Said States

This piece was not the easiest to read or understand. It has taken me some time to read because it was so long, I had to take several breaks in reading this. One thing I do have to commend Said on is his ability to tell a story from a non bias point of view. Said himself recognizes, the Palestinian view has been lost and rarely acknowledged in history. I can’t imagine having to go through all of what Said describes and feeling as if I had lost my identity and did not belong anywhere. The colors of the Palestinian flag are outlawed by Israeli law, I think this is a shame and this hurts patriotism for the Palestinians. I really feel bad for them that they cannot exercise this freedom. Having a flag shows your pride of your country and not having one is demoralizing. There is a negative view on Palestinian society due to that fact that from a western point of view that most Muslims are terrorist. This piece did a really good job in depicting that negative contestation. It seems like the Palestinian culture itself is doing more damage than helping it, they have forbidden their history. I still haven’t understood why they do that, I think they are just a confusing culture in itself. In the article Said says that he is Christian. This makes his article stronger on the fact that he is from another religion writing about the hardships of his people in the Middle East. He is trying to bring change and make people aware of what really is going on overseas instead of what we see on the news because the news only shows the violent side of the Middle East. Over all this essay was pretty good and it was well written and he got his point across. Said has changed my mind on how I few Muslims and that Middle East as a whole.