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Category: Lana Kalima

Last Updated: 05 May 2026

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It often feels as though our existence is nothing more than a brief visit—a passing journey, as Fairuz so poignantly expressed: “we came to this life only for a short journey.” This simple idea carries a profound weight. After a lifetime that has stretched across decades—nearly a century—I find myself returning to the same question: what have I truly done, and what will remain after I am gone? I have lived, worked, produced, and achieved. I have engaged with people, contributed to my field, and carried dreams—many dreams—of a better, fairer world. Yet when I place all of this against the vast scale of existence, it begins to feel like a fleeting moment, almost imperceptible in the grand timeline of the universe.

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Last Updated: 18 August 2024

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Do you remember Sabah’s song: “The world is a wheel...”? Today, it’s no longer like that! And God knows what will happen tomorrow, as if the world has turned upside down... What was forbidden by the Quran and the Bible has become a thing of the past. The shyness of humankind has been shattered. The killing of tens even thousands of children is now being considered, and the killing of tens even hundreds of innocent people has become commonplace.

Read more: The World is Upside Down