'I have already lost my language. I refuse to forget my history,' blogs GiuseppeCiafro
The ruins of Al Qunaytirah, my family's ancestral home.that the United States would be formally recognizing Israel's claims to the Golan Heights, a mountainous region between Syria and Israel. Currently considered Syrian land under occupation by much of the international community, this White House decision paves the way for the international legitimization of the Israeli occupation of the territory.
But to write that article would be to miss out on something fundamental. There is something near-sociopathic in how we study political science and history in our universities. To understand the world, it is demanded by our institutions that we be cynical, sober, and free of any pathos. But there is a human cost to war and our political decisions.
But within six days in 1967, it was gone. The city's hospital was used for target practice. My grandparents' home, which had stood for decades, was reduced to ash. Bulldozers were brought into to city square and levelled all buildings that stood in their path. Never again would there be a sense of community in Al Qunaytirah. There would be no home for anyone to go back to.My aunts, uncles, grandparents and my own mother found themselves as refugees in Damascus.
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