tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30984739.post2960007891790256376..comments2023-10-01T14:37:09.159+01:00Comments on Maysaloon - ميسلون: A Rant for SyriaMaysaloonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06826378383173206624noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30984739.post-26617978830975532282013-08-07T12:05:19.683+01:002013-08-07T12:05:19.683+01:00You can't give up abadhai, I don't think y...You can't give up abadhai, I don't think you have (a beaten person doesn't usually get angry or rant), but I think it looks like you are on the way too. Too many of our people (on any side) have given up on Syria, too many of them have died and too many more have just abandoned the place hoping that they can forget it and live their comfortable lives in the west. I try not to think about it but I've given up.<br /><br />I remember when jeddo (who was a great and powerful man in Damascus, well known and well liked) used to tell me how much pride Syrians had in Syria, how they loved other Syrians and their country, how they loved their cultural and historical fabric woven from many places and peoples, they loved the Mark Twain quote 'Damascus measures time not by a calendar but by the empires it has seen rise and fall', and they loved the simplicity of life, even with the hardship. <br /><br />It wasn't just him, all of my family, rich and poor, were proud of Syria, they loved it, no other country in the world can claim to have existed for millenia yet less than a century. There's still a lot to fight for and be won, not by violence, but by effort, rebuilding etc.<br /><br />I truly believe the Syrian people (all Syrian people) are great and have the potential to be great, but emotionally and mentally I've given up on them, I've cut my losses (familial and material) and I'm now a stranger in a place I'll never belong, and I'll never have a real identity or culture, I'll just be a 'Middle Easterner who comes from the fertile crescent area and lives in the UK'. You on the other hand, have that connection, you are a true Syrian, don't give up on that. I think our children and grand children will grow up in a world where people move to the Middle East (it's already happening in Iraqi Kurdistan) to move to a better place and for jobs, not the other way around, I hope we get to see that and be part of that. <br /><br /> tpopophttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06546873287989950232noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30984739.post-91124016459933555242013-08-02T12:20:03.049+01:002013-08-02T12:20:03.049+01:00One of the best realistic rants I've read rece...One of the best realistic rants I've read recently relevant to Syria.Samhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10505875503574068609noreply@blogger.com