Travelling with Syrian friends nowadays can be truly unpleasant. Even in the Arab world. Or should I say: especially in the Arab world.
At times, it's plain drama, other times it's utter comedy; depending on the immigration officer and the backroom intelligence agent.
Despite the solidarity with their cause in the West and East alike, officially, they are mostly unwelcomed, even rejected.
I tell them half- jokingly that they've been "Palestinised". They take it in part as a compliment; part as a curse.
Sadly, it's the curse that's the truth, considering what they face because of violence and displacement and that the worst will likely continue. Full story...
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At times, it's plain drama, other times it's utter comedy; depending on the immigration officer and the backroom intelligence agent.
Despite the solidarity with their cause in the West and East alike, officially, they are mostly unwelcomed, even rejected.
I tell them half- jokingly that they've been "Palestinised". They take it in part as a compliment; part as a curse.
Sadly, it's the curse that's the truth, considering what they face because of violence and displacement and that the worst will likely continue. Full story...
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