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mercredi 17 décembre 2014
dimanche 30 novembre 2014
President Obama Wishes on the Occasion of Mauritania National Day
Barack H. Obama (Whitehouse photo)
Saturday, 29 November 2014, 10:53 am
Press Release: U.S. Department of State
Mauritania
National Day
Press Statement
John Kerry
Secretary of State
Washington, DC
November 28, 2014
John Kerry
Secretary of State
Washington, DC
November 28, 2014
On behalf of the American
people, I send best wishes to the people of Mauritania on the 54th anniversary
of your independence on November 28.
Mauritania and the United
States have a strong partnership founded on shared interests for regional peace
and security, and countering the spread of Ebola in West Africa.
Last August, I hosted
President Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz in Washington at the U.S. – African Leaders
Conference. I thanked President Aziz for his work in crafting a ceasefire
agreement in Mali and for your country’s commitment to counterterrorism efforts
throughout the Sahel.
I look forward to working with
the Mauritania government and civil society to expand trade and increase
prosperity for all Mauritanians in the years ahead.
On this day of celebration, I
wish all Mauritanians a joyful Independence Day.
ENDS
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Scoop Media
vendredi 28 novembre 2014
Golden Desert Milky Nights
Nouakchott City , Mauritania – Seyid .O.Seyid . Drinking camel
milk and sleeping is silent golden desert is ultimate happiness of Mauritania
nomad population leaving in harmony with nature, without imagining the
existence of any technical application of ITC revolution. The best life is to
drink milk with my girl Mrayouma, voiced one of the desert poets.
Happiness is
not something readymade. It comes from your own action, stated Dalai Lama. Solitude
is one of the happiest experience you may have when fixing your temporary
mobile tent in no man island far from the high way and noisy polluted cities.
Four hours of deep sleeping seem to be an eternal rest. Without clock alarm or
any sound accept your heart beatings, you wake up at four or five in the
morning in relaxed shape to see the sky stars and shining moon covering the horizon.
The golden sunrise and sunset are the peak of your beautiful moments that you
should never miss in the surrounding mysteries. With mixed feeling of
admiration and natural abundance; you think of yourself as the king of the
universe or the unique citizen still surviving to tell the world about such
solitude of internal images and unbelievable imaginations. Such isolation is
the best set up for psychological introspection or enriching meditation of no
interruption.
If you’re
not born for adventurous traveling or cannot make it for long alone, you could move
on in your vehicles or on camels to the nearest Bedouin camp to settle with them.
They treat you as you have been an ancient member of the neighborhood. They
welcome you with natural smile without even asking who you were and why you
come. They might be the poorest of the planet but they will share their little
food freely. The day best news is the falling of the rain in their place or the
nearest one. The preferred talk is about raising cattle’s. Men take cares of
camels. Women go after the goats. Hospitality is legendary. Tribal relations
are solid bounds. Social integration is the easiest adaptation. Marriages are
the earliest. Girls marry in fourteens; boys do at the age of 26. There is no
limit of age difference .Man could be older than woman by 30 or 40 years.
Divorce is the quickest decision men can take in view minutes. The community is
the happiest is such nomadic context protecting the traditions of ancestors going
back in history for centuries.
They
consider milk as perfect food and drink at once. Without meat, they think one
boil of milk will do for the day, another for the night. The night should be
milky even after eating camel or goat meat. They do not like to go to bed
before ending up with drinking fresh hot milk. It may help to get a milky dream
in the night of all fantasies.
Milky World:
“I am the happiest person in my milky nights,
I sell 300 litters a day”, told me the milky man Sweidat Ould Brahim (around 55
years) living in the city suburb by selling camel milk for the last 14 years. I bought some milk and asked
him about the world news. He confirmed that he should spend the rest of his
life in the world of milk. The real world is camel milk. The rest is an outside
business that does not interest him at all.
For elite
literary figures, the golden desert scape is an inspirational way to stay inspired
for writing original poems or reading selective books. Unfortunately, the
majority of desert dwellers are illiterates. The oddity is that they are famous
for oral traditions and untold wise stories.
Emirati poet
Abdullah Bin Sultan Bin Sulayem had explained Sahara traditions of nomadic life
in 38 poems. One of his verse translates, “Eager to imagine lightning raining
nights. Gone with running Bedouins to join resources of water roses”.
jeudi 27 novembre 2014
Celebrating Independence of Dependencies!
Nouakchott, Mauritania- Seyid .O.Seyid. “Freedom is the emancipation from the arbitrary rule
of other men”, US philosopher Mortimer Adler memorable quote. Officially,
Mauritania is celebrating its national day 54th anniversary ending nearly 55
years of French colonialism. Mauritania had gained its political independence in
painful isolated conditions, 28 November 1960. France had colonized this
unrolled country or uncontrollable desert refusing to recognize any central
powerful leadership in its political history.
On the occasion
of the nationwide celebrations characterized by series inaugurations of nearly
created infrastructural projects, Mauritania President Mohammed Ould Abdel Aziz
talks in his broadcasted statement about another year of unprecedented modern
achievements of his second term. His radical opposition terms his record as the
climax of dreary hardship. That political indirect debate has to mature for the
sake of continued improvement that is badly needed. Apolitical youth middle
class may not believe those political claims but it can stick to the politics
of fruition if there is any.
Historically,
Mauritania was called plundering divided land ruled by different tribal
Emirates. Like modern military civilian presidents, most powerful Mauritanian
princes had inherited power by chance or sized it by force, according to
reliable oral version if there is any objectivity in subjective story of human history.
Winners of desert nomadic wars are the ones who are left to tell their own victories.
As usual, jungle law victims are voiceless in every invasion that may never be
justified by any justice. In their dreadful setting, it is better to be
feared than loved, wrote Machiavelli in his Italian “Prince”. I wonder
whether there had been any historical connection between Mauritanian
dictatorship and Machiavellian prince or such dictatorship had no citizenship.
The world is running short of righteous answers. Even righteous principle is
hardly accepted concept.
Economically,
Mauritania is still importing almost 90 % of domestic necessities from global
market, stated President Aziz in recent remarks. Yesterday colonizer is today
first economical partner, the biggest sister with the biggest mouth, the
largest ears and the widest eyes is the most intimate insider implanting its
magic force in major national affairs of its baby country.
Culturally,
Nouakchott city is the Mauritanian capital copying Paris cultural style and
speaking French language with bizarre local accent more than any of its own
Arabic, African dialects. France itself is overwhelmed by the omnipresent American
cinema industry and the English pioneers of the world first class media.
Ironically, in their native country, Mauritanians are foreign linguistics alienates
thinking with French mentality, preserving French ideology and acting in
physical slim bodies covered with traditional clothes. Francophone language had
softly served France glory more than any military operation or colonial
oppression. Liberation is a long term action of lasting transformation. “For
what is liberty but the unhampered translation of will into act?,
questioned Italian poet Dante Alighieri.
Strategically,
Mauritania elite will be breathless unless it is clear about the wind direction
in French capital. French view might be sacred vision and noble mission. The diplomats’
admiration of France civilization makes them speechless unless they are briefed
about French position even in issues that may not have any nothing to do with
French critical interests.
Logically, French
rulers are invisible in independent Mauritania but French values are visible in
common sense. The socio-economic, cultural and technical independence realities
are remained to be seen. Until then, Mauritania is celebrating the independence
anniversary of all dependencies, despite the fact that some of us would love to
name a spider by its ellipsis. As humanist US poet Walt Whitman mentioned, “ The
beauty of independence, departure, actions that rely on themselves”.
Naturally, Mauritania
beauty is general generosity of its people, the simplicity of its singularity,
and the virginity of its land of million square kilometers bridging the cultures
of Middle East North white Africa and the history of black West Africa by the
means of fascinating geographical explorations that France had discovered to
link the sub-region under the umbrella of an extended colonial era.
mercredi 26 novembre 2014
How Teachers Are Teaching Shakespeare in Shaking Desert ?
Nouakchott City - Mauritania . Seyid .O. Seyid. The world
has studied Shakespeare and his language culture extensively without giving him
due deserved consideration. Locally, even Shakespeare passing on stage may not
be perceived. With overloaded challenges of cultural shocks and contradictions
of educational systems, Mauritanian English teachers are facing a killing music
in Mauritanian schools.
English credits in high schools are only five hours to
deliver in a class of almost different generations. Typical public mixed class
is open to more than hundred students of multi-ethnic groups. The first 15
minutes of the class hour are devoted to the practice of being an iron baby
sister with snowy mind and rocky heart. The teacher has to use all tricks of
class management for his next 30 minutes chalk and talk dancing where he has to
write the day lesson on the black board that is not black any more. Irrational
usage of another generation had made it colorless and shapeless. Shouting he
will be in another round to explain every word by acting, drawing or finally
translating it into local languages if the top learners
do not figure out the intended meaning.
The
students are to copy their teacher unsacred scripts in drowsy copybooks during
the last quarter of that century teaching hour. In the meantime, the teacher goes
in the rows of dusty tables to supervise general behavior. Only the best ones used
to write down their lessons while the troubles makers curse the universe to end
this monkey business of hated supervision. Unexpectedly, the very loud alarming
bell does announce the end of the English course that is yet to begin. The
teacher is likely to repeat the same play with different class players for six
hours, before closing the day business of no business. The players may change
but the game or the battle of teaching will never change if he is lucky to
survive without registering major accident in the class or the schoolyard.
Crowded
beginning classes are the worst turning their teachers into the peak of laughing
fools whenever they uttered a single strange word of Shakespeare foreign language
in this Arab African desert. The land obsessed by Arab heritage in conflicting
competition with a culture of historical French colonialism. Despite various
attempts of Arabization and many enacted laws claiming Arabic as official lingua
franca, Moliere language is the winner in public administrative spheres
dominating usage at least. The teachers were used to enjoy the highest esteem of
prophetic position as expressed in poetic compositions of certain Arab poets. Yesterday
teachers have mastered the public schools. Today, they are serving private
schools. In future, they might be disturbed by their fears of uncertain destiny.
The fragile emotional ones may even dropping tears on losing glorious past for wearied
reasons. The brave teachers will die hard teaching as long as they are
surviving the calamities of their notable profession.
Therefore,
it is a dramatic action to teach Shakespeare global language in the shaking
ground of the desertification capital. Despite all the odds of the impossible mission,
teaching was, is, will always be the most efficient working tool of the brightest
teachers to change the world tremendously in every positive direction by educating
any uneducated nation of no established education.
As
the wise quote goes, “Who dares to teach should never cease to learn”. You can
learn more by teaching surely. That is why teaching ourselves is a never-ending
process. Islamic tradition is calling us to learn forever, even in China, from birth
to death.
mercredi 19 novembre 2014
The Moon Poets, Mauritania Girls
By SEYID OULD SEYID
This is the very real human pain love
story in plain poetic expressions that you will never read in romantic book or watch
in thrilling movie. It is moving to grasp the essence of flouring cultural habit
that is vanishing in the face of technical invasion.
This is the story of Mauritania Arab girls singing out for their hidden
love in late evening’s hours under the moon and the stars, hiding out from community
eyes. It is the ritual of overwhelming love invading ultimate sprit, without daring
to dream of touching dearest lover.
mardi 18 novembre 2014
G20 Summit: African Union President Aziz Presents Challenges Facing the Union.
African
Union and Mauritania President Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz has spoken on behalf of African
continent to 2014 G20 two days Summit in the Australian city Brisbane, as an observer
representing the continent and raising up its most pressing issues of needed
development in keys industrial and agricultural sectors.
President Aziz highlighted
the energy prominent role in global economy as a key factor in any productive activity.
He added that Africa had registered a low level of energy consumption, despite
the fact of having large available natural sources. The African Union is determined
to work hard on accelerating the pace of progress and development in the
Continent by exploiting its resources to get rid of backwardness, stated Aziz.
For him, Africa
is using only 12% of global oil reserves and 4% of gas and coal resources while
its huge capabilities and raw materials are enough to improve significantly the
population living conditions. Africa's share of energy does not exceed 720
thousand megawatts representing 13% out of global 23 million megawatts that was
produced in 2013, revealed Aziz. He called African countries to focus on production,
transmission and distribution of electrical energy for industrial usage.
President Aziz welcomed
the World Bank recent global initiative to enhance the efforts of the G 20 to invest
in infrastructures in order to boost global economic growth
.Partnership
between public and private sectors is a top priority now,
recalled Aziz.
For his country,
Mauritania, he refers to its gas reserves estimated at 1500 watts for over 30
years to cover local and regional needs of neighboring countries such as Senegal
and Mali. He added that Panda project energy, supported by the World Bank, would
produce 310 megawatts. $ 700 million private capital is need for its
development, concluded the African Union and the Mauritanian President Mohamed
Ould Abdel Aziz.
By SEYID OULD
SEYID
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