Imaginary Portraits
MAAN
She was different ／ I had a project with Canadian embassy, and she was an officer, and we met ／ She is originally Indian ／ We stayed together for 5 years and then we divorced ／ It’s like when you see somebody who you don't know, but you feel that there is a connection ／ She was engaged to someone in Canada ／ She left her boyfriend for us to get together ／ It’s like magnetic ／ I was an Human rights activist ／ I had to take a decision either to stay in Syria or stay outside ／ I was scared to leave Syria not only because my family but also because my work and my hopes ／ If a go to Canada, I lose my identity, there is nothing we fight for ／ I used to feel very sad and angry on the time because of the inhuman situation that Syrian people used to live for a long time ／ She understands international law and human rights better than me. I learned a lot from her ／ The thing you can’t learn is the small secret in fact. It's a passion. If you don't have a passion, for what you are doing? ／ She asked for divorce and I had to give it to her. It’s her right to divorce ／ She could not live like this for a long time and I understand it ／ Now there is a revolution and now they send me out of the country ／ It’s like an exile ／ Double eyelid and very long eyelashes. The end of the eyes are long enough ／ Big lips, especially under lip, with the red in it ／ Cheek bones are high and strong ／ Very strong jaw bones ／ Her nose is big, has a little mountain ／ Big ears coming in front ／ She was separating her front hair from the side ／ Very thin neck for her face ／ We divorced at the coffee shop in Damascus ／ The lawyer came with the contract ／ "Downtown café", not chain but a famous coffee shop in Syria.