Mohab Maher

“The individual is the product of power.”
― Michel Foucault, Anti-Oedipus: Capitalism and Schizophrenia

“Could hell be described as too much of anything without a break? Are variety,
moderation and balance instruments we use to keep us from boiling in any inferno of
excess,' whether it be cheesecake or ravenous sex?”
― Jean-Paul Sartre, No Exit

“INEZ: To forget about the others? How utterly absurd! I feel you there, in every pore.Your silence clamours in my ears. You can nail up your mouth, cut your tongue out - but you can't prevent your being there. Can you stop your thoughts? I hear them ticking away like a clock, tick-tock, tick-tock, and I'm certain you hear mine. It's all very well skulking on your sofa, but you're everywhere, and every sound comes to me soiled because you've intercepted it on its way. Why, you've even stolen my face; you know it and I don't ! And what about her, about Estelle? You've stolen her from me, too; if she and I were alone do you suppose she'd treat me as she does? No, take your hands from your face, I won't leave you in peace - that would suit your book too well. You'd go on sitting there, in a sort of trance, like a yogi, and even if I didn't see her I'd feel it in my bones - that she was making every sound, even the rustle of her dress, for your benefit, throwing you smiles you didn't see... Well, I won't stand for that, I prefer to choose my hell; I prefer to look you in the eyes and fight it out face to face.”
― Jean-Paul Sartre, No Exit

“أنا اتوب عن حبك أنا؟
أنا ليّ ف بعدك هنا
دة انا بترجاك
الله يجازيك
يا شاغلني معاك
وشاغلني عليك
وان غبت سنة
أنا برضه أنا
لا أقدر أنساك
ولا لي غنى
ولا اتوب عن حبك أنا
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زي ما يحلالك
زي هواك
سهرني عليك
سهرني معاك
دة انا عمري ما اخاف من هجرك يوم
ولا قلبي بيفرح وانا وياك
وان كان أمل العشاق القرب
أنا أملي ف حبك
هو الحب
وان غبت سنه
أنا برضه أنا
لا أقدر أنساك
ولا لي غنا
ولا اتوب عن حبك أنا
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أنا لا اتمنيت
ولا قلت يا ريت
ولا بعدك عني
جعلني سليت
دنا كل منايا أدوق اللوم
ويقولوا علي الناس
حبيت
وان كان أمل العشاق القرب
أنا أملي ف حبك
هو الحب
وإن غبت سنه أنا برضه أنا
لا أقدر أنساك
ولا لي غنا
ولا اتوب عن حبك أنا
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تخاصمني كتير
تصالحني كتير
كل دا يا حبيبي ما لوش تأثير
توصلني سنين
تهجرني سنين
ما تغيرنيش
دنا حبي كبير
و ان كان أمل العشاق القرب
أنا أملي ف حبك
هو الحب
وإن غبت سنه
أنا برضه أنا
لا أقدر أنساك
ولا اتوب
عن حبك أنا”
― أحمد فؤاد نجم