The only van Gogh in Cairo is stolen!!! As simple as the 6-letter-word "stolen".
Cut from its frame by a knife, under the eyes of lazy staff, inefficient security system of non-functioning alarms, switched-off cameras and an invalid minister with pathetic declarations; just another small part of a highly retarded system in one of the lousiest governemnets of one of the most corrupted regions of the world!
It's not just a great work of European art of which very little is found in Egypt, it carries a part of my life in it.
I won't vent out my anger here and curse the fact that I am still living in this country, I stopped doing this long ago. I'm seeing in this story something more than the scandalous incident.
The painting is gone but the frame is still there, the same young boy who had this unplanned, hurricane-like and life-turning encounter is gone, but his frame is still there. The path that was taken on that day is still there, and will always be there, with or without the painting. the painting was stolen, but no one can steal a life. And even if lives can be stolen, memories cannot!
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"The paintig is gone but the frame is still there, the same young boy who had this unplanned, hurricane-like and life-turning encounter is gone, but his frame is still there. The path that was taken on that day is still there, and will always be there, with or without the painting. the painting was stolen, but no one can steal a life. And even if lives can be stolen, memories cannot!"
I loved this part... loved how sincere and true it is... indeed memories cannot be stolen...
I alos loved the first part and can relate to it big time... aside from the fact that i still envy you for not caring about this country anymore...
Thank you for sharing this ya Meto... Keep writing my dearest dearest friend!
this was amazingly written :)
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Cut from its frame by a knife, under the eyes of lazy staff, inefficient security system of non-functioning alarms, switched-off cameras and an invalid minister with pathetic declarations; just another small part of a highly retarded system in one of the lousiest governemnets of one of the most corrupted regions of the world!
Very well said!
Come down people this is not the first thing that got stolen from a museum before and yes it does happen In other part of the world so we will get back for sure you can run but you cannot hide and you need to see the good side of the story & hope for the best, and ur memory of what you have will be shared with someone else in different place until it come back to it's home :-)
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