Issue 1
Issue 1 Issue 1
Character I was born here, in the backseat of a group taxicab on the sea road. There was already some tension brewing among the passengers before they got to Mina, where the driver asked: Driver What route should I take, the sea road or the land one? I have to make up my mind (fast) (but) all the same, choose my words and my direction carefully... Narrator: since the passengers had already fought over the music Sea! Land! Sea! Land! They had hardly left downtown (near the Ottoman clock), when: Someone asked: Drrrrrivvvverrrr don’t you have any musiiiiiiic? Donnnn’t yoooou? The driver hardly had time to answer before. Yes! tunes! Inta Omri by Um Kulthoum ... or Chantal Goya.. Please don’t play Tchaikovsky Are you nuts? I’d prefer some Farid el- Atrache Demis Roussos Do That seems atrocious. Charles Aznavour Boney M Bob Jean Jacques Goldmann Julio Iglesias Sabah Claude Not Euh Francois him! ? Madona Sisi Shakira Haifa Wahbi Najwa Karam Assi Hellani Wadih Safi Fairouz Souma Abdel Wahab No! Asmahan Elvis Abba Tina Turner Amr Diab Michael Jackson Abdel Halim Hafez fifi Abdo Ya leyli ya ein* Edith Piaff * singing
* * dancing Tripoli Nawal Al Zoghbi Kazem El Saher Fares Karam Nancy Ajram Diana Haddad Elissa Amal Hijazi Melhem Barrakat Katia Harb Walid Toufic Nelly Makdissi Alaa Zalzali Ragheb Alama Foulla Issam Rajji Shirine Jo Achkar Euh.. Georges Wassouf Wael Kfouri Samira Toufic Carole Semaha Maya Nasri Suzanne Tammim Samira Said ka... ka...ka.. Kazem Al-Saher! Wael Tassar Jimi Hendrix Rouwaida Atieh Diana Karazone All these people are in the same taxicab?
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Character<br />
I was born here, in the<br />
backseat of a group<br />
taxicab on the sea road.<br />
There was already some<br />
tension brewing among the<br />
passengers before they<br />
got to Mina, where the<br />
driver asked:<br />
Driver<br />
What route should I<br />
take, the sea road<br />
or the land one?<br />
I have to make up my mind<br />
(fast) (but) all the same,<br />
choose my words and my<br />
direction carefully...<br />
Narrator:<br />
since the<br />
passengers had<br />
already fought<br />
over the music<br />
Sea!<br />
Land!<br />
Sea!<br />
Land!<br />
They had<br />
hardly left<br />
downtown<br />
(near the<br />
Ottoman<br />
clock),<br />
when:<br />
Someone<br />
asked:<br />
Drrrrrivvvverrrr<br />
don’t you have<br />
any musiiiiiiic?<br />
Donnnn’t<br />
yoooou?<br />
The driver<br />
hardly had<br />
time to<br />
answer<br />
before.<br />
Yes!<br />
tunes!<br />
Inta Omri by<br />
Um Kulthoum<br />
...<br />
or<br />
Chantal<br />
Goya..<br />
Please<br />
don’t play<br />
Tchaikovsky<br />
Are you nuts?<br />
I’d prefer<br />
some<br />
Farid el-<br />
Atrache<br />
Demis<br />
Roussos<br />
Do<br />
That seems<br />
atrocious.<br />
Charles Aznavour<br />
Boney M<br />
Bob<br />
Jean<br />
Jacques<br />
Goldmann<br />
Julio<br />
Iglesias<br />
Sabah<br />
Claude<br />
Not<br />
Euh<br />
Francois<br />
him! ?<br />
Madona<br />
Sisi<br />
Shakira<br />
Haifa<br />
Wahbi<br />
Najwa<br />
Karam<br />
Assi<br />
Hellani<br />
Wadih<br />
Safi<br />
Fairouz<br />
Souma<br />
Abdel Wahab<br />
No! Asmahan<br />
Elvis<br />
Abba<br />
Tina Turner<br />
Amr<br />
Diab<br />
Michael<br />
Jackson<br />
Abdel<br />
Halim Hafez<br />
fifi<br />
Abdo<br />
Ya leyli<br />
ya ein*<br />
Edith<br />
Piaff<br />
* singing
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