The poet and writer Ahmed Ayel Faqihi has an adverb (wit) that does not appear explicitly, but rather through his deadly comments, and he was famous for many of his (his words) among his colleagues in Okaz newspaper.
During the time of (deadly) extremism, Ahmed wrote an article about the magnificence of the poetry and ideas of the great poet Adonis, and it was a provision to publish the article during the days of Ramadan, and after publication, he was attacked by one of them, saying to Abi Al-Walid:
– You don't fear your Lord, you write about Adonis during the days of Ramadan!
It was not from Ahmed except that he responded to that prejudice:
– Does writing about Adonis during the days of Ramadan break the fast!.. I did not know that Adonis is one of the invalidators of fasting!
– This anecdote, with which I started my article for today, is a great tribute to what the Literature, Publishing and Translation Authority did by hosting the great poet Adonis in order for him to be a guest in the cities of the Kingdom as a poet and thinker, and to celebrate him, several poetic and intellectual evenings were held for him in (Riyadh, Dammam, Taif, and Jeddah). .
We could not have imagined this event several years ago, and as Dr. Saeed Al-Surayhi tweeted:
“Between Adonis, who was a stone confined years ago, and Adonis, who used to close our windows and turn off our lamps if we wanted to be alone with him so that no one would see us, and Adonis who was between us tonight in Riyadh, a distance that is not shortened except by what the Kingdom is witnessing in terms of openness to the world, acceptance of difference and recognition of freedom Thought».
Yes, we are living in great days, in which we have reached what we dreamed of of a healthy life, in a homeland that accepts difference and freedom of thought.
Our rising generation of youth did not live, did not watch, did not breathe our days when we were in a state of suffocation, we were forbidden to accept the other, we were forbidden to read it, and we were forbidden to write anything contrary to the moods of the extremists. And to work in all activities of life, and he will not feel our joy by watching a movie in the galleries, or attending a play, or applauding an artist who revives a singing night, and he will not appreciate our joy with the multiplicity of the establishment of all fields of art on our land, he will not understand the existence of fashion houses, or a singing competition, or Studying sculpture, or introducing philosophy as a curriculum, a generation that has seen nothing, now enjoys everything.
This is the difference between being closed and breathing healthy air. Now our country lives in a healthy climate, like all of God's creation.
Abdou Khal