tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11791864.post4011541324579764449..comments2024-03-23T15:06:14.726+01:00Comments on .: First Sign of SummerSietskehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12063618922778363385noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11791864.post-73255503747440624472009-04-11T03:44:00.000+01:002009-04-11T03:44:00.000+01:00I used to play ma7bouseh with my father during the...I used to play ma7bouseh with my father during the war. <BR/><BR/>One of the player in this picture must be the textile store owner, Mr. Soubhi Yamout :)Kheireddinenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11791864.post-10529736071344238772009-04-11T03:07:00.000+01:002009-04-11T03:07:00.000+01:00I used to hate this game and its sounds, associate...I used to hate this game and its sounds, associated in my memory with the period of the war...<BR/><BR/>and also, I didn't understand that chance is not so important.<BR/>but I'm still convinced it's an important sign...<BR/><BR/>just before 2005 events, I noticed that this game was disappearing among new generations, and considered it was a great sign for the country...<BR/><BR/>you know why?<BR/>because what you don't know, as lebanese as you can be, you..., is that the game here has two versions in lebanon :<BR/><BR/>the first one is called "frangieh" (the french), and I have no idea why... maybe brought from the west ;<BR/><BR/>and the second called "mahboussé", = in prison.<BR/><BR/>so... <BR/>you have the choice between colonisation and emprisonnement...<BR/><BR/>that's why I consider it's a good sign that these two players are so old.chessplayernoreply@blogger.com