Runous on modernissa Arabiassa korkealle arvostettu taiteenlaji. Idols-tyyppinen kilpailu käydään Emiraateissa runomitalla. Runon lausunta näytetään televisiossa suorana lähetyksenä. Tämän vuoden kisasta tekee erityisen mielenkiintoisen se, että loppukilpailuun on selvinnyt yksi naisrunoilija, Hissa Hilal. Eikä mikä tahansa runonlausuja, vaan kantaa ottavia omia runoja lausuva saudinainen. Nainen hunnun takana otti kisan puolivälissä rohkeasti kantaa ammattitaidotta ja räiskäisten annettuihin fatwoihin (uskonnollisiin tulkintoihin oikeasta ja väärästä) http://www.middle-east-online.com/English/culture/?id=37912.
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She said her family had asked her to restrict her poems to “ordinary” issues. But she added: “I want peace for everyone, Muslims and others. We are all living in a global village, so we cannot live without each other.”
The fatwas were “subversive thinking, terrifying thinking, and everyone should stand against it. One should not kill or call for the killing of people only because they do not belong to their system of thought or to their religion”.
A key element of extremism’s power was clerics’ use of language that was “embedded in the consciousness of ordinary people”, Ms Hilal said. She called on moderate scholars of religion to counter that by using the same language.
A key element of extremism’s power was clerics’ use of language that was “embedded in the consciousness of ordinary people”, Ms Hilal said. She called on moderate scholars of religion to counter that by using the same language.
“This is the danger of terrorist thinking – to use the religious terms and expressions that are deep-rooted in everyone’s psyche,” Ms Hilal said.
“Most contemporary writers and scholars use a modern language to critique such thinking while Arab imagination is caught in a language that was used 14 centuries ago.
“People will be more impressed with the one who uses the old language, the language used by pious people in the past.”
“Most contemporary writers and scholars use a modern language to critique such thinking while Arab imagination is caught in a language that was used 14 centuries ago.
“People will be more impressed with the one who uses the old language, the language used by pious people in the past.”
She said she had first considered writing her poem about two months ago and had in mind fatwas issued to “terrorise people”.
“When I went to some open GCC countries, I noticed that western people looked at me suspiciously because I was wearing the niqab, but they would not do the same when they see a Sikh wearing the turban,” she said.
“Who is responsible for this suspicious look? Who made it happen? It was this kind of people – extremists – who have given us a bad name. Muslims, instead of being respected, they are a source of fear and suspicion because of these people.”
“When I went to some open GCC countries, I noticed that western people looked at me suspiciously because I was wearing the niqab, but they would not do the same when they see a Sikh wearing the turban,” she said.
“Who is responsible for this suspicious look? Who made it happen? It was this kind of people – extremists – who have given us a bad name. Muslims, instead of being respected, they are a source of fear and suspicion because of these people.”
Varsinaisessa Haluatko miljonääriksi-ohjelmassa palkintopotti näyttää olevan vain 50 000 euroa. Arabiankielisen tietokisailun voitti Emiraateissa asuva kahdentoista lapsen äiti, palestiinalaisnainen, joka on päättänyt tehdä hyvästä muististaan ammatin itselleen.
http://gulfnews.com/life-style/people/abu-dhabi-resident-a-billionaire-of-general-knowledge-1.600185.
Runous taitaa olla sopiva väline yhteiskunnallisten epäkohtien käsittelyyn kulttuureissa, missä poliittinen keskustelu on vaatimatonta. Aika näyttää haluaako runoileva saudinainen jatkaa aloittamallaan tiellä uskonollisten ja yhteiskunnallisten kipukohtien esiinnostamisessa. Paljon hän on jo saavuttanut tähänkin asti. Päävoitto runokisasta on muuten miljoona euroa ja viidenneksikin tulleelle riittää 200 000 euroa. Runous ei Emiraateissa ole mitään nappikauppaa.
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