Faruq is dead, his wife killed him.
Moshe | 10.22.06 - 12:51 pm | #

someone please clarify
BDH | 10.22.06 - 2:26 pm | #

you something something something?

ya nye govoryu po-pycckuù
Steg (dos iz nit der šteg) | Homepage | 10.22.06 - 3:00 pm | #

shteg - you gave us back life
jaim klein | Homepage | 10.22.06 - 3:15 pm | #

faruq is a character or a real person. There is a claim that that the character(not the person) is dead. I am not sure I fully understand all the details. May be CE can shed some light.
Tzemach Atlas | Homepage | 10.23.06 - 8:13 am | #

last i checked tzemach, faruq the person died in exile in italy in '65.
he was the last egyptian monarch
sto pratzent | 10.23.06 - 10:50 am | #

I would like to organize a séance for Faruq. Unfortunately, this may not be easily achieved.

There's not much to tell - my understanding is that (over time - with some help from mentalblog) he found out that many things were not what he had originally thought or hoped.
Apparently it came to climax upon a perceived shattering of his belief that ‘Brutus, if no one else, was an honorable man.” (I officially disagree with the conclusion and hope to see Faruq in person again soon.)
L'chaim.
chabakuk elisha | 10.23.06 - 11:01 am | #

I would like to clarify: When I used the word “things” in my comment above, that should not be construed to mean the mundane, simple, run of the mill disillusionment that occasionally people belonging to movements go through. I was referring to things of a more significant nature.

I hope that my shiva call was in some way a positive one, but at least partially due to my inebriated state I’m not sure if I was capable of anything beneficial. Unfortunately my heroes have been disappearing one by one, but I maintain the age old hope and prayer that the deceased will be resurrected imminently. I also must say that it seems to me that it was Faruq that was the survivor...
chabakuk elisha | 10.25.06 - 10:40 am | #