in my 2 years in Egypt, I found the people exceptionally warm and friendly, more so than any european country i've been to. but i also found that they always had someone else to blame for absolutely everything, whether it was Egypt's problems or the problems anywhere in the middle east.
i'm sure there are many complex political and social reasons behind the violence, but i'm also sure that there is a shortage of people standing up and saying that the future will require that they start taking more responsibility for their actions.
BBC world had a segment with a palestinian spokesperson, and he went on for several minutes about how this foreign group and that country were responsible for the violence. it was only after the news anchor asked if the palestinians themselves were also responsible that he started talking about the domestic causes behind the fighting.
my time in Qatar and egypt reminds me of a joke in "America the Book" by Jon Stewart:
Middle East Humor
Man 1: "knock knock"
Man 2: "no sir, it is you who is wrong"
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"Even a stopped clock gives the right time twice a day." Withnail & I
in-fighting was somehow caused by israel.
in my 2 years in Egypt, I found the people exceptionally warm and friendly, more so than any european country i've been to. but i also found that they always had someone else to blame for absolutely everything, whether it was Egypt's problems or the problems anywhere in the middle east.
i'm sure there are many complex political and social reasons behind the violence, but i'm also sure that there is a shortage of people standing up and saying that the future will require that they start taking more responsibility for their actions.
BBC world had a segment with a palestinian spokesperson, and he went on for several minutes about how this foreign group and that country were responsible for the violence. it was only after the news anchor asked if the palestinians themselves were also responsible that he started talking about the domestic causes behind the fighting.
my time in Qatar and egypt reminds me of a joke in "America the Book" by Jon Stewart:
Middle East Humor
Man 1: "knock knock"
Man 2: "no sir, it is you who is wrong"
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"Even a stopped clock gives the right time twice a day." Withnail & I