Saturday 13 July 2013

Day 4: Nostalgia is a woman!

Was browsing through facebook...stalking really, what else is there to do on a Saturday in Ramadan! what did I do before? I can't remember!

I stumbled upon a friend's Nostalgic comment, and reading the replies from her male friends left me puzzeled, they cited "Tagine at the kiosk at la Grande Poste", "Sandwich Garantita a 2am by les 3 horloges in Bab el oued", "Sardines beddersa a Telemly" and many more little rituals and habits, that I don't recognise, I don't know of, it's different to telling the stories of what goes on at the ladies local hair salon and compare and laugh with its counterpart the Gents barber, but this is Nostalgia, although the souvenirs could be personal to each of us, the general landscape of it should be shared, agreed on, like sunny blue skies and white buildings, days at the beach, Lemon sorbet (kreponi if that's how it's spelt) and friendly albeit curious people, it shouldn't be gender specific.

Wondered why it is that girls and boys in Algeria hold different souvenirs of home, like we didn't live the same lives (yes same - socialism remember!), as if we didn't go to the same schools and beaches and went through the same war, or maybe our souvenirs are similar but not the same;
Then it hit me, girls and boys do live the same events, it's just the view or perhaps more appropriately, the viewing platform is what differs, boys whiteness it from the street, up and close whilst the girls view it perched up on the balconies and windows! sequestrated behind shutters, "sheltered" behind doors and veils.

A friend of mine in Algeria, used and still gets revolted by the fact she couldn't leave the house after a certain time of the evening, if she craved a Coke, she'll have no way of getting it, she'll have to lump it and swallow it, but she remarked that had her brother craved a Coke, he'd up and go an any time and get himself one! Who said girls can't go out after dark? who started this unwritten LAW! This very same law that makes my nostalgia diffident from my brothers'.

To be continued....I am hungry now!

Dz-chick...Ramadan and nostalgia don't mix well!*

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*but I am fine, honest, I am fiiiiine

19 comments:

  1. you are hungry ... look at the amount of typos in there.

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  2. Ah ya dz bella, Ramadan is not doing you any good at the moment, from kalbelouz to tadjine ,garantita and sardines beddersa!!!that's what I call nostalgia ta3 elmakla ;)don't forget loubia hara 3and 3ami rabah!
    ramadan it's getting harder and harder by the days, hope will see the end soon!
    Saha ftourek
    courage!
    M

    M

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  3. Mowriss alright Captain Obvious!

    M It's mostly boring and it's hard to do anything really!
    And no I am not hungry, think you'll find people are just thirsty and bored!
    5 days today and I am starting to have enough!

    And I am also stopping the diaries! The end!

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  4. "Nostalgia is a woman" that is beautiful, I love how you gendered it :)

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  5. Dz Chick, quit fasting if you must but you can't stop the diaries. You've been delivering for years, snap out of it & grab something to eat. Saha ftourek & in goes the bourek!

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  6. Anonymous yes she's a chick! she's a dz Chick even!

    Miss Polemique Yeah alright!

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  7. "And I am also stopping the diaries!"
    Moody baby :(

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  8. polemix - write you own diaries innit blud

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  9. Homo Erectus ha ha c'est tellement vrai

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  10. MoWris (who strangely writes exactly like Dawood), I don't fast so a Ramadan diary would be pointless!

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  11. MoWris / Davood woteva, brudders from oder modaz, u know what am sayin (actualle you probabley don't). so if it pointless for you it would be pointless for her if she ain't fasting as well innit?

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  12. Lol MoWris why wouldn't I understand 'brudders from oder modaz'?! It should be brothers from another mother but who cares! As it happens you probably are from the same moda fam! You are quite schizo with this Dawood/MoWris identity & that's without counting the real you! It's oddly endearing but get it sorted man!!

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  13. Lol you got me there bro. call me later we's gotta talk business.

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  14. Are you trying to trick me MoWris?! Why dont you call me instead? Anytime dude!

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  15. you said you are dawood right? i got his number but got no credit.

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  16. You like playing games MoWris aka Dawood aka......who does credit nowadays?! Lol call me from your business phone ;-)

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  17. you know who i am and got ma number so you calls me innit.

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  18. No darling YOU call me!! You want me, you know where to find me!

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  19. won't you answer ma calls?

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