Create successful ePaper yourself
Turn your PDF publications into a flip-book with our unique Google optimized e-Paper software.
AL‐Intizar Epidose 1<br />
Page 4<br />
Farid : hide it, hide it fast…<br />
Page 6<br />
Waelle : listen to me<br />
Samira : do you have 500 ? I need it for the laundry.<br />
Waelle : ok, ok<br />
Waelle : listen to this nice story<br />
Samira : waelle, i just woke up, go to work and when I’ll be finished wit the the laundry I will<br />
read it.<br />
Page 7<br />
Saber : even if we fight until morning i have nothing to give you<br />
Bessam : give me the money !<br />
Saber : there is no money<br />
Bessam : you spend it for the abou asaad family and to show off in front of saada.<br />
Saber : it’s not your business and stop talking about them…<br />
Page 7<br />
The neighbour :mister Waelle, I swear, they will kill each other and you are the only one who they<br />
open to.<br />
Waelle : I can’t stand them anymore they fight all day and never stop<br />
The neighbour :please, they are brothers after all.<br />
Waelle : ok, I dn’t have choice.<br />
Page 8<br />
Waelle : Saber ! Saber ! Open the door
Waelle : Bessam ! Saber ! Open…<br />
Page 9<br />
Waelle : are you not fed up, is the not enough problems in the quarter, even ghelaisse has<br />
more brain than you, what do you want ? There are children playing here, what will they learn from<br />
you and your fights? Nothing but violence. Answer ! Why are you mute ?<br />
Samira : What ? games ?<br />
Raja : non, I’m charging programs for games.<br />
Samira : son, if you intend to spend all your time on this machine you will loose time and eyes<br />
and even your imagination will disappear. You need to use it correctly, for the right things.<br />
Raja : what right things ? it’s too old, we need to change it<br />
Samira : we haven’t finished paying it yet !<br />
Raja : what’s to do with me, it’s over, it’s old. Are you putting the web on ?<br />
Samira : sure, we are missing invoices maybe ?!<br />
Raja : it’s to make calls and for internet<br />
Samira : The invoice is 1000 liras more for the rent, are you mad ?<br />
Raja : but dad is a journalist, he could make free phone calls<br />
Samira : ok now switch the computer off and go and buy us some soap, your brother is not<br />
here<br />
Page 10<br />
Jihad : are you ok abo aloule ?<br />
Jihad : mister waelle, your only answering us now ?<br />
Waelle : what do you want ?<br />
Jihad : nothing special, I just thought we could leave early before the journalist club closes<br />
and go our for a good meal.<br />
Page 11<br />
Waelle : forget it, leave us alone!<br />
Jihad : now your income is comming , even the driver can leave you in the middle of the way
Waelle : because it’s all as you want, and as you want. But why do you speak about that ?<br />
Jihad : for nothing… but I see the new journalists, they have been here for a year and they<br />
already have better jobs, some for the government, others for the palaces ans some even abroad, do<br />
Waelle : yes, that’s normal.<br />
Jihad : What is it ? do you want to talk about it? It’s not a big affair!<br />
Waelle : I don’t care ! I can talk about it, every one knows my opinion about this story.<br />
Jihad : but you make me sad when you talk like that… do you think I want to hurt you?<br />
Waelle : If I stay mute it’s over. Leave me alone please. What do you want from me ?<br />
Jihad : It’s only I don’t want to be a journalist or get a reputation.. I don’t even have a<br />
diploma like you… I only have an arab litterature diploma, i can write an paper and find nice words…<br />
so? Are you coming to eat ?<br />
Waelle : we will see<br />
Page 12<br />
Malik : dad is late no ?<br />
Samira : probably, they are wainting for an important news. The boss will give him some<br />
important job… go to bed now.<br />
Raja : mum, why couln’t i work like the other boys in the quarter this summer ? Summer is<br />
coming soon.<br />
Samira : and what would you do ?<br />
Raja : I don’t know. Paint, work with wood, or in a soda fabric<br />
Samira : it’s still early, early for you , you don’t need to work. The most important is your<br />
studies. Forget the rest.<br />
Samira : now go to your rooms !<br />
Page 13<br />
Waelle : but the others always tell me that the boss can’t do anything without me. I ask them<br />
for education in Europe, in Cairo, in Dubaï, Qatar, even in the country, Hasseka , Der Zour, Yelda, el<br />
Set Zaneb.<br />
Jihad : it’s closed for us, taquon is respectful<br />
Waelle : enough, I don’t know how to have their respect
Jihad : you are too depressed.<br />
Waelle : toi jihad, you parents take care of everything, that’s why you don’t care !<br />
Jihad : waelle, everybody wright for foreign countries, why don’t you do it to ?<br />
Waelle : i don’t know how. It dosen’t work.<br />
Jihad : did you close it?<br />
Waelle : the thing is not to close. It’s not for you. Do you get it ? Take Yassin for instance, he<br />
came the other day form Abou Dhabi, he pretends to be a close friend, i invited him for tea and we<br />
talked but he didn’t say a word about it and he was even showing off saying « the other day this<br />
person gave me this job” and he didn’t even share with me.<br />
Jihad : no ?<br />
Waelle : he didnt’ propose, i didn’t ask<br />
Jihad : you should have asked !<br />
Page 14<br />
Waelle : i don’t know. My pride. I was just hoping he would propose. You know me…<br />
Jihad : no, you really need a psychologue.<br />
Page 15<br />
Ghelaisse : who is it ?<br />
Aboud : aboud.<br />
Ghelaisse : wha’t inside this time ?<br />
Aboud : a bit of everything, take what you want.<br />
Ghelaisse : medication<br />
Aboud : no poison<br />
Aboud : hi aboud.<br />
Page 16<br />
Abou assad : where have you been ?<br />
Aboud : at work. Are the boys still at your place?<br />
Abou assad : they are all here.
Page 17 :<br />
Samira : have you been awake until now ?<br />
Waelle : I was invited for dinner.<br />
Samira : invited or not, why without me ?<br />
Waelle : it was spontaneous<br />
Samira : you are only good at talking.<br />
Waelle : good night.<br />
Samira : tomorrow after school i will se my dad.<br />
Waelle : may god be with you.<br />
Samira : it’s for the children.<br />
Waelle : don’t worry I’ll take care of it good night<br />
Page 18<br />
Hind : are you finished soon ? I am tired.<br />
Maroi : Please let us sleep.<br />
Bassima : are you mad to speak like that to you sister<br />
Hind : oh…<br />
Saada : ok ok, I’ll go to sleep<br />
Page 19<br />
Aboud : are you in love ?<br />
Aboud : admit it?<br />
saber : Ah ! Ah !<br />
aboud : dont’ pay attention.<br />
Saber : do you want to know ?<br />
Aboud : let your heart speak … Saada isn’t it ?<br />
Saber : yes Saada, don’t tell me she has divorced, she only spend 70 days with him
Aboud : calm down, a divorced woman can only be better<br />
Saber : better ?<br />
Aboud : it’s not a young to whom you need to teach everything..<br />
Saber : i agree.<br />
Aboud : don’t worry I’ll organize the wedding<br />
Saber : thank you my brother but it’s not the point, I have some savings.<br />
Aboud : so where is the problem ?<br />
Saber : my brother Bassam<br />
Aboud : you are not over with your problems ?<br />
Saber : I can’t leave him, he wants to leave the country.<br />
Aboud : to go where ?<br />
Saber : I don’t know what’s on his mind, I can’t get married as long as he is home but I can’t<br />
tell him to leave either, he’s the only person I have in the world.<br />
Aboud : I wish you luck<br />
Page 20<br />
Saber : come in.<br />
Aboud : no I can’t I have to work tomorrow, good night<br />
Saber : good night<br />
Ghelaisse : I didn’t find anything, there is only stuff for women<br />
Aboud : next time.<br />
Bassam : ghelaisse, can’t you see we are tired?<br />
Ghelaisse : it’s not my problem. I’m only the driver.<br />
Saber : asshole, come and help, you are still sitting.<br />
Ghelaisse : i’m telling you I’m the driver!<br />
Saber : you think your driving a metro or a plane, come on get up !<br />
Ghelaisse : calm down.
Page 21<br />
Fadel : go away !<br />
Ghelaisse : abou mahmoud ? is it you? As you want.<br />
Ghelaisse : it seems he got married<br />
Saber : this asshole, I don’t understand if he got married or divorced.<br />
Saber : oh hind ? everything ok ?<br />
Hind : I missed you, are you ok?<br />
Fadel : come on<br />
Driver : it’s not enough<br />
Fadel : it’s written on the counter<br />
Le chauffeur : in quarters like this nobody works with the counter.<br />
Fadel : do you know who I am ?<br />
Le chauffeur : I don’t care<br />
Page 22<br />
Fadel : rentre à la maison<br />
Aboud : it’s 100 lira the piece.<br />
Page 23<br />
Fadel : how’s the coffee ?<br />
Sania : good thanks, a bit heavy.<br />
Fadel : you’ll get used to it<br />
Sania : inchala<br />
Fadel : welcome to Damas<br />
Sania : this is Damas
Fadel : you’ve seen nothing yet, Damas is huge !<br />
Sania : do they all live like this ?<br />
Fadel : no no, there are very rich people and other don’t have anything to eat. But we are all<br />
happy.<br />
Sania : and the neighbours ?<br />
Fadel : oh, I wanted to tell you, you know how I feel, there is no good person here you<br />
understand. I we, the police wasn’t here the people would all kill each other.<br />
Sania : kill eachother ? why ?<br />
Fadel : these peolple only know violence and fear, you understand ?<br />
Fadel : here is not like the village, don’t even think of getting out without asking and don’t<br />
care for the neighbours. If someone knocks at your door, don’t open !<br />
Sania : is that the way we are going to live ?<br />
Fadel : no. I’ll always be with you<br />
Sania : even in the cinema ?<br />
Fadel : stay nice and we will go wherever you want. You have TV, satlellite, radio and you<br />
can work at home. I tell you again, it’s not the village here ok?<br />
Page 24<br />
Sania : ok<br />
Samira : I want us to draw the map of Somalia<br />
Samira : hello young people<br />
Collègue : hi samira<br />
Collègue 2 : are you finished ? are you leaving ?<br />
Samira : no I still have one lecture<br />
Collègue : you are like this since I know you.<br />
Samira : I don’t have choice.<br />
Collègue : when will you finally leave this quarter ?
Samira : it’s only for a while, then we will move, but my parents are here too.<br />
Collègue : that’s good<br />
Page 25<br />
Aboud : here abou saas<br />
Abou saad : what is that ?<br />
Aboud : women stuff for you.<br />
Abou saad : oh aboud.<br />
Aboud : I know you have many girls at home.<br />
Abou saad : oh thank you, god bless you and give you luck<br />
Abou afif : where were you ?<br />
Saber : where? At work with bassam.<br />
Abou afif : ok. Important point, I have some new stones coming. Do you want to be my partner ?<br />
Saber : how muc ?<br />
Abou afif : 100'000 lira each.<br />
Saber : how much befenfits ?<br />
Abou afif : we share all incomes, inchala 20'000.<br />
Saber : Ok but I don’t want my brother bassam to know, please.<br />
Abou afif : I thought you were partners for everything<br />
Saber : yes but he’s thinking of leaving the country.<br />
Abou afif : to go where ?<br />
Saber : Emirates or Germany, I don’t know.<br />
Page 26<br />
Abou afif : he has someone who takes care of that ?<br />
Saber : it’s not a problem, he has some savings but it was to build a second floor and to get<br />
married, and he wants to through the money away…<br />
Abou afif : keep calm you two, your are nervous, but very kind too.
Saber : nervous ? us ? we are mad, if it goes round in the head it’s over. The most important<br />
is, when do you want the money?<br />
Abou afif ? as soon as possible, today.<br />
Saber : ok bye, I left him alone at work, i was supposed to get something to eat, if I’m late he<br />
will be angry.<br />
Page 27<br />
Raja : hi dad.<br />
Waelle : hello sweethearts, are you hungry ?<br />
Malek : we are always hungry !<br />
Waelle : ok go change clothes and come back in the kitchen.<br />
Page 28<br />
Samira : hi dad.<br />
Page 29<br />
Saber : shut it down, come<br />
Bassam : fallafel when you don’t have mortadelle<br />
Saber : your problem is you are always nervous. Have you seen hing, abou saad’s daughter ?<br />
She’s as pretty as the moon.<br />
Bassam : what with her ?<br />
Saber : you should see her, if you’re interested I’ll talk to her dad.<br />
Bassam : which dauhgter do you want ?<br />
Saber : Saada.<br />
Bassam : she’s divorced .<br />
Saber : i like her<br />
Bassam : did you talk to her?<br />
Saber : only with the eyes<br />
Bassam : I swear Bassima is more beautiful<br />
Saber : Bassima is not bad, but Hind suits you better.
Bassar : you think you can decide ? why hind ?<br />
Saber : listen to me, I am older than you and I know women !<br />
Bassam : ok like you are raghib allama<br />
Saber : don’t make fun of me.<br />
Bassam : how could i stop if you can’t even get a date with Saada ?<br />
Page 30<br />
Saber : I don’t want to go out with her<br />
Bassam : why ? she is beautiful<br />
Saber : stupid ! I can’t in respect to her dad.<br />
Bassam : so it’s the same for me and HInd ?<br />
Brother I want either HInd nore Bassima, do you think it’s as you wish?<br />
Saber : calm down and think, stupid !<br />
Bassam : don’t tell me to think, I am young but i am the most intelligent one of the family.<br />
Saber : so, HInd pretty or not ?<br />
Bassam : very.<br />
Saber : so that’s a deal.<br />
Bassam : No, there is no deal. I have no money for me and you want me to take her with me…<br />
Saber : oh your talking about Emirates again..<br />
Abou mahir : listen, Samira stop complaining. Your husband is a good man but he has no luck.<br />
Samira : baba look at them on al Jazeera ..<br />
stubborn.<br />
You think they are smarter than us, today even words cost some money, and he is<br />
Abou mahir : you are right, it’s his habbit<br />
Samira : habbits, he has nothing to lose, why doesn’t he write for the Al Haya newspaper or Al<br />
Sharque Aosat , in 30minutes he can write something that costs at least 50 or 60$ , not bad no?<br />
Abou mahir : no it gives him probles.<br />
Oh oh ! not many solutions.
Page 31<br />
Samira : look, all his colleagues have better jobs now, the other day his friens Majed<br />
Belmouna published a paper on women and now he became advisor in women rights, that makes his<br />
income in dollars !<br />
Abou mahir : enough, don’t get ideas with dollars, Waelle your husband is lost<br />
Samira : he’s lost and doesn’t want to find his way ! I am tired of this life of savings, why did<br />
we stuy and get diplomas to end up like this ?<br />
Abou mahir : why did you fall in love ?<br />
Samira : even this dad ?<br />
Abou mahir : how could i help you ?<br />
Samira : go and see him and tell him to move a little, tell him to show me he is at least trying<br />
to make things better. All his friends have better lifes.<br />
Abou mahir : talk about the others again… why are you jealous ?<br />
Samira : I am not jealous,… or maybe yes I am, we are both better than them all but they have<br />
everything, jobs in a newspaper or magazines, even on TV. Why not us ? we are still in the same<br />
point. And now he want’s a daughter. Where ? here in the quarter ?<br />
Abou mahir : I can see your sadness, come here darling.<br />
Abou mahir : wha are you so sad ?<br />
Samira : dad I am lost. I am afraid that we will all get lost, you, me and the kids.
Change language