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Yes, I am proud to be Jordanian
The lows that people stoop to these days!
I'm just really in so much shock from some of my "friends".
Everyone know, I'm Jordanian, from a Palestinian origin. I love both, I am both, I can't prefer one to the other. They're both in my bloodstream, they define me. They have my allegiance. Both. Just like the human heart has 4 sections, and we have two eyes. Do you prefer your right eye to your left eye!!?
My "friend" had the audacity to mock the flag I had in my car...

This is the same flag. I had it in my car in Amman.
I usually would take most things as jokes, but this time, I knew it wasn't!
I am proud of my country, insulting it unjustly is like insulting me. It's unfair, it's completely uncalled for and never justified.
The sad part is my "friend" recently got neutralized, so now he has the citizenship of the new country. He didn't find it embarrassing to walk around with a little pin of the new country on his chest.
I don't want to be too harsh and criticize his new country, but at the same time, you owe a great deal of gratitude to the country that houses your family, nurtures, protects and supports them. Not to forget that you were also one of them before you got out to get your stupid PhD.
It's a shame when the brightest minds, hold within them the seeds of thier greatest blunders!
Don't mock my flag, it's worth to more to me than all your degrees that didn't get you an inch closer to humanity.
And yes, I'm damn proud to be, among other things, Jordanian.
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Memories....
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As my father used to say: اللي ما فيه خير لأهله وبلده ...ما في خير لباقي الناس
Your friend of yours needs a reality check. Even though my Syrian passport is the size of a magazine (I still have the old one) and gets me in trouble and restricts my work opportunities... BEL NA2ES
It's the cradle of civilization and I am more than happy to be a living proof of it!
من نكر أصله فلا اصل له
Given the time of the comments, i assume the ones with the EU flag are written from work where you are using a proxy, and the other ones are written from home, no ?
ProudPali, I am not looking for an argument I just want to understand how you see it as racist, that's all. I respect your opinion :) but I don't necessarily agree with it. Here in the UAE, at least, people everywhere are putting up flags of the emirates as well as photos of the rulers. It shows love and devotion, just like when we pass by an American community and they have both the American flag and the UAE flag up. They love their countries and they love the UAE which is harboring them. My opinion is that if you love something, show it! But like I said, your opinion is yours and you're entitled to it :) Just don't hate me if I have 3-4 flags up haha
there's nothing wrong in saying: i am jordanian but originally from palestine.
طول عمركم رح تظلكم ترغوا بقصة الاردني و الفلسطيني و المشكلة إنه الاثنين أظرط من بعض
having said that, i am all for locals having their ruler's pictures and stuff, its their country, but especially in dubai, having the million nationalities putting up their flags on their cars is uncalled for in my opinion. inno why?
i have nothing against any nationality to be honest (how cud i?! im half pali half turk, engaged to a syrian, holding a jordanian passport and another coming soon!), bas i find it ya emma min bab 'ouf there's a 7a66a in her car, min 3anna ya3ni, yalla nraqqem!' or the other more common idea 'im better than u, im X nationality'. bil nihayeh, its just an opinion, feel free to ignore it :D
I believe it is a form of pride they have and a form of reminding the world that Palestine does exit, not just Jordanians with Palestinian origins. It isn't that they're ungrateful to Jordan, or hate it, or are proud of it. They cherish Palestine and since it is in their blood they don't want to make it secondary.
I think people should belong to the country they lived their childhood in, the time where they are mentally formed in, unless moving to another place changed them drastically after childhood. so its the place they find themselves in, this is where people usually belong to.
by the way I dont like the Idea of flags and symbols, because showing who you are is not by putting flags, neither by saying what your religion is, it only by the action you do for the place/idea you belong to.
يا زلمه سيبونا من هلؤصطوانه الماصخة
I don't understand why it's not OK for me to enjoy my little piece of home I brought with me in the form of a flag? Why can't I declare that I'm proud of something?
I was born and raised in Kuwait, where I was reminded -constantly- that I am NOT Kuwaiti, and that Kuwait is a club for the rich and elite. Only they were the last in the class and wore dresses outside of school. Do I love Kuwait? Well, yeah, kinda .. But not as much as I love Jordan, where I came of age, I grew up and saw many "firsts" in my life.
I found myself identifying more with people from Jordan, I feel like them, we laugh about the same jokes. We GET IT the same way, we have the same preconceptions about everything. We appear to have similar goals and share the same value system
Take for example my Arab American friends, with all due respect. We have great time together but they're always phased out, or lagging especially when it comes to so many ideas. Some do get it, some learned to get it, but many others laugh and nod and get absolutely nothing!
When I drive around in the US, I see the car that has, "Free Tibet" bumper sticker, another one with a huge green Shamrock indicating the Irish heritage. The 4th and 5th generation Italians still swear and cuss in native tongue and feel proud of their heritage. The Chinese have created a Miniature city-inside-the-city for themselves and they're proud of their heritage
Why is it only when I fly a midget Jordanian flag, I get all this flack?
My best friend can't go to the West Bank. His other friend can. You know what he asked for? A PIECE OF ROCK! He holds on to it dearly! With his life! This rock is from his country. It is JUST A PIECE OF ROCK and it means the whole world.
Enjoy your flag my friend!
Why should I?
But I will give you a few
It's where my family lives
It's where my heart flutters
It's where I feel I belong
It's the place where Shawarma reem is
It's the place that where I would lay my head ANYWHERE and fall sound asleep feeling home and safe!
My reasons can be completely selfish, but still, they're my reasons and I hold dearly to them. It's home, enough said
KJ,
Thanks man, I really appreciate all you've said here.
Jordanian palestinian relations are deeply rooted in history,they date back to the first quarter of the twentieth century,the tow people found themselves obliged to interact each other due to geographic,social economic and demographic considerations,these relations have been both challenged by hardships and influenced by several other arab states.
any chance you have an extra one there?? :)
I don't see this as an excuse, i just see it as a sort of racisim, i've had deep conversations with some of them.
And it seems to be that the greatest minds are the ones that start the trouble when it comes to nationalities :(
It took me a long time to be proud of my origins again. People out there and teachers in our schools seem not to want us to be proud of being German ever again. I agree in not to forget what happened in WW2, but hell, that's not the whole history of our country.
And everyone should be proud of where they come from. Period.
Surely it isn't really the flag, the piece of cloth ? What does it represent to you ?