Amazing discussion ! With critiquing and judging i dnt think it's a one rule fits all, each case is separate. So trying to find out what "rule book" of criticism we should have is not practical. Just have your authentic journey as you said in the end, if you're someone who looks for meaning and is revolutionary and want change then live your truth, if you don't care about making things right and just want to live your own experience whatever it is just be that. Live your truth and " let " others live theirs. What we need to discuss and as it was for me obvious from your discussion with each other is our understanding of "identity" and how we perceive and define ourselves. Diaspora and its struggle with identity often forgets that the middle east and the arab world are so diverse, we have so much specificities to each community that we can differentiate between them yet we have so much in common it makes us as one. Being an Arab with " a special diversity" is not so unique, diaspora with their differences are just another diversity, which doesn't justify to me this alienation they feel (maybe because i didn't feel it yet..?). Once we realize that we're human first, be ourselves in our uniqueness, and not wait on approval but be proud in the special mix that we are and we're growing to be, the more we can contribute better to ourselves, our society and any society we're in.
Amazing discussion ! With critiquing and judging i dnt think it's a one rule fits all, each case is separate. So trying to find out what "rule book" of criticism we should have is not practical. Just have your authentic journey as you said in the end, if you're someone who looks for meaning and is revolutionary and want change then live your truth, if you don't care about making things right and just want to live your own experience whatever it is just be that. Live your truth and " let " others live theirs.
What we need to discuss and as it was for me obvious from your discussion with each other is our understanding of "identity" and how we perceive and define ourselves. Diaspora and its struggle with identity often forgets that the middle east and the arab world are so diverse, we have so much specificities to each community that we can differentiate between them yet we have so much in common it makes us as one. Being an Arab with " a special diversity" is not so unique, diaspora with their differences are just another diversity, which doesn't justify to me this alienation they feel (maybe because i didn't feel it yet..?). Once we realize that we're human first, be ourselves in our uniqueness, and not wait on approval but be proud in the special mix that we are and we're growing to be, the more we can contribute better to ourselves, our society and any society we're in.