Mona

“ﻣﺎﺑﻘﻴﺘﺶ ﺑﺴﺘﻐﺮﺏ ﻣﻦ ﺍﻟﻠﻲ ﻳﺮﻭﺡ
ﺍﻟﺨﺒﻄﺔ ﺑﻌﺪ ﺍﻷﻭﻟﻲ ﻣﺶ ﻓﺎﺭﻗﺔ
ﻻ ﺍﻟﺤﺰﻥ ﻋﻠﻢ ﻓﻴﺎ ﺯﻱ ﺯﻣﺎﻥ
ﻭﻻ ﺻﺎﺭ ﺑﻴﻐﺮﻳﻨﻲ ﺍﻟﻔﺮﺡ-أﻥ ﺟﺎﺯ-
ﺇﻋﺰﻓﻠﻲ ﺣﺎﺟﺔ ﺃﻥ ﺷﺎﻟﻠﻪ ﺗﺒﻘﻲ ﻧﺸﺎﺯ
ﺃﻧﺎ ﻋﺎﻭﺯﺓ ﺩﻭﺷﺔ
ﺗﻐﻄﻲ ﻋﻠﻲ ﺧﻮﻓﻲ !”
― مي رضوان, الشنطة البمبي

“أَبْحَثُ عَنْ أُغنِيَةٍ تَصِفُ قَلْبًا فَارِغًا لِلتَوّ
تَشْرَحُ اكْتِمالَ فُقدَانِ الثِّقَةِ
تَرصُدُ الدِّفءَ الـمُتَسَلِّلَ مِنْ الذَّاكِرَةِ
حِينَمَا يَصطَدِمُ بالضَّيَاعِ

أُريدُ أَنْ أَغْسِلَ ذَاكِرَتِي
وَأَترُكُهَا تَجِفُّ فِي شَمسِ العُزلَةِ الـمُخِيفَةِ
أُريدُ أَنْ أُوَاجِهَ عُزْلَتِي وَلَا أَحتَرِقُ

سَأَخْلَعُ رَأْسِي
قَلِيلا
وَأَتَمَشَّى
بِرَقَبَةٍ مَقْطُوعَةٍ
ونَازِفَة
.......
2011م

...”
― غادة خليفة, تسكب جمالها دون طائل

“الأنصاص لما بتلاقي
ممكن يطلع حد صحيح
وساعات بعد الجَبر .. الناتج
يفضل برضه كسور فردية
فانا مش طالبة أكتر من إنك
.. تقبل بس القسمة عليا”
― مي رضوان, الشنطة البمبي

“Even the earliest silent readers recognized the striking change in their consciousness that took place as they immersed themselves in the pages of a book. The medieval bishop Isaac of Syria described how, whenever he read to himself, “as in a dream, I enter a state when my sense and thoughts are concentrated. Then, when with prolonging of this silence the turmoil of my memories is stilled in my heart, ceaseless waves of joy are sent me by inner thoughts, beyond expectation suddenly arising to delight my heart.” Reading a book was a meditative act, but it didn’t involve a clearing of the mind. It involved a filling, or replenishing, or the mind. Readers disengaged their attention from the outward flow of passing stimuli in order to engage it more deeply with an inward flow of words, ideas, and emotions. That was—and is—the essence of the unique mental process of deep reading.”
― Nicholas Carr, What the Internet is Doing to Our Brains