حكايا Novelist, poet, Prof. Mariam Al-Sayegh, media expert, etiquette professor, rights activist & women's representative: Cookie Tales: Stifled Voices + Repressed Consciences = Democracy

From my collection of short stories Cookie Tales
 
The ABCs of Democracy, Boys Section... Focus with him....
 
A handsome boy asked me that he wanted to write an essay and chose to write about democracy...
 
And he said to me with his wonderful simplicity...
What does democracy mean
, Maro...!!!
 
I was happy with him but I was afraid for him and thought of making
the subject simpler for him so that time would not shock him...
I said to him calmly: ...
 
We did not study democracy in school or university and in many homes
democracy was not practiced... For he who lacks something cannot practice it or give it!!!
But the most wonderful thing about democracy is that it does not need a teacher, it is painful internal feelings that disturb you when you lose its presence ...
And a daily life that you practice decorated with all the wonderful joy that overwhelms you when it overshadows you -
 
He replied and said: What is this ... This is beautiful like a mother and her tenderness, I replied: And like a lover and his feelings ... Wow -
 
And how not ... ??? It is the title of the majority's choice -
by voting and parliamentary representation - for those who represent them and not for those who dominate them!!!
And there is a terrible difference between - representation and domination, sir -!!!
 
And democracy ... as an innocent soul feels it ... freedom, political stability and sovereignty of the just constitution that protects the rights and freedoms of every human being ...
And constant attempts to deal with poverty, corruption, crises and terrorism with all wisdom, separation, circulation and decentralization of power and decision ...
So injustice, classism, bureaucracy and sectarian conflicts flee and social peace and happiness prevail among people ...!!!
The wonderful democracy that resides in our hearts... carries within it the legitimacy of the state, equality, accountability and protection of all human rights...
From freedom of opinion, expression, assembly, demonstration, party organization, belief, worship, ownership, work, and obtaining all needs...
From medical assistance, decent housing, education and the rule of justice... That is, because of it, societies prevail...
The values ​​of cooperation, tolerance and solutions that satisfy all parties and do not infringe on anyone's rights.
That is, under it, we will not find prisoners of conscience... and we will not live under the shadow of 5% corrupt people who seek personal interests and own the wealth of the people...
And certainly we will not find anyone who flatters, kisses feet and flirts with our oppressive masters all the time...!!!
 
The young man was very happy with the talk and said to me:
... Maro, please, where is this beautiful democracy... so that I can live there???
I asked him why don't you want to live here??? He said yes... I am afraid and I do not know what is happening here and why it is happening and since when???
 
I replied to him: The origin of the story is old,
well-known and repeated...
In the age of opportunism, the easiest thing in the world is to sell yourself
and your mind to obtain a position, a plane, a palace and an account in a foreign country from the people's sustenance and blood...
But the most difficult thing is who will care and buy you despite your low price... Because millions of consciences are offered every day in the slave market to obtain the blessings of their masters...
Those who turn the goods over well and try which goods will return to them with multiples of their price and give the goods their roles...
And the buyer's view may be disappointed in one of the goods and turn against him, so he returns it to its senses through his very special methods. ???
 
Oh my God... I was amazed at what my eyes saw and what my ears heard...
At the number of corrupt consciences and consciences lined up in front of the corrupt... But the obsession of the corrupt is only to corrupt the honorable. !!!
And when they fail, there are solutions... Of course, prison or the unknown is the fate of the honorable person...
The one who was accused and then left to the hounds to tear him apart, then he was eliminated and forgotten...
And in the end, they covered him with the dust of obscurity so that he would go into the depths of suffering...!!!
 
He asked why??? I said: Because in the age of corruption, it is easy to make a pathetic and unconvincing plot for a million stories... And try to distort a million reputations...
And throw a million honorable people in prison... But it is difficult to make just one believe all these lies...!!!
 
An old plan and its days are gone... I don't know why it is not renewed...???
You know, we celebrated the centenary of cinema and all the people memorized the details of the plan...
He laughed and said, why don't you update the plan???...
I said: It seems that one of the prominent signs of our modern era is that...
The devilish minds have lost their ingenuity or their obsession with conquering humans has made them believe that everything is permissible...
And the people have been controlled - OK, sir - so they no longer bother to search for new plans and details...!!!
 
The boy got scared and said: No, I don't want to live here, my religion is the country of democracy and get me out of here!!!
 
I reassured him and told him not to be afraid, I will show you where it is!!!
 
You know when you read about heroes... you find that the ages of slavery, ignorance and corruption are what brought out for us strong fighters from the roaster of pain and oppression...
And made them heroes that history immortalized as a glimmer of hope for every oppressed person...
And in a time of selling consciences, poverty and need, it is easy to be deceived by chants, greetings and kissing the feet...
And you think that you have millions of people supporting you and able to protect you... But it is impossible to find just one who can sacrifice his life for you...!!!
 
And when you look at the state of the dark ages, you find that in a time of buying and selling... it is easy to buy a million voices chanting, cheering and praising...
But - thank God -... it is impossible to buy an alert, conscious conscience that fears God...
Although there are many repressed consciences, a day will come when they will move from the brutality, violence and oppression of the masters of the homeland!!!
 
And in times of hunger, the majority say: Ah, but ah, what comes from the heart burns it, what comes out with a choking voice of pain, oppression, corruption and deprivation...
 
Aren't ah, what comes out of a conscious mind and an enlightened conscience...!!!
 
The innocent boy was sad...!!!
I silently thought to myself, what did I do? This is a boy from the country's boys, sad from the beginning and felt like he was drowning...!!!???
 
With a sad face choked with tears, he said to me: Didn't you promise to tell me where this country of democracy is???
I looked at him with all shyness and told him that this democracy is found in the ideal city...!!!
His tears fell and expressed... Ah... Ah... Ah... With the phoenix and the loyal friend in the time of the impossible.
 
Merry Christmas & Happy new year to all citizens.
Be well and in love.
 
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