Monalisaseyes

Have been bursting to tell you for weeks that Benedict and I are doing Letters Live in London at the end of March for five nights in the amazing Freemasons’ Hall.

Story of a blind father and his daughter

What you are seeing is a sightless man (72) with the name of Isse and his daughter (32), Luuil. They are from Somalia and live in a small room in a refugee camp. They are Muslims.

I met Juuil in the kitchen of the camp while she was playing with other refugee kids, laughing and having fun with them. As we began to have a little chat, she immediately told me about her father. 

Juuil led me to their room and introduced me to his old man, who didn’t speak very much. Isse is blind. I do not know why. 

This almost breaks my heart. Imagine being in a foreign land, with foreign rules, languages, everything. And THEN you can’t even see a single thing.

Juuil told me that they had to flee because of “boom boom - the Islamists”. That way Juuil lost two of her siblings three years ago. That means that the blind father lost two children of his own.

I cannot encompass how hard this must be. As a father myself, a short imagination of losing my two kids through a killing is one of the most hurtful things I can think of. 

For Isse, this is life. It’s a reality that will never go away.

Juuil didn’t seem to be sad or broken by what happened. But while talking to her, she gave me to understand that she is a silent, but very strong woman. A woman that is fighting for a better life. For her and her father.

What if the characters of “Game of Thrones” live in the 80s? 

This is a write down of David Tyler’s introduction speech, John Finnemore’s welcome and thank you speech, as well as a gag reel of sorts. There are no spoilers, except for the names of the cast present. 

Oh brain, you dumb-dumb.