SYRIAN REFUGEES Imagine al people killing your family for no reason. That´s what people do to Syrians. How would you feel if someone kills your family? About 6.5 million people in Syria have been forced to leave their homes. Imagine that you are searching for somewhere to live and someone doesn´t let you because he thinks you are a terrorist. #acceptrefugees. Syria refuge es graffiti are painting graffiti and it is good because it gives a message to the people, also to the people to accept…
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…
Returning to one’s homeland is an age old theme in literature and film. It often involves a character or group of characters returning to a land, state, or province that their ancestors fled or was once taken from them. Palestinian filmmaker, Annemarie Jacir has explored the theme in at least two of her films, Salt of This Sea and When I Saw You. Israeli filmmaker, Ayelet Menahemi’s film, Noodle also tells a story of returning home but her main character isn’t returning to her physical…
“It’s a mission for their lives, that’s why they’ll keep trying,” quoted Muhammad al-Kashef, regarding the Syrian’s petrifying voyage to escape harsh conditions in Egypt (19). In the article “Who Will Take In the Syrians?” Priyanka Motaparthy discusses the Syrian refugee’s situation and the dangerous journey thousands make to escape troubles in Egypt. She discusses the government in Egypt, the details of the trip, the routes the migrants take, and where they possibly end up. Syrian’s first fled…
Conflict Essay The two conflicts that I have chosen to ‘compare and contrast’ the nature and causes are the Russia and Ukraine conflict as well as the Israel and Palestine conflict. Both involve conflict over land and have big historical backgrounds. Both also include military and war. Whilst the reasons for the cause are different. Russia believes that Ukraine should be a part of Russia and has some people’s support within Ukraine. The government does not agree and through further issues and…
A boat filled to the brim with Syrian refugees beaches onto the shore of the picturesque island of Lesbos, in Greece. The refugees scramble up the rocky shoreline and into the arms of waiting Red Cross volunteers, who give bottles to wailing infants and food to the grotesquely malnourished men, women and children. These migrants have little but the clothes on their back, but yet they feel as safe as a baby bird nestled up to its mother for warmth. They face incredible oppression in their…
It’s a story as old as time itself: corrupt government mistreats citizens and unhappy citizens fight back. However, this time, a happily-ever-after ending is uncertain for the Arab people, who are in the midst of rewriting the history books. I’m referring to the Arab Spring, a powerful movement in full force with people in the Middle East/North Africa region uprising against the cruelty of their government. As the King of Prussia, it’s a disenchanting experience to see fellow regimes failing to…
risk. In fact, many countries and regions of the world are at war. 53 percent of all refugees came from Syrian Arab Republic, Afghanistan and Somalia. According the statistic of UNHCR, they submitted 103,800 refugees to 26 countries in a year. In Jordan, one third of population is…
When George W. Bush became president his policy towards Israel brought forth the idea of Palestine becoming a state on its own. President George W. Bush believed that this policy would bring the end to the fighting and ongoing and never-ending tension between Israel and Palestine. He did however understand that if we as a country could not find a solution to bring peace to those that Israel has tension with. That Israel would once again take matters into their own hands and do everything in…
Is this the end of Sykes-Picot? Bilal Shamsi 32891111 An image posted by ISIS of a bulldozer destroying a section of the Iraq-Syria border, June 2014 Foreign dominance in area of complex society “The printing press is modern weapon for a commander” T.E Lawrence The title above for this paper “is this the end of the Sykes-picot agreement” has become a major topic in today’s society because of the recent up rise of ISIS or what they like to be called IS “Islamic state”…