"All people live in their country, except Palestinians, their country lives in them" a quote i have ever valued and imprinted in my heart; Although lately its seems that i stand alone. The reality is, everyone flavors a sense of belonging, because where a person belongs is where his identity subsides; a person with no sense of belonging is a person without identity, a person without identity is not only lost between the crowd, but also within himself. I took a look around and realized that many of us Palestinians these days no longer feel they can belong to Palestine, because its almost that they feel they have nothing to take pride of anymore; people who don't take pride of where they're from try to find another place they belong and i understand, to a certain extent. What will they tell people? "Hey look I'm from that place, you can't see it because its just debris now", so they set off trying to find a new Identity, a new place to belong to, attempting to let go of their original identity and holding on to another, so they can tell people they belong; but i beg to differ. Us Palestinians have the most definitive origins, I take pride of where I'm from and i say it loud and proud; we are the bravest of people and you don't need much proof of that if you follow the news. You SHOULD be proud of being Palestinian, and frankly i am proud of my people, being able to live through such hardships. These days it might be hard to point to the ignorant where you're from on a map, but read the first line in this blog once more and tell me again, where are you from?
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