When I went to university, I remember meeting a guy from Gaza at a house party. At first, it was a bit of shock, because all the sudden this very distant place, which had spawned countless debates in my government and international politics classes, stopped being quite so far and became very real. I imagine I asked all the typical questions for a foreigner, particularly one informed by US media outlets. However, like this article, the most interesting thing was talking about every day life. He and I traded stories from our high school days, going to parties, first concerts, dating. Reading this now, it things look things have gotten worse, but I will never forget that realization that all over the world, people are just people.
Good luck to these guys. Grinding in a startup isn't easy and I can't imagine doing it in a war zone helps.
I had a similar experience when I met someone from Iraq, all of a sudden Iraq was not some desolate place I only saw in the news, but somewhere I knew someone from. It really is incredible how different your perspective is simply by meeting someone from somewhere you only had an abstract concept of. The world really does feel smaller now.
Nationalism really holds the world back, pro,opting an us apps them kind of mentality. When really we are all very much the same, you will meet amazing people all around the world.
When I went to university, I remember meeting a guy from Gaza at a house party. At first, it was a bit of shock, because all the sudden this very distant place, which had spawned countless debates in my government and international politics classes, stopped being quite so far and became very real. I imagine I asked all the typical questions for a foreigner, particularly one informed by US media outlets. However, like this article, the most interesting thing was talking about every day life. He and I traded stories from our high school days, going to parties, first concerts, dating. Reading this now, it things look things have gotten worse, but I will never forget that realization that all over the world, people are just people.
Good luck to these guys. Grinding in a startup isn't easy and I can't imagine doing it in a war zone helps.