Comments on: Palestinian Tabouleh in Guiness Book of Records

By: treekitchenh

treekitchenh — Mon, 04 Feb 2008 18:09:46 +0000

and eat let it go. playing were told places a young then did they had

By: nasser

nasser — Sat, 24 Jun 2006 19:34:07 +0000

thank you for your nice reply

By: raymond

raymond — Sat, 17 Jun 2006 11:17:56 +0000

Nasser,
Ya tiik il afiyeh!

By: Ed

Ed — Sat, 17 Jun 2006 09:11:05 +0000

Nasser,
Don’t be too sensitive chief. You’all did well. Nobody is critisizing you, on the contrary. We welcome your efforts as it shows the bright side, which has, sadly, become rare these days. As much as I was pleased to read about your massive Tabouleh dish, as much as I am displeased with seeing your country men killing each other over a power struggle. Again, don’t be offended, as offense was not what was intended here.
Good luck and let’s see a homos or mtabal or fatoosh dish springing soon alongside of your Tabooleh.

By: Robin

Robin — Fri, 16 Jun 2006 21:19:59 +0000

Dear Nasser,
I am sorry if my later comments offended you. Your spirit I saw right away. It looks like you had some fun and as I said, I absolutely sincerely love taboueleh, I was NOT kidding in post #1 when I said that. Congratulations for getting in the Guiness Book of World Records!! God bless you and keep you and all your loved ones safe from harm. In solidarity.

By: Haitham

Haitham — Fri, 16 Jun 2006 20:28:57 +0000

Dear Nasser,

Well done bro. No body is criticizing your efforts, and we all support you and what you are doing.

Looking forward for more records.

In solidarity.

By: nasser

nasser — Fri, 16 Jun 2006 18:33:05 +0000

iam the owner of zeit ou zaater restaurant the main organizer of this event , and would like to respond to previous comments.

will there be a time when people will see any positive things we do in palestine? anything we do will be critized , what a shame.

at any rate , we broke the record, to the people who critisize, what have u done lately???

we enjoyed the experience, it lifted people morale and spirit.

….we the palesitinians , we will overcome,

…to be contiued

By: raymond

raymond — Wed, 14 Jun 2006 14:50:44 +0000

Thank you. Neither will I.

By: Robin

Robin — Tue, 13 Jun 2006 17:30:47 +0000

Raymond, Is this story really being reported to the western media? Whoa, I just answered my own question by seeing it is a Reuters story. You are absolutely correct, it’s just a big bowl of salad. I sometimes have a way of over-analyzing things I guess and see symbols where maybe it’s just tabouleh!! (well at least the picture shows humans identified as Palestinians gathered around it and they’re not the “usual suspects”-some actually try to break world’s records. Yep, those Palestinians sure know how to make one big bowl of peasants food.) I’m beginning to understand now where the irony is. Thanks for helping me to understand that. I will never ever let go of hope for the Palestinian people.

By: raymond

raymond — Tue, 13 Jun 2006 16:47:16 +0000

Robin,
While your apologies are kind, they are unnecessary. It’s the world’s largest bowl of parsley, tomatoes, onions and bulghar. The peasants’ food. If it takes a giant bowl of Palestinian cuisine for people to realise that the Palestinians are human beings, so be it. ;)

By: Robin

Robin — Tue, 13 Jun 2006 16:20:18 +0000

I am very sorry if I responded inappropriately in my above post #1. And without making any excuses for my inappropriate response which WAS absurd, I would like to clarify a little. When I saw the post I saw a big bowl of green tabouleh. I emphasize GREEN and also taboulleh which is national dish and one I really do like. I saw some people standing around and trying to beat a world’s record (which I think is silly under any circumstances) in a nice clean room. What is going on outside that room in the streets surrounding is a very different story and something none of us can deny. But my “glass-half full” way of analyzing it compares it to a forest after a fire. If you have ever seen a picture of a tree left unharmed, you look at it in wonder. How was that tree spared? Should we knock that tree down because it didn’t parish with the rest, and it had the audacity to remain? Now maybe this isn’t a thorough analogy because we have people here in a room who have to leave that room and go back to their dire everyday existance, that is a fact. But I for one look at this big bowl of tabouleh as a symbol of the indefatigable spirit of THESE particular people who are doing something to get their minds off of their everyday existance. It may be absurd considering the circumstances and it was a really inappropriate thing to do, but the SPIRIT that is still alive and represented in a big bowl of green was what my reaction was to. Now that they have spent a lot of time and effort on this display, maybe it’s time for them to go home. I pray in my own heart that the spirit of the Palestinian people will NEVER be broken and all can soon live in safety and peace.

By: raymond

raymond — Tue, 13 Jun 2006 12:39:49 +0000

That’s okay. On second thought, everyday life in Palestine is completely absurd. A giant bowl of tabouleh is a welcome reprieve from that.

By: Robin

Robin — Tue, 13 Jun 2006 11:48:51 +0000

I guess I didn’t think of it being absurd. I looked at it as trying to make everday life go on and in this case coming together to celebrate food. It’s the part of me that always wants to look at the glass half full, rather than half empty. But I apologize if I made light of something. I absolutely can see that all is going to hell in a hand basket so to speak. Maybe these people just wanted to get their minds off everything by just getting together in shell-shocked celebration, and do something silly. I think sometimes people just react in different ways to divert their pain. I apologize if I was innappropriate.

By: wedad

wedad — Tue, 13 Jun 2006 09:11:01 +0000

OH MY GOD, iam sure i’ll eat it all, I love tabouleh a lot :D

By: Ed

Ed — Tue, 13 Jun 2006 08:31:26 +0000

Haitham,
I guess you’re right… It’s a shame.