That Libyan Metaphor on my Mind. Smoking the Peace Pipe in Tripoli, 1996, Free & independent...
On the occasion of the criminal aggression against Libya, we offer a founding text of The Sacred Narghile site, launched 1999.
The source is: Cafes, Hookahs and Conversation. Rive, Universita del Mediterraneo (Rome), n°5, 1997 : pp. 47-53 (note: English version by Italian translator, not by the author).
Many readers will remember its universally famous beginning: “Although it is a familiar object for a billion people in the world, the four hundred year old hookah seems struck by a strange silence. Most encyclopaedias overlook [...].
The source is: Cafes, Hookahs and Conversation. Rive, Universita del Mediterraneo (Rome), n°5, 1997 : pp. 47-53 (note: English version by Italian translator, not by the author).
Many readers will remember its universally famous beginning: “Although it is a familiar object for a billion people in the world, the four hundred year old hookah seems struck by a strange silence. Most encyclopaedias overlook [...].
In Libya, last year [that is: 1996, Folks!], at night fall, a walk around the part of the capital awash in the orange glow of magnificent street lamps, was a constant temptation to linger awhile in a good-natured atmosphere. Under tall palm trees, right in the middle of a colourful crowd of young men and women, of whole families and old men the waiters of an open air restaurant could be seen rushing between the crowded tables and the kitchen. After the meal, those who ordered a hookah that was already set up at their table would be provided with a kursy (pipe bowl, in clay or in metal, depending on whether the hookah was an arguila or a shisha) full of apple-flavoured mo'essel (tobacco aromatised with molasses).
Sometimes, the waiter would alternate this with the distribution of new live embers for burning the tobacco. Freedom Square, located in the city centre, is where during the daytime taxis for Tobruk, Benghazi, Cairo or Tunis wait far a full load before leaving. Their cosmopolitan customers assemble at the coffee house on the esplanade. There many of them order a hookah full of their favourite tobacco, chosen from the wide range of mo'essel brands on offer, mainly imported from neighbouring Egypt, It is also quite usual far customers to bring their own tobacco.
Sometimes, the waiter would alternate this with the distribution of new live embers for burning the tobacco. Freedom Square, located in the city centre, is where during the daytime taxis for Tobruk, Benghazi, Cairo or Tunis wait far a full load before leaving. Their cosmopolitan customers assemble at the coffee house on the esplanade. There many of them order a hookah full of their favourite tobacco, chosen from the wide range of mo'essel brands on offer, mainly imported from neighbouring Egypt, It is also quite usual far customers to bring their own tobacco.
[...].
NEW (MAY 2011):Independent Scientific Journal (Jamahiriya) Publishes Debunking Critique (in green color!) of HOOKAH Totalitarian Science
CONCLUSIONS
CONCLUSIONS
Libya, like hookah, is a metaphor. The war on the former is based on huge hoaxes (bombing of civilians, ““African” mercenaries”, etc.) that have now been exposed (browse this site) just like similar mega lies about the latter (1 hookah = 20 to 900 cigarettes).
RELEVANT READINGS
Yves Traynard. Tripoli d’Afrique. Revue Qantara, Paris, IMA, n°29, Automne 1998, pp. 66-39.
Yves Traynard. The Shisha Ban. Etudiant solidaire 2007 (24 Jul)
Yves Traynard. The Shisha Ban. Etudiant solidaire 2007 (24 Jul)
http://ytjournal.blogspot.com/2007/07/shisha-ban.html
Left: Café de la Médina : 3 fumeurs de chicha (Tripoli – Libye)(copyright: Yves Traynard)
Left: Café de la Médina : 3 fumeurs de chicha (Tripoli – Libye)(copyright: Yves Traynard)
>> Some objective articles covering the war against Libya:
JULIEN SALINGUE et HENRI MALER. Les mots de la guerre au service de la guerre ? Lexique médiatique de la guerre de Libye
Julie LEVESQUE. Libye : Les médias et la propagande en faveur de la rébellion
CENTRE FOR GLOBAL RESEARCH
CENTRE DE RECHERCHE SUR LA MONDIALISATION
MICHEL COLLON
URUKNET (INFORMATION FROM THE MIDDLE EAST)
LE GRAND SOIR
PIERRE PICCININ
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