Nasralla Coldstore
January 8th, 2008I’m going to admit something very embarrassing.
Directly behind my house there is a slightly new coldstore where I buy milk from every other day. This time I thought I’d take a picture.
Nasralla coldstore, folks! Free home delivery! Grenades! Israel! Lebanon! Fat people in capes!
They have the cheapest galaxy bars, but everything in there conjures up images of dead people being blown up for no apparent reason. Don’t turn this post into a political debate of Israel vs. Lebanon vs. your mom or whomever. I’m posting this here because I don’t understand why he’s being treated like a prophet - people still have his pictures hanging out of their windows and cars. You can’t make a joke about him without people biting your head off, as if you insulted the Prophet Mohammed or something to that effect. Now I have to suffer a coldstore baring his name next to my house. Urgh.
First a perfume. Now this.
What else should we expect, guys?
Ahmadinejad Hair Salon?
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Well, the guy is a big hero to lots of people. Try to look at the bright side: you don’t live next to the George Bush Toxic Waste Dump…
Nasrallah is the up-and-coming Mahdi.
Hi Esra’a,
The coldstore name makes you suffer???!! wow
I don’t see any problem with the name and I think you are using this picture just to express what you think of the person “Hassan Nasralla”. I believe now a day and especially in our region, when someone stand up against those who try to vanish our culture and implement their plans, some people call him crazy and as the iranian girl you had interview with in dubai said when you askked her about ahmedinejad “I am shame and he is not from the majority”. Oh my god, to be honest I am shame to hear what she said.Even though there is alot of things that we disagree with some of ahmedinejad policies, he is someone who represent the majority with a strategy which makes others to respect iran and arab countries. I have been living in UK now since 2 years ago and what amazed me is the way muslim people down here are proud of arab culture and believes and not trying to wear masks to make others accept them which is the case of some peoples in our arab countries.
this is a political post in its very essence… as a proverb states: I guessed it might be political; when you sweared otherwise, I believed I was right!
i’m so sick of politics. The US is awash with the same nonsense every time I turn on the radio or the news. I don’t think the post was political, simply because she is not advocating one way or another…They didn’t even spell the English version right…maybe they are not Nasr’u'llah fans anyway…or are they?
In any case…I have always been an advocate of council style decisions being made at the top. With questions of national interest and policy, a consultative and analytical approach should be taken. Im tired of listening to the poor reasoning of some dude who has conviction.
OMG Hilarious
BTW dont think any1 does tht kinda niqab in Iran
Check out this Ahmadinejad iPhone commercial
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dv0TAswOpVc
thought abt makign a whole new post abt it.. but wht the hell..
Um. Well, how do you know it’s named after Hasan Nasrallah? Nasrallah is a common Arabic name. In fact, the Patriarch of the Lebanese Maronite Church’s name is Nasrallah Boutros Sfeir. And it is political: people admire him for different reasons, some of which may be political. To say that there is no reason is very political–maybe not Israel versus Lebanon, but it’s political. And come on–how many stereotypes and misconceptions does the image about hair salons take advantage of to make a pretty weak point? It’s not as if Ahmadenijad is the one who makes the decision whether or not women must cover their hair in Iran. It didn’t start with him, and it won’t end with him; he’ll probably be gone in a couple years, but these issues will not be. Why jump on the pro-War-on-Iran bandwagon by further reducing the entire state of Iran and all its people to that single person?
I live in a Shi’ite village. Nasralla banners are very common here.
And the color? That’s not a coincidence.
It’s a silly joke which was not meant to be taken seriously. No one is jumping on a pro-war-on-Iran bandwagon and I’m incredibly sick of having everything reduce to this discussion. If that’s how you interpreted the post, then I don’t know what to say, except that you shouldn’t make these dangerous assumptions. Mocking leaders doesn’t mean you advocate for any particular political stance or ideology. It’s a freakin’ joke and that’s as far as it goes. We make fun of Bush and his colleagues everyday associating the USA with hideous stereotypes, suddenly mocking our own is “wrong” and “pro-war”? God.
It’s a figure of speech. I don’t literally slit my wrists over it.
The vast human rights abuses in Iran are sick, if you pride yourself on abusive leaders and allow them to represent us then you have problems.
Also, I’m not exaggerating when I say that these people are being treated like prophets. Let me remind you of this retarded incident:
Read here for details.
You shouldn’t have removed the second photo. It was funny.
Didn’t you get the memo? Only pro-war neocons can make fun of leaders.
Hello, Nader,
Can I ask you about President Ahmedinejad? You said he represents the majority, but I’ve read elsewhere that that’s not completely true even though he was elected by popular vote?
I can’t agree that his strategies “makes others to respect iran and arab countries.” I don’t see him as having earned a great deal of respect from the West, although he certainly seems smarter and more popular than George Bush.
The guy barely has any respect here in the Arab world either, he’s only tolerated amongst those whose anti-Western politics are extreme. Iran and the Arab world only get along if they have a common enemy. Ideologically, we’ve always been at war.
Coldstore? That means they can store him here, once he is cold. hehe
MyTwoCents:
With regards to Ahmadinejad’s election: he was the most popular option, even more popular that abstention. on the other hand, compared with the total population of Iran, he gathered about one fourth.
Esra’a:
Ahamadinejad is not a simple subject to judge, mostly due to the fact that he has not introduced his total ideology yet. yes, many slogans and hot speeches have come to the surface, but I wonder if his economic strategy is a left one? what about his politics? his interpretation of Islam?
he has not come clear on these issues, partly due to his routine of secrecy and surprise, and partly (I think) due to the fact that he has not a soild answer to some of these basic questions yet… he is evolving, and I wonder what the next stage of this evolution would be!
Esra’a:
The vast human rights abuses in Iran are sick, if you pride yourself on abusive leaders
As I mentioned, there is things happenes in iran which we deny and we are not saying that every single thing that ahmedinejad is doing is right. Come on lets be honest, why all this bad media and bad image about iran and ahmedinejad?? of course bcause iran is not listening to US or lets put it in different way, not obeying to what US wants. Ok I know lots of you guys will say ohh we are sick of hearing such thing, but this is the truth. And how they will be able to do what they call the new-middle-east
without having iran in hands…
MyTwoCents:
To some extent he did. First as all of us saw how he was invited for the last gulf meeting, then how gulf countries brought up the issue about acquiring nuclear power and also first time iranian president go and visit saudi. this is a clear massage that iran is an important factor within the region. This is very important for the near by countries.
Esra’a:
I live in a Shi’ite village. Nasralla banners are very common here.
And the color? That’s not a coincidence.
And so what if it is!!?? actually it seems its you who have a problem… am saying that bcause am a bahraini and we don’t don’t use such descriptions as “I live in a Shi’ite village”. as its some place different than other part of the country. I really suggest you to unite rather than divide by using the word bahraini or the place name
Nader,
What does obeying the USA have to do with Iran’s human rights abuses? I am talking about local issues. Baha’i and other religious minorities, Kurds, women’s rights abuses, lack of free speech, crackdown on activists, etc. It’s not my fault if you are completely unaware of what’s going on in Iran besides its relationship with the USA.
Nader, I have a problem with who? Shi’ites? Because I acknowledged the fact that my village is considered as such?
I agree with you that we shouldn’t use such descriptions if we’re struggling to unite this country as much as possible. But I don’t agree that we should refrain from it completely for the sake of clarity - I’d love to see the day where these descriptions would be irrelevant. That day is not here yet.
This is how and why I used the word:
Yaman is asking me what if this is another “Nasralla.” I’m telling him I live in a specific area which supports Nasrallah, and there is no doubt in my mind that this coldstore is named in honor of Hassan. The color, the area (saying Shi’ite puts this into context,) let alone his pictures stuck on the store’s windows the first few weeks it was created, is all proof of the fact that this wasn’t done for any other random Nasralla. It’s not a coincidence. I really doubt these things would make as much sense to locals if, say, I was talking about Juffair or somewhere else.
No one is saying either Shi’ites or Sunnis are better; I love where I live and my friends who live here. But we do have different ideologies associated with certain things that puts these kinds of issues in context. You can’t ignore it by saying “let’s all hold hands.” I want people who read this to understand what’s going on and that won’t happen if I don’t explain it properly for fear of offending this or that person. Ideally these sects wouldn’t exist and we’d all be united under the banner of Islam, but this is completely besides the point of this post and my comment. You are assuming things that don’t exist. This post is not about the USA and local sectarianism, it’s not even about where I live, it’s about the growing regional obsession with Hassan and his treatment as a prophet. I do consider it to be dangerous.
You seem like a good guy and I don’t want you to misunderstand my intention of posting this here, or by associating my post with the wrong political/social implications. Because it’s not true.
Who says Ahmadinejad represents the majority?
There had been many people who did not go to vote to oppose the inequity in selecting and rejecting the candidates. out of 2000 candidates only the ones who are approved by the board of clerics can get into the campaign. so any one who would even a bit contrast the essence and the peculairiteis of the method they have adopted since the years after revolution, would definitely be rejected, do you think this is called election? Then out of the ones eligible to vote the ones go who still believe there could be some thng done in this confusing cycle of cause and effect…
I did not vote for any one, the candidates do not represent me, non of them, it was useless choosing one against the other, because that would be some thing redundant, they all sound alike ( in essence), there is no difference even in voting andnot voting, because one of the few options on the table will be chosen and that would not be differnt from others, and would not represent us as well. I am talking on behalf of many of my people I have interviewed personally
Esra’a
It makes sense when some one is maing money out of the names of people of fame. At least from a commercial point of view it is reasonable. It is reasonable to make money whatsoever when it works
I personally do not wish to buy their products though, I will buy your T-shirts for peace and collaboration in Middle East with pleasure instead.
Es., would you say this is ultimately is because people … communities … for a variety of reasons see themselves as victims, so that they are desperate for leadership to liberate them out of the stagnant status quo? The question is, if this is the case, why do they think Nasrallah is the guy to do this for them?
I’m interested in yours, and everyone else’s perceptions about this, but IMHO, it relates to what we commonly see on this blog, which is that many people now view the world through the prism of “East-West” rivalry. We see it in the comments here against gay rights, against women’s rights, etc., in which it’s obvious there is a real paranoia about anything that may be perceived as a potential doorway for “the enemy’s” ways to infiltrate, or be emulated or upheld because, just by virtue of being considered “coming from the adversary,” they ultimately are bad and poisonous, and must be rejected.
Take out Nasrallah’s image of exerting power against “the west,” in this case, represented by Israel, and what else is there to construct such a sense messianism around him? Nothing, which is why Nasrallah, and the Iranian govt., now must manufacture it where it otherwise would not exist.
This rivalry, which is largely driven by politics and economics (whoever controls the masses also controls their resources), has taken on a culture all its own, and it’s up to us to do something about it. It’s entities like MEY that have the doability to start getting communities to learn and invest in each other so they have a stake in each other’s well-being and success, rather than feel they need to dominate and conquer each other.
Esra’a:
I was reading one of your post and found this comment:
البحرينية إسراء تربط لموقع أخباري عن مجتمع فاعل من 40 يهوديّ ويهوديّة حيث
Is this right?????!!!!!
Are you allergic to Jews? Why are you making this post about them?
Where did you find that comment?
The question is simple!! am just askking no need to turn it back in such way…yes or no???
Where did you read this comment?
why you are running from the question and not anwsering??
Because you don’t have the guts to tell me who made this accusation. I want to address the author of that comment directly. If you won’t tell me where you found this comment; there’s no need for me to answer. Is that clear?
you can find it here
It’s within this web site and you can check out your posts. The reason am askking is that I didn’t found a reply from you about this accusation. so don’t get me wrong
Oh, that’s fine. You should have pasted the entire post. It’s just about one of my articles where I referred to a link to an article about Bahraini Jews, with a focus on a Jewish human rights activist in Bahrain. In fact the author of that post (Razan) just published an article here, check it out.
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Esra’a:
This is what the post say:
البحرين: جالية يهوديّة من أربعين
المدوّنة البحرينية إسراء [انكليزي] تربط لموقع أخباري عن مجتمع فاعل من 40 يهوديّ ويهوديّة حيث يدعون البحرين بال”وطن” ويتكلمون العربيّة
This is something else..can u comment please?
Dear Nader, no this is the same post that I was talking about. Razan posted a link to this entry of mine:
http://www.mideastyouth.com/2007/11/03/jews-of-bahrain/
This is where you pasted the comment from; and you didn’t paste it all so I wasn’t sure what you were referring to. Sorry for being slightly rude.
If you wanna know more about Jews in Bahrain you can read this entry.
thanks for the explanation and the info….no need to be sorry
Esra’a,
I am proud of you for being so liberal about religions and beliefs, i do not care how a person like Mr. Nader would think about that. It is being brave and having a Free soul to relate to people regardless of their religons and ethnicities as a human relating to another human being. You go back to the history of Islam and you see how people ofdifferent religions lived with muslims side by side , they would trade and plant and travel and have a reasonable relationship. Esra’a, I don’t know what is he talking about , you are a great girl and I am proud of you as awoman from Middle East. We will build a future with more understanding among the nations, despite all the ones who are so scared by the notion of freedom, freedom of speech and freedom of choice, which is sacred and brings about the grounds for development of strong and genuine beliefs.
Be well and G-d help you dear.
Esra’a, I don’t want to go off topic, just want to mention that I hope you’ll write soon about Sunni/Shiite conflicts in Bahrain. I keep hearing about riot police putting down demonstrations by Shiite protesters.
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interesting discourse