها بغتةً..

تَتباعدُ شيئاً فشيئا..

ويصحو نِداءُ الكَمان!

***
أسيرُ مع الناسِ, في المَهرجانات:

أُصغى لبوقِ الجُنودِ النُّحاسيّ..

يملأُ حَلقي غُبارُ النَّشيدِ الحماسيّ..

لكنّني فَجأةً.. لا أرى!

تَتَلاشى الصُفوفُ أمامي!

وينسرِبُ الصَّوتُ مُبْتعِدا..

ورويداً..

رويداً يعودُ الى القلبِ صوتُ الكَمانْ!

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لماذا إذا ما تهيَّأت للنوم.. يأتي الكَمان؟ ..

فأصغي له.. آتياً من مَكانٍ بعيد..

فتصمتُ: هَمْهمةُ الريحُ خلفَ الشَّبابيكِ,

نبضُ الوِسادةِ في أُذنُي,

تَتراجعُ دقاتُ قَلْبي,..

وأرحلُ.. في مُدنٍ لم أزُرها!

شوارعُها: فِضّةٌ!

وبناياتُها: من خُيوطِ الأَشعَّةِ..

ألْقى التي واعَدَتْني على ضَفَّةِ النهرِ.. واقفةً!

وعلى كَتفيها يحطُّ اليمامُ الغريبُ

ومن راحتيها يغطُّ الحنانْ!

أُحبُّكِ,

صارَ الكمانُ.. كعوبَ بنادقْ!

وصارَ يمامُ الحدائقْ.

قنابلَ تَسقطُ في كلِّ آنْ

وغَابَ الكَمانْ!

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أمل دنقل

I always believed that in a world with different cultures holding the complete rightness in an issue is actually subjective ..

Does that mean that we will stop in believing in what is right and what is wrong? Actually, No

you will still keep your own beliefs and own judgments on your life. but when it comes to others’ life, it should be more about integration and respecting others beliefs and judgments for their own life. that means that you will still hold all the love and care for them despite your differences in judging things, and why so? simply because you are Both Humans. that’s the most important thing that unites us all. We are All created from the same source. Other things are not actually more than someone who is supporting ManU and another supporting Arsenal in terms of keeping the humanity in both of us. – I know that kind of example wont be liked by some, but it’s actually the truth if we just broadened our mind a little bit. Someone who have a different belief than you is still simply keeping his humanity. A thing sometimes our acts show that we tend to forget.-

I’m saying that now because in a time the world was just celebrating the Christmas and a starting of a new decade. there are some happenings that I’m finding it’s hard to accept why is it happening?! that includes terror attack in US, clashes between Muslims and Christians in the middle east and finally the issue in Malaysia about using the word “Allah” by non-muslims. Unfortunately, those three incidents Muslims individuals – not because of the Islamic thinking but just because of stupidity- are causing it. I am even more mad than any christian for what is happening.

I was discussing with different people from the middle-east about those clashes and actually I cant find a reason for why this is happening. I know for sure not the Islamic thinking or the Christian thinking would allow this to happen. I’m sure that neither Jesus Christ nor Prophet Mohamed (P.B.U.H) would approve that to happen ever. Both had a message of love, peace and positive integration for the whole world not just in between them. It’s a simple fact that any one who will know both religions would simply approve. then how come such clashes could ever happen?!

I say for the middle-east as Muslims are forming the majority, they have the responsibility to build a strong trust relationship with Christians and other beliefs. Muslims should take the first steps to build the positive integration and love relationship with Christians. Some was complaining that Christains do not participate in public life that much especially in politics. I say, you should positively encourage them to do so. not to mention it is part of the non-democratic period the middle-east is going through in general. but we as Egyptians or Lebanese or Iraqi or whatever despite our beliefs should participate in the struggle to achieve what a human really deserves in the middle-east.

The other issue of a Malaysian court ruled that a Christan newspaper is allowed to use the word “Allah” in its Malay edition to refer to “GOD”. for those who don’t catch, the word “Allah” means “GOD” in Arabic and its used by Muslims all over the world to refer to “GOD”. So far, I cant see where is the problem?! does anyone can refer me to the wrong thing here?! another confusing issue!! the Malaysian government has appealed against the court ruling and some Muslims seem to be annoyed of the court’s ruling that some attacks happened on some Malaysian churches in the past few days.
I have been living in Malaysia for two years now and still have years to go. Simply I like the place. I find the Malaysian in general are more open minded to accept differences in race and cultures much more than other places. its kinda the nature when you grow up in a place where different cultures and races live together and I like that. I am spending a break in Egypt now and I remember when I first heard the news from my Dad’s friend here in Egypt 3 days ago. He said, did you hear about the attacks on the churches in Malaysia? I said: You sure, its Malaysia, such things don’t happen there usually, I know Malaysian are more open to do such things. He said: No, its there in MY. I said: its strange to happen in MY. Later when I went back home, I was referring to the news I have to admit. I’m finding its hard to understand why such a court ruling should be annoying to Muslims. the word “Allah” is already being used by Christians in all the Arab world and almost any place in the world it is allowed to be used. Actually, something my mind accept is, why we should go to a court from the beginning to ask for using a word to use it to refer to “GOD”?! that doesn’t simply make sense. I should be able to refer to GOD with the name I see its proper to do so with and no one should interrupt that right. It’s simply every one’s belief.

I simply know that those kinda of attacks in MY or clashes in the middle-east don’t simply represent any reasonable Islamic thinking or even represent any Muslim not in MY or the middle-east. Muslims should be the first who stand against those kind of silly actions that is totally insulting for our humanity.