A few days ago I got a mail that really pissed me off. As many things nowadays in the world this mail showed the truth. But... unfortunately, it only showed a small part of it. It showed something black and white, forgetting that there is way more colors on the palette...
The mail showed some pictures and comments relating to Israeli-Palestinian conflict. It showed Israeli soldiers killing Palestinians, destroying their houses etc
First of all, I am sure that these are true pictures. I don't question that. But why the hell showing only one side of the tragedy? People suffer on the both sides... Such pictures are rather meant to escalate the violence and deepen hate between people!
The other thing, is showing the violence, war and nothing else. I know people who lived/went for a long while in this part of the world and their stories were way different that what we usually think (and what is based on the news from TV/Internet). There are people there who live normal lives like us.
When I was the extra in the movie I met other extras who were real soldiers. One of them served in Iraq and he said that there were a lot of people there just wanting to live normally. Is it surprising? I think it's common that people want to live normal lives. So why the hell do we always think only of terrorists, war and violence when saying the word "Iraq" or "Palestine"? It's because we have to watch what is shown. And second thing what he told me was that the situation there is getting better. Would you say that watching the news?
God, thanks for this amazing experience in Morocco. Not only professional development, parties and a lot of other cool stuff but also eye-opening picture of this part of the world. It's so great to live in a Muslim country and get those insights into people, culture, mentality here...
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