I’m somewhere in the Middle East, everything is very foreign and creepy looking, I just saw the movie Babel so that might be what’s influencing this dream… can’t be sure though. I’m on a tour of some kind of “Old City” it’s a walking tour of whatever country this is… we walk through lots of things that are obviously tourist attractions… then we walk through a narrowing swerving road, everything is stone and dusty and it’s a combination of old urban architecture and wide desert- we walk into a large cave that is a place to get refreshments and I am now with both my parents. There is someone inside this cave that seems to belong there but he’s very frightening and I don’t like being around him- he’s old and typically Middle Eastern, his face and clothes are dirty and he seems to get into some sort of altercation with the people who lead our tour, even though I’m not really conscious of any of the other people there. I am standing my a soda machine and something awful happens with the man (I forgot the details of this part already) after whatever issue got resolved we decided to leave, as we’re leaving we see UN workers move into the cave and feel a little bit relieved. I realize that I left my wallet in on a small shabby table in the cave and I want to run back for it, my father runs back instead. I get very nervous because I realize that the UN can’t really help us or take sides… as I’m getting more anxious I start to run toward the cave, and then I wake up.
Comments (2)
What an interesting dream! It reminds me of a movie, or sounds like it could be made into one, at least. It's so funny how Middle Eastern people are typically portrayed in the way you saw the M.E. man in your dream. It's obviously in a negative way.. (not that I'm saying that you think that way). I mean I would be creeped out too! I think though that the west typically portrays the M.E. as exotic and in a negative manner. Your dream seems like one of these movies I've seen that is from the American perspective. Besides this, do you know why you would have such a dream that is in many ways political and global oriented?
Posted by Lady Hira | May 24, 2007 1:00 PM
Posted on May 24, 2007 13:00
I've frequently had dreams of the strange, Middle Eastern motif--arabesques, ornate and yet crumbling buildings, etc. They're extremely disturbing. Usually, I feel as though I were in prison while experiencing them. Maybe it's because I foster a slight fear of being in foreign places, especially ones in which there is a certain degree of lawlessness.
Posted by Mr Thompson | May 26, 2007 5:26 PM
Posted on May 26, 2007 17:26