The Somalia analysis special will come soon! i am just in protracted refugee writing mode that doesn't seem to end!
i thought id dot some points and stripe some feelings!! in the stress of this Somali refugee project- i found comfort, hope and respect in those that try to understand, that write, that advocate for a cause- whether it be refugees or climate change! Recently I ve read the sad stories and understood the true meaning of the human cost in south north migration- ive shed tears in dark libraries for families that could have been mine, for people that look just like me dying in the many seas! For people that save all their money and are turned away at a border- but back to what? For an Africa they call 'mobile' and is witness the messiness to uneven side of Globalization! tears flow because i feel their pain- because i try to place myself where they are! I am soo glad i feel something- its not weakness! far from it its a source of strength ! it would be a sad reality if i didn't- because only when you feel can you truly act!! but ive understood the positive elements of their plight- how despite everything people secure livelihoods and are able send some back to the people that they left behind, the powers of transnationalism, of remittances- the people here , the people there, and where they meet- the translocal- but most of all in the power of human agency-personal decisions and the power that they have to change ones reality! For to dream in times of uncertainty and chaos - that is truly beautiful ! the media paints refugees as cunning crooks and criminals- but that is far from any reality - after all i ve seen they are you and me making sense when the world has bought them senselessness...
in this project ive understood myself... who i am more- what i think! ive understood my calling- what i want to do with myself- my time, my energy , my health, my wealth- have formed more fleeting dreams - reassembled the nomadic urge! An for me that surely that is a payment enough!!
Long live the struggle- after all there's no border in the mind!
"add that refugees also matter because they are a litmus test of how tolerant and just we are as a society, as a nation and as an international community. On a personal level, I have always been inspired by the dignity, humanity and resourcefulness that individual refugees display in the face of great
odds. Their courage has taught me to be courageous, and their ability to hope in seemingly hopeless situations gave me strength on my own road to recovery after being injured in Baghdad."
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
No comments:
Post a Comment