Wednesday, July 21, 2010

7 Month Old Always Dry Coughing

The Casbah, a place, a dream ...

-La Casbah was built on the highest point of the medina, was fortified in Roman times and was the residence of the last traditional sultans. The Casbah is isolated from the medina by a wall that completely surrounds a small medina making within the medina itself. Its elevated position, on top of a cliff, is one of the highest points of the medina, and from there it dominates to the north the Strait of Gibraltar, east port and the bay, and south of the city of Tangier .- Last night I had a dream in which fortunately looked as if it were a photograph, the Casbah of Tangier. Then I really realized, for the first time in my life, the true value of that space so unique. It must be something important.

But let's get to the heart of the dream was a mixture of excitement and potential, at a time, a passion impossible. A solitary place, where both its creators and their real people are not among us. It was a majestic fort, which has long had the honor of defending a lot of people, women, children and elderly, while overlooking the entire city from a privileged and attractive looking site so unique from the union of the vast ocean warm Atlantic and Mediterranean. In my dream I was there, when I suddenly invaded fear and saw heavily armed soldiers running from side to side. Relationships are not always cordial between humans often become real fighting. And one is not the same as before, but the other is silent and still not adding fuel to the fire.

I'm asleep, it is impossible to touch the walls!, Simply ceased to believe, but maybe some of them belong to me. Rigid walls erected silent, absent ... but full of secrets, words full of optimism, of missed opportunities and bad decisions. All of this in an atmosphere of intrigue credible to the extent that I managed to guess her true identity, and mine too. I defend and protect my city. We need protection. You can not touch anything, not paint their facades sad and dark.

could not contain the rage that came over me, the echoes of my screams echoed within its walls, the repeated because I felt victorious as a great and proud warrior. Suddenly my screams became uncontrolled crying, not happy to be there walking around with open arms, looking at blue sky, but probably for no apparent reason, stifled by your current routine, the Casbah is no longer a place to shelter, only concern is left to fight for its existence, its maintenance and its new tenants. Your life depends on our breath.

Looking at the photograph of the Casbah of Tangier, just certainly agree, for the first time, with the same sense of attraction of this historic monument, especially for visitors coming from outside, but I've always felt that I see signs pointing a familiarity affinity lifetime ... But today I realized that his attraction also carries exotic and distinction. Arab culture expressed in this corner landmark, the Casbah, the city gives a real determination that contrasts the freedom and excitement to surprise and coincidence of history.

I wonder: Why this gap between the present and past?, why this city is captive and distant at once? Tangier is not comparable to any other Arab city for its history, something dark, majestic and mysterious at once. It is a city back on itself. The Casbah makes dogmatic and closed. I mean it makes you live according to their rules, because Tangier devotees believed to belong body and soul. So with the Casbah resembles a mature aged woman who only engages in attracting fans and admirers.

But not a bad idea to project in that place a training history, definitions, commitments, senses and human adventures. That such a project into the future, constructive. Turn on a center of cultural activities. The traces of their past and are well laid out, we all know who were its builders, its residents, including tenants, now up to us to awaken our dreams, away from excessive drunkenness and away from the smoke of pipes, we must put feet on the ground and positions of responsibility. Shape in the Casbah occupational sense, successful and attractive to youth. The Casbah should represent what has always been a strength but also must be a symbol of unity and freedom, not limited only to hold snakes and mesmerizing stories refuge and nonsense that guides tell tourists.

I indudabelemnete, vote for that cultural encounter between past and future. I think it's one of the best combinations we can offer our Casbah of Tangier, for not staying in this mediocre everyday ritual. Give a different look to get out of the common folk tone.
Samuel L.