'Cartogrophy of Darkness' is a transclusive, collective research platform dedicated to exploring universalisms and the unity of knowledge in our highly obfuscated, crisis-ridden age. The platform is comprised of a triad of spaces: a map, a repository and a periodical.

ยซุฎุฑูŠุทุฉ ุงู„ุธู‘ู„ุงู…ยป ู‡ูŠ ู…ู†ุตู‘ุฉ ุจุญุซูŠู‘ุฉ ุชุดุงุฑูƒูŠู‘ุฉ ุชุณุชู‚ุตูŠ ู…ูุงู‡ูŠู… ุงู„ุนุงู„ู…ูŠู‘ุฉ ูˆุงู„ุงุชุญุงุฏ ุงู„ู…ุนุฑููŠ ู…ู† ู…ู†ุทู„ู‚ ุงู„ุฒู…ูƒุงู†ูŠู‘ุฉ ุงู„ุขู†ูŠุฉุŒ ุงู„ู…ุชุฃุฒู…ุฉ ูˆุงู„ู…ุจู‡ู…ุฉ. ุชุชูƒูˆู† ุงู„ู…ู†ุตู‘ุฉ ู…ู† ุซู„ุงุซูŠู‘ุฉ ุญูŠุฒูŠู‘ุฉ ุชุถู…ู‘ู ุฎุฑูŠุทุฉ ูˆุญุงูˆูŠุฉ ูˆุณู„ุณู„ุฉ.

โ˜„๏ธŽ Ancient, Unbroken and Enduring ๐ŸŸ“

โ˜„๏ธŽ ู‚ุฏูŠู…ุŒ ุจุงู‚ูุŒ ู…ุณุชู…ุฑ ๐ŸŸ“

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3 March 2025

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ุจุดูŠุฑ ุฃุจูˆ ุฒูŠุฏ Bachir Abu Zeid

ุจุดูŠุฑ ุฃุจูˆ ุฒูŠุฏ ู‡ูˆ ู…ุฎุฑุฌ ุณูŠู†ู…ุงุฆูŠ ูˆุตุญุงููŠ ู„ุจู†ุงู†ูŠ ูˆู…ุคุณู‘ุณ ู…ุคุณุณุฉ ุจูŠุฑูˆุช ู„ู„ุฃูู„ุงู…. ย ุฅู„ู‰ ุฌุงู†ุจ ู…ู…ุงุฑุณุชู‡ ู„ุตู†ุงุนุฉ ุงู„ุฃูู„ุงู… ูˆุงู„ูƒุชุงุจุฉุŒ ูŠูุฏุฑู‘ุณ ุญุงู„ูŠู‹ุง ุงู„ุณูŠู†ู…ุง ูˆูŠู‚ุฏู‘ู… ุฎุฏู…ุงุช ุงุณุชุดุงุฑูŠุฉย ููŠ ู…ุฌุงู„ูŽูŠ ุงู„ุณูŠู†ู…ุง ูˆุงู„ู…ุณุฑุญุŒ ู„ู…ู†ุธู…ุงุชย  ูˆู…ุคุณุณุงุช ุนุฏู‘ุฉ.   Bachir Abou Zeid is an award-winning Lebanese filmmaker, journalist and founder of the Beirut Film Institute(2018-present). Alongside his filmmaking and writing practice, he currently […]

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ู‡ุฐุง ูŠูˆู… ุงู„ุนูŠูˆู† ุงู„ุดู‘ุงุฎุตุฉ ูˆุงู„ู‚ุจุถุงุช ุงู„ู…ุจุชูˆุฑุฉ. ู‡ุฐุง ูŠูˆู… ุงู„ุซูƒุงู„ู‰. ู‡ุฐุง ูŠูˆู… ุฎุงู„ุชูŠ ุงู„ู‘ุชูŠ ู„ุง ุชูุงุฑู‚ ุถุฑูŠุญ ุฃุญู…ุฏุŒ ุงุจู†ู‡ุง ุงู„ุฐูŠ ุงุณุชุดู‡ุฏ ููŠ ุงู„ุนุดุฑูŠู†ุŒ ูˆูŠูˆู… ู‡ุงุฏูŠ ุงู„ู‘ุฐูŠ ุงุฑุชู‚ู‰ ุฎู„ู ุฎุทูˆุท ุงู„ู†ู‘ุงุฑ ู…ุดุชุจูƒู‹ุง ูˆุญูŠุฏู‹ุง. ู‡ุฐุง ูŠูˆู… ุดุฌุฑุฉ ุนุงุฆู„ุฉุŒ ููŠู‡ุง ุฎุงู„ูŠ ุงู„ู‘ุฐูŠ ูู‚ุฃุช ุฅุณุฑุงุฆูŠู„ ุนูŠู†ู‡ ููŠ ุงู„ุชุณุนูŠู†ูŠู‘ุงุชุŒ ูˆูู‚ุฃุช ุนูŠู† ุงุจู†ู‡ ุจุนุฏ ุซู„ุงุซูŠู† ุนุงู… ููŠ ู…ุฌุฒุฑุฉ ุฃูŠู„ูˆู„ – ุฃูƒุจุฑ ุนู…ู„ูŠุฉ ุฅุฑู‡ุงุจูŠู‘ุฉ ููŠ ุงู„ุชุงุฑูŠุฎ. ู‡ุฐุง ูŠูˆู… ู„ุชุงุฑูŠุฎ ุฃุจูŠุŒ ุงู„ู‘ุฐูŠ ุญู…ู„ ุจู†ุฏู‚ูŠู‘ุชู‡ ู‚ุจู„ ุงู„ุทู‘ู„ู‚ุฉ ุงู„ุฃูˆู„ู‰ ู…ู† ุฃุฌู„ ูู„ุณุทูŠู†. ู‡ุฐุง ูŠูˆู… ู„ุณู‡ุฑุฉ ูƒู†ุช ููŠู‡ุง ุทูู„ู‹ุงุŒ ุตุฑุฎ ุจูŠ ูˆู‚ุงู„ ู„ุตุฏูŠู‚ู‡ “ุดูˆ ุจุฏู‘ูƒ ููŠู‡ุŒ ู‡ูŠุฏุง ุฅุจู†ูŠ ุญู…ุงุฑ”ุŒ ุจุนุฏ ุฃู† ุชุฏุฎู‘ู„ุช ุจุญุฏูŠุซ ุงู„ูƒุจุงุฑ ูˆุฏุงูุนุช ุนู†ูƒ ูŠุง ุณูŠุฏ. ู…ุง ู‡ุงู†ุช ุนู„ูŠู‘ุŒ ุฃุฎุฐุช ู…ู† ุชุงุชุง ุณุฑู‹ุง ุฃุฌุฑุฉ ุญุงูู„ุฉ ุฅู„ู‰ ุจูŠุฑูˆุชุŒ ุฎุฑุฌุช ู…ู† ุงู„ู…ู†ุฒู„ ูˆู„ู… ุฃุนุฏ ุญุชู‘ู‰ ุจุญุซ ุนู†ู‘ูŠ ููŠ ุงู„ูŠูˆู… ุงู„ุชู‘ุงู„ูŠ. ู„ุนู„ู‘ู‡ ูƒุงู† ุนู„ู‰ ุญู‚ู‘ ูŠูˆู…ุฐุงูƒ. ู…ุนู„ุด. ู‡ุฐุง ูŠูˆู…ุŒ ุฃุจูŠ ููŠู‡ ุนู„ู‰ ูุฑุงุด ู…ุดูู‰ุŒ ูˆููŠ ุนูŠู†ูŠู‡ ู‚ู‡ุฑ ุงู„ุตู‚ูˆุฑ.

ู‡ุฐุง ูŠูˆู… ู„ู‚ู‡ุฑ ุงู„ุตู‚ูˆุฑ. ู‡ุฐุง ูŠูˆู… ุงู„ู‚ุญุท. ู‡ุฐุง ูŠูˆู… ู„ูˆุดู…ูŠูŽ ุงู„ุฃูˆู‘ู„ุŒ ู‚ุงูˆู…. ู„ู…ุณุงุก ุงู†ุชูุงุถุฉุŒ ูˆุฅุตุจุน ุฑูุนุชูŽู‡ ุจูˆุฌู‡ู†ุง. ู‡ุฐุง ูŠูˆู…ุŒ ู„ูƒู„ู‘ ูŠูˆู… ุฃุฎุฐุชู ููŠู‡ ุฑูุงู‚ูŠ ุงู„ุฌุฏุฏ ุฅู„ู‰ ุฌู†ูˆุจู†ุง ุงู„ู…ุญุฑู‘ุฑุŒ ู„ูƒู„ ุตูˆุฑุฉ ุงู„ุชู‚ุทุชูู‡ุง ู„ู‡ู… ุนู„ู‰ ุญุฏูˆุฏู ู‚ู„ุชูŽ ู„ู†ุง ุฃู†ู†ุง ุณู†ุฌุชุงุฒู‡ุง ู…ุนูƒ. ู‡ุฐุง ูŠูˆู… ุตูˆุฑุชูƒ ุนู„ู‰ ูุฎู‘ุงุฑุฉ ุฃุฎูุชู‡ุง ุฃู…ูŠ ุจุนุฏ ุฃู† ุตุฑุฎุชู ุฃู†ู†ูŠ ู„ุง ุฃุฑูŠุฏู‡ุง ููŠ ู…ู†ุฒู„ูŠ ู„ุฃู†ู†ูŠ ุฃูƒุฑู‡ูƒ. ุนู„ู‘ู‚ุชู†ุง ู†ุญู† ูˆุฃู‡ู„ู†ุง ู…ุฑุงุฑู‹ุง ูŠุง ุณูŠุฏ. ู‡ุฐุง ูŠูˆู… ุชู†ุงู‚ุถุงุชู†ุง. ู‡ุฐุง ูŠูˆู… ู†ู†ุณุฌู… ููŠู‡ ู…ุน ุชู†ุงู‚ุถุงุชู†ุง. ู‡ุฐุง ูŠูˆู… ุตูุงุก ุงู„ู‚ู„ูˆุจุŒ ูˆูŠูˆู… ุงู†ุฎู„ุงุนู‡ุง. ู‡ุฐุง ูŠูˆู… ู†ุณุงุก ูŠุฑู‚ุตู† ููŠ ุงู„ุดู‘ูˆุงุฑุน ูˆุนู„ู‰ ุฑุคูˆุณู‡ู† ู…ุฒู‡ุฑูŠู‘ุฉ. ู‡ุฐุง ูŠูˆู… ุชูุฎู„ุน ุจู‡ ุฃู‚ูุงู„ ู…ุนุชู‚ู„ ุจุทู†ุฌุฑุฉ. ู‡ุฐุง ูŠูˆู… ุงู„ูˆุฌุฏุงู†. ู‡ุฐุง ูŠูˆู… ุงู„ุณู‘ูŠุงู‚. ู‡ุฐุง ูŠูˆู… ุงู„ุฌุฑุงุญ. ู‡ุฐุง ูŠูˆู… ู†ุจุชู„ุน ููŠู‡ ุงู„ุฌุฑุงุญ- ูƒู… ู…ุฑู‘ุฉ ุจุนุฏุŸ ู‡ุฐุง ูŠูˆู… ุงู„ุฃุดู„ุงุก ุงู„ู…ุฒุฑูˆุนุฉ ููŠ ุงู„ุญู‚ูˆู„. ู‡ุฐุง ูŠูˆู… ุงู„ู…ุณุชุจุณู„ูŠู† ููŠ ุดู…ุน ูˆุจู†ุช ุฌุจูŠู„ ูˆุงู„ุฎูŠุงู…. ู‡ุฐุง ูŠูˆู… ุงู„ุนุงุฆุฏูŠู†. ู‡ุฐุง ูŠูˆู…ุŒ ูƒูƒู„ู‘ ูŠูˆู… ูƒู†ุชูŽ ููŠู‡ ู…ุญูˆุฑ ุงู„ุฎู„ุงูุงุช ูˆุงู„ุณุงุญุงุช ูˆุงู„ุบุฑู ุงู„ู…ุบู„ู‚ุฉ ูˆุงุชุตุงู„ุงุช ุนุชุงุจ. ู‡ุฐุง ูŠูˆู… ูƒู†ุช ููŠู‡ ูˆุญุฏูƒ ู…ุญูˆุฑู‹ุง. ู‡ุฐุง ูŠูˆู… ูง ุญุฑูˆุจ ูˆูง ุฃุฌูŠุงู„. ู‡ุฐุง ูŠูˆู… ุณูŠุฒู‡ุฑ ููŠู‡ ุงู„ูˆุฑุฏ ุจุนุฏ ุญูŠู†. ู‡ุฐุง ูŠูˆู… ุงู…ุชู†ุงู†. ูŠูˆู… ุญู†ูŠู† ู„ูƒู„ู‘ ู„ุญุธุฉ ุฃู…ุถูŠู†ุงู‡ุง ููŠ ุฌุจู„ ุนุงู…ู„. ู‡ุฐุง ูŠูˆู… ููŠ ุญุจู‘ ุฌุจู„ ุนุงู…ู„.

ู‡ุฐุง ูŠูˆู… ุฑุฌู„ ู„ุง ูŠุญุฏุซ ููŠ ูƒู„ ุชุงุฑูŠุฎ ุฅู„ู‘ุง ู…ุฑู‘ุฉ.

ู‡ุฐุง ูŠูˆู…ูƒ ูŠุง ุญุณู†ุŒ ู†ุญู…ู„ ููŠู‡ ู‚ู‡ุฑ ุงู„ุฌุจุงู„ ุนู„ู‰ ุฃูƒุชุงูู†ุงุŒ ู†ุฑุซูŠูƒุŒ ูˆู†ู…ุถูŠ ูƒู„ู‘ ููŠ ุณุจูŠู„ ุฃููƒุงุฑู‡. ู‡ุฐุง ูŠูˆู… ุตู…ูˆุฏู†ุง ุจูˆุฌู‡ ุนุงู„ู…ู ุงุฌุชู…ุน ุนู„ู‰ ู‚ุชู„ู†ุง. ู‡ุฐุง ูŠูˆู… ู…ูˆู‚ู. ู‡ุฐุง ูŠูˆู… ู„ุดู…ุณู ุณุงุทุนุฉ ูˆููƒุฑุฉุŒ ู†ุฌูŠุจ ุจู‡ุง ุงู„ู…ุณุชุญูŠู„ ูˆุงู„ุฒูˆุงู„ ู„ู†ู‚ูˆู„ ู„ุง. ู‡ุฐุง ูŠูˆู… ู„ู„ู‚ู‡ุฑ ูˆุงู„ุฅุฑุงุฏุฉ ูˆุงู„ู…ู‚ุงูˆู…ุฉ. ู‡ุฐุง ูŠูˆู… ุขุฎุฑุŒ ุงู„ุซุงุจุช ุงู„ูˆุญูŠุฏ ููŠู‡ ู‡ูˆ ุฃู†ุชุŒ ูˆู†ุถุงู„ ู…ู† ุนู…ุฑ ุงู„ุฒู‘ู…ู†ุŒ ู‚ุฏูŠู…ุŒ ุจุงู‚ุŒ ู…ุณุชู…ุฑ. ู†ุถุงู„ุŒ ุฅู† ุนุงุด ุจุฅุฑุซูƒุŒ ู„ุง ุจุฏู‘ ู„ู‡ ุฃู† ูŠู…ุฑู‘ ุจู†ุนุดูƒ.

๐Ÿ–ค๐Ÿ–ค๐Ÿ–ค

This is the day of the moon-eyed and severed fists. Today belongs to the bereaved, to my aunt who never leaves the grave of Ahmad, her son who was martyred at the age of twenty and to Hadi, who was martyred behind the lines of fire while fighting alone. This is the day of my family tree, my uncle whose eye was gouged out by Israel in the nineties and who then had his sonโ€™s eye gouged out thirty years later in the September massacre โ€“ the largest terrorist act in history. Today echoes my fatherโ€™s history; the young man who bore his rifle for Palestine before firing the first bullet. This day takes me back to a night gathering when I was still a child. Blaring at me, my father turned to his friend, โ€˜You can ignore him. That son of mine is a fool,โ€™ after I had interrupted the elders, speaking out in your defense, O Sayyed. His words weighed very heavily on me. I took a bus fare from Teta in secret, left home for Beirut and did not return until he had searched for me the next day. Perhaps he was right that dayโ€ฆ Never mind. Today, my father lies on a hospital bed, and in his eyes, I witness the anguish of falcons.

This is a day for the anguish of falcons.
This is a day for the dearth and drought.
This is a day for my first tattooโ€”โ€œู‚ุงูˆู…โ€; resist.
For a night of uprising, and a finger you once raised at us.

This is a day for every time I took my new comrades to our liberated South, for every picture I captured of them at the borders you once told us we would cross with you. This is a day for the clay vessel that carried your image, the one my mother hid after I had screamed that I did not want it in my home, because I hate you. Time and time again, you pulled us into disputes with our families, O Sayyed. This day belongs to our contradictions.

This is the day when we reconcile with our contradictions. This is the day for the pure of heart and the heart-torn, the uprooted. This day belongs to women dancing in the streets, with vases as headdresses and the prisoners who broke free with a cooking pot. A day like this day that is today belongs to compassion, to context and to our wounds. A day in which we swallow our wounds, yet how many times more?

This is the day of the limbs that have been scattered across meadows. This the day of the brave, the audacious fighters who battled until the last breath in Shamaa, Bint Jbeil, and Khiam. This is the day of the People of the Land who have returned home.

This is a day, like every day you were at the heart of disputes, of public squares, of closed rooms and calls of reproach. This is a day when you alone are the center.

This is the day of seven wars and seven generations. This day is full of roses that will bloom, in time. This is the day when Israel falls. A day for eternal gratitude. A day of longing for every moment we spent in Jabal Aamel. This is a day in love with Jabal Aamel. This is the day for a man who only visits us once across the entirety of history.ย 

This is your day ya Hassan. We mourn you, carrying the anguish of mountains upon our shoulders, as each of us walks the stream of their own convictions. We mourn you on this day that is the day for our sumud, for our persistence in the face of a world that has come together to murder us. This day is a stance. This day is a collective statement. Today is the day of a blazing sun and a circle of thought with which we respond to the impossible and retort to erasure with a big โ€œnoโ€. This is the day of anguish, volition and resistance.ย 

Today is another day, when the only constant is you, and a mighty struggle that spans the agesโ€”ancient, unbroken and enduring. A struggle, that if lived through your legacy, must one day pass by your tomb.

 

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