Deze gebeurtenissen zijn alweer 5 jaar geleden.
Twee jaar geleden schreef ik het gedicht.

el ‘aalamoe yanDHor                                        x                                          De wereld kijkt.

saba2Taashar diisambar alfayn wa 2ashra             x                                       17 december 2010 :
Mohammed Bouazizi                                                                                     Mohammed Bouazizi
ash’aala annaar fii tuunis                                      x                                   steekt Tunesië in brand
entelaq tawrat el-yasamiin                                    x                                De jasmijnrevolutie begint.

meSr                                                                  x                                                Egypte
el-aHdiya dedda Moebarak                                    x                                schoenen tegen Moebarak
ikhwaan el-moeslimiin                                          x                                     de moslimbroeders
el-itteraab                                                           x                                               onrust

el-yaman                                                                                                            Jemen
ayyaamoe l-ghadab                                              x                                         dagen van woede
el-baHrayn                                                                                                           Bahrein
el-iHtizjazjaat                                                       x                                              protesten

liibiyaa                                                                                                                    Libië
bayt bayt                                                             x                                         van huis tot huis
dar dar                                                                x                                         van pand tot pand
zenga zenga                                                         x                                        van steeg tot steeg                                                                                        
el-mawt lil-khawana                                              x                                       verraders moeten dood
wallakin el-KhaDhafi qoetil                                     x                                      maar Qadhafi sterft zelf

el-jazaa’ir                                                             x                                                    Algerije
el-maghreb                                                           x                                                   Marokko
el-urdun                                                               x                                                    Jordanië
filasTiin                                                                x                                                    Palestina

lubnaan                                                                x                                                    Libanon
el-2iraaq                                                              x                                                     Irak
el-kuwayt                                                             x                                                    Kuwait
DHaaqoe minna rabii2i l-2arabii                              x                  zij proeven van de Arabische lente
x zij proeven van de Arabische lente

wa suuriyaa                                                          x                                                   en Syrië,
aaaah suuriyaa !                                                   x                                                      o Syrië !
el-yawm damoeka                                                 x                                      vandaag jouw bloed
wallakin mataa ed-democratiyya?                           x                            maar wanneer democratie ?

                                                                                                                                 (24/3/2014)