Personal Narrative: My Juris Declaration Of Civil Rights

The Syrian farmers’ lands have dried up, climate change and over-damming along the Tigris, along with the Euphrates has forced them to migrate towards the urban center in search of government assistance. Arriving, exhausted and subdued nevertheless, seeking sanctuary, finding only a failing government, along with the burning wheel of revolt. I met that farmer and in my elaborate effort to find a theory that befits his struggle, to provide some type of guidance or comfort to offer him, sadly all i had left to give was a penny with a hole in it. As I volunteered amidst the refugees in za'atari camp ( the largest Syrian refugee camp at approximately 80,000 and now considered to be the fourth largest city in Jordan) and Jerash camp (Palestinian refugee camp resulting from the 1948 exile) the changes done were sentimental and heartfelt but not concrete. I felt no practical change, making someone smile is not the biggest …show more content…
Cornell Law would be instrumental in my training towards obtaining my Juris Doctorate. A program such as Clark Initiative for Law and Development in the Middle East and North Africa, would train me to understand the politics and laws of the Levant, enabling me to focus in on issues where I may be instrumental. As a volunteer I realized that being relatable and passionate alone does not make me an agent of change, for I do not have in my arsenal the proper tools and training that I seek. Being fluent in Arabic and English does not qualify me, being a descendant of an exiled people does not qualify me, witnessing abuse and terror does not qualify me. It is my intense passion for those who have been uprooted and forced into exile, it is my foreign soil seeking its native soil. Law will bring me home, and if I could choose my house, home would be