Unplugged...

Layla Anwar, An Arab Woman Blues
I remember an old joke, I heard sometime ago...It goes like this. "How many Californians does it take to change a light bulb ?" "10. One to change it and 9 to share the experience." I guess this joke was invented, because Californians are known to be into sharing and caring experiences. You know, burn some incense, light a candle, and talk about your chakras...Candle meditation kind of gatherings. Deep, very deep. In Iraq, we have candle meditation gatherings too. It's called NO electricity. A popular joke going around in Baghdad. "Child: Mother, mother! Daddy was electrocuted! "Mother: "We have power?" Radhee yells daily his favorite mantra, "For God sake unplug it." Radhee in Adhamiya gets a total of 3 hours of electricity per day. 1 in the morning, 2 in the early evening. These are considered lucky days. In the morning, his wife unplugs the fridge so they can plug in the air cooler. And in the evening, she plugs in the fridge, before all the food thaws, and unplugs the air cooler...
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