Two mini reunions almost 20 years apart with Habib Hammam and Shahida Azfar:
I penned a short Ditty on the theme of "Those Were The Days".
Those were the days indeed my friend,
But we knew they would have to end
Because the arc of Life one cannot bend.
But with loving souvenirs we tend
To remind ourselves to fend
Off Father Time and cherish and send,
Albums of get togethers that pend
The inevitable separations by which we mend
Distances and times and so try to pretend,
Those were the days, my dear friend!
Fouad
A recent reunion with Shahida and Habib in NY
I penned a short Ditty on the theme of "Those Were The Days".
Those were the days indeed my friend,
But we knew they would have to end
Because the arc of Life one cannot bend.
But with loving souvenirs we tend
To remind ourselves to fend
Off Father Time and cherish and send,
Albums of get togethers that pend
The inevitable separations by which we mend
Distances and times and so try to pretend,
Those were the days, my dear friend!
Fouad
Wow! Lovely to see Shahida––she has remained evergreen!
ReplyDeleteBrings back memories with Habib who showed me the ropes in Programme Division when I joined UNICEF in 9/73; with Shahida in the Africa Desk at HQ when Fouad put us all in the famous "open space" concept; when Manou Assadi supported my work with Dickson Nkembo also in the Africa Section and later when I was DRD in Nairobi and Manou phoned me at 2:00 AM Kenya time to advise me of my promotion as Rep in Bolivia following my request to have HQ not wake me in the wee hours unless the call was 1) to fire me; 2) that I had died and was being told my death benefits or 3) I was being promoted.
ReplyDeleteSo nice! Manou RIP.
ReplyDeleteThe glorious days of Africa section and the ever lasting memories and friendships over time and space
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