I thought this was one of the best commencement speeches I have ever read.
An Egyptian-American view on Israel
Haisam Hassanein
As the commencement speaker for Tel Aviv University’s (TAU) graduating class on August 13, I invited my classmates to take a moment to reflect about the beginning of their adventure in Israel. Did they remember receiving their acceptance letter? When they did, they were probably excited to come to Tel Aviv until they actually started telling people they were coming to Israel.
Almost everybody in that room had a friend or a family member who warned him or her not to come to Israel.
"There’s war there!"
"Aren’t you afraid of being blown up?"
"Do they even have water there?"
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An Egyptian-American view on Israel
Haisam Hassanein
As the commencement speaker for Tel Aviv University’s (TAU) graduating class on August 13, I invited my classmates to take a moment to reflect about the beginning of their adventure in Israel. Did they remember receiving their acceptance letter? When they did, they were probably excited to come to Tel Aviv until they actually started telling people they were coming to Israel.
Almost everybody in that room had a friend or a family member who warned him or her not to come to Israel.
"There’s war there!"
"Aren’t you afraid of being blown up?"
"Do they even have water there?"
Continue reading at:
An Egyptian-American view on Israel | Fikra Forum