I'm just in the middle of watching the PBS video about Saudi terrorist rehabilitation which Kelly recommended. One of Robert Lacey's comments really resonated with me - his remark that people remember the 15 Saudis who were involved in the events of 9/11, but will likely never consider the 15 million Saudis who "would never dream of" committing an act of terrorism. It made me think of this article, which details how an American college student was attacked while she was studying abroad in Amman. She describes how shortly following her ideal, a Bedouin man saw her and noticed her obviously visible bruises and injuries, and told her, "There are good men, and there are bad. In the whole world. This man, he was bad. But we, we are not all bad." This seems to be what people forget in their panic towards terrorism and fear of terrorist - that every country and society is host to both good and bad people.
14 years ago
Kellee, I can't access the article you reference. Is anyone else having trouble? Can you please try uploading it again, or provide the link as a citation? Thanks!
ReplyDeleteOops, sorry! It is working for me, but for anyone who can't access the article, it can be found here: http://www.worldhum.com/features/travel-stories/an-unexpected-trip-20100120/
ReplyDeleteI read your article which uploaded without any issues and I think this American girl has a lot of guts and a great sense of life. As I do not in any way condone what happen I do believe her extremely challenging experience could be seen as setting in motion true involvement in life. I wonder if there was a world without evil people would we know the good people?
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