Cultural Black-hole?

No, I haven’t watched any of the 10 TV-Drama shows produced in Kuwait this Ramadan. I’ve completely depended on the popular views and reviews of you all, along with what I heard from friends.
و شوية ترسبات من سخام السنة اللي فاتت

Yet, it’s striking how officials in Kuwait continue to glamorize those who know nothing about Art! And continuously and systematically sabotage any serious artistic initiatives!!!

I don’t mean TV only.
Film,
Music,
Theatre,
Painting,
Poetry…etc

It’s a shame that people like Amer Zuhair get no recognition by the government (worse yet, he gets a pretty stamp on his beautiful movie forbidding him from public shows). On the other hand, a @#*& self-claimed writer like Fajr Al Sa3eed gets a “Thank You Letter” lemu7arabat el fashad!

It’s frustrating that someone like Soliman El Bassam, recognized by the British, as one of the best 10 young directors for theatre (Thank you Bunaz for the info), while Kuwait (again the government) didn't bother to even attend his play! (3atooh ja2eza tashjee3ya 3an el 3ain)!

Oh and don’t get me started on “المجلس الوطني للثقافة والفنون والآداب”…
Who supposedly is responsible for growing cultural awareness in Kuwait and yet, doesn’t have the budget for a decent advertisement in the paper for its activities. (shorouq la tzi3leen)

Why?
What are they so afraid of?
Why is it that they fully adopt the likes of “d3ai el khalifa”, and completely disregard “3anbar waleed” ?

Do they actually have enough brain cells to know that those potential artists will eventually give up or go away?

Do you think they have enough strategic planners to know that such level of cultural sophistication can yield better and smarter Kuwaities?

Am I paranoid? Or is this a systematic methodology to destruct any artistic potential we might have?

Our constitution says:

مادة 10
ترعى الدولة النشىء وتحميه من
الاستغلال وتقيه الاهمال الادبي والجسماني والروحي


مادة
14
ترعى الدولة العلوم والاداب والفنون وتشجع البحث العلمي

How conservative are you?
A provoking post. Feel free to get provoked

In my opinion, conservatives are those who frequently repeat statements such as:
الله لا يغير علينا

They’re those who use some sort of وازع to defend their arguments. It’s their shield protecting their brains from changing opinions, interests, habits, religion, dress code, and experiences.

To be conservative is to be limited.
You’d think: “I don’t do this because I’m told it’s 3aib”
You’d judge quickly because: “Quran /Bible/ Marx says this isn’t acceptable”
You’d refuse to listen because you have tons of biases. (we all have biases, but them conservatives have plenty)

To be conservative is to create even more boundaries between you, and the world!
To be conservative is to be afraid!

Wait a minute…
I’m not generalizing.

You can be conservative in one aspect, and completely open in the other.

For example, I can be conservative about my clothes. I always wear pants coz I have fat legs. I am afraid of showing my legs to the world and have it judge me. But I’m not conservative about the type of music I listen to. I listen to everything from heavy metal, to habban.

I do not, however, judge those who do NOT wear pants.

I have finally created a comfortable balance between my conservative tendencies (believe me, they’re very much limited) and my crazy side.

Yet what I HATE the most, are when others (yes others are conservative) force their opinions down your throat!

When someone is so conservative, he/she can’t bare that someone else has a contradicting thought.

To be conservative is to think that what you know, is the truth.

No one knows the truth.

PS>This post is not based on any scientific foundation nor research. It is merely personal observations, combined with deductive logic and lots of araf 3ala Sinicism.

I've tried joking...

I've tried pleeding.....

I've tried begging..........

I've tried screaming.........

Ya wlad el 7alal.... 6efl tayeh tool keda []

والنبي لا ترجع يا زورت

قصيدة غلط

بقلم الشاعر المجنون: فؤاد حداد

ديوان ميت بوتيك

كان في بلد بتنام وتصحى بتشتكي من أزمة دموع، مخفية عند البقالين، مالية الصفايح واشوله، صححت بالقلم الرصاص، مالية صفايح واشولة واقفاص، رجعت مسحت كان شافني اللي شافني وفز قال لي: سيب وخلي، الكلام ده كلام باطل لا يجوز، ماقلت لوش الوحي عودني على حريته وحريتي أول ما يطلقني النفس يعميني ألقى شمالي في يميني وأمامي وراي واصبح زي ملك الشمس داير مستقيم، سمعته ريقي وقلت قصدك إيه؟ شخط لازم كلامك يبقى خدامك مش إنت الشاعر العمياني والهمياني خدام الكلام. أنا قلت آسف توي واقع من سلالم نور وزهر وكنت باحلم إني ملهم إني ساكن بور سعيد مارحتهاش أبدا وكان جاري نبيل منصور وآسف ياهصور، شايف جمال القافية لما تاخدني وتجيبني، أبوي ضحك لي وابني والجناين شطبت في المغربية وروحتني وريحتني بالسلام والطبطبة أنا راح أعيط ليه من الحسن اللي كان في الحزن والطيبة والاستشهاد وأقول: كان فيه بلد بتنام وتصحى بتشتكي من أزمة دموع