Wednesday, April 25, 2007

Abu Dhabi Co-op Supermarket

Today, I went to Abu Dhabi Co-op Supermarket in Al-Buttain with my father. And as I was wandering around, I saw a Pashtun worker, talking to perfumes salesman, I came closer to them, and heard him saying:
"كل شي في غالي الحين..خبز في غالي..حليب في غالي..الحين ما في اجازه كل شي غالي..بعدين يجي اجازه..هذا كلش فلسطيني سوري انجليزي روح بلاد مال هوا..بعدين كل شي يجي رخيص"..
the Arab Salesman was listening and nodding his head..then the Pashtun worker smiled, and walked away...
I followed him...he was moving around the supermarket...he took a milk bottle..checked its price label...then took another bottle with his other hand..checked its price too..he looked at the one in the left & the one in the right, then returned both bottles back...he passed by the canned food shelves...did the same thing and returned the cans back...I wanted him to notice me, so I can start a conversation...but he just didn't notice me, his head were somewhere else...
After wandering around the supermarket for 10 minutes, he walked toward the exit door, and left...
I wanted to stop him...talk to him...but I couldn't...I didn't know from where to start..
"Enough asma, enough, not everything is a project, those are people in the end, & they have their own private lives, wallah" me telling myself..

I told my father in the car about him, he told me: you should've stopped him, not for your project, but to know if he needs something..In the Holy Book a verse says (what means) ...the ones who deserve charity the most are for those who hide their needness...and in a Hadith, prophet Muhammad -pbuh- said we're the ones who should look out for the needy, to not make them the beg in the first place...I don't know how this connect to the blog, but this is what my father said...

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

You write very well.