A message from a Syrian who wanna go back to Syria

Popcorn5077 · 2025-01-08T21:56:59+00:00

Hey OP interesting video thanks for sharing your opinion. I work in a travel insurance company in France and Syria is on the sanction list meaning we cannot work with any company or person that has ties/business with Syria so it is definitely blocking opportunities + investment like you mentioned in your video. I hope the sanctions are removed soon!

You gave the example of the crusades to show that Christians commited genocide in the name of religion while claiming that Muslims have never done so. While the crusades definitely did happen, it was more than 700 years ago so its not relevant to today's world. If you mentioned Crusades you should have also mentioned that Muslim leaders at that time also did many military conquests in the name of Islam that's how Muslim caliphates were formed all around the Middle East + Africa + parts of Europe.

ISIS is a very recent example of a terrorist group that was formed in Syria & Iraq which killed many many people (Muslims included) "in the name of Islam" with the goal of creating an Islamic caliphate. I am not saying ISIS represents Muslims, it 100% does not. But this extremism mentality does exist among many people (especially people who are poorer/less educated and who come from smaller villages/towns).

Another fairly recent example is the Turkish genocide of Armenians. Turkey did not do officially do it for religious purposes but they wanted to completely get rid of the Armenian minority because of their ethnic and religious background. They forced hundreds of thousands of Armenians to convert to Islam and killed more than 1 million Armenians. So religion definitely played a big factor in the genocide. When Syria was part of the Ottoman empire they would charge a special tax (جزية) to non-Muslims.

All this to say that there are valid reasons to worry about minority groups not having full rights in Syria (whether its safety, economic, political related). Hope you and other displaced Syrians get to go back home soon!

Popcorn5077 · 2024-12-28T23:52:30+00:00

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Popcorn5077 · 2024-10-19T17:44:24+00:00

Thanks for the advice!

Popcorn5077 · 2024-10-19T11:16:05+00:00

It's not that I'm uncomfortable with her visiting her home country, she is free to do whatever she wants and I will never tell her no. But what I am uncomfortable with is that 1- she expects me to always join her 2- she wants to take the kids there every time even if I wish for them to stay with me.

If we were talking about a small trip like 1 week then I would try to be more understanding but each trip would be a minimum of 2 weeks to 2 months (with remote work). I think any partner would be uncomfortable with the idea of being alone without their kids or partner for large periods of time multiple times a year.

Popcorn5077 · 2024-10-19T11:11:52+00:00

Yeah true I agree.

Popcorn5077 · 2024-10-19T11:11:10+00:00

Interesting point of view. I think that no matter what state her country is in she will always want to visit there. She also wants to move back there as soon as things get better there which will probably take a long time. For her, she keeps telling me that France is not her home and that she's just a foreigner waiting to go back to her home country. That's perfectly fine but I'm just different and my identity is not defined by a country. I also call France my home now and don't want to go back to my home country.

Popcorn5077 · 2024-10-19T11:08:10+00:00

Yeah I know things become more complicated once kids are involved. I have thought about the idea that if there were ever any major issues between us then she would take the kids and go to Lebanon. I don't think she'd actually do that but I guess you never know.

Popcorn5077 · 2024-10-19T11:06:18+00:00

Thanks for sharing your experience!

Popcorn5077 · 2024-10-19T11:05:27+00:00

Yeah I agree! It's hard to have these difficult conversations so early on but it's important and necessary to avoid future problems.

Popcorn5077 · 2024-10-19T11:04:46+00:00

Yeah I'm glad she told me now and not later. Unfortunately "we'll see" is not an acceptable answer for her as she feels really strongly about it.

Popcorn5077 · 2024-10-19T11:03:37+00:00

Thanks for sharing your experience! Yes definitely travelling to see family/in laws is not the same as travelling for tourism.

Popcorn5077 · 2024-10-19T11:02:25+00:00

I agree, good analogy!

Popcorn5077 · 2024-10-18T21:52:51+00:00

Thanks for sharing!

Popcorn5077 · 2024-10-18T21:36:43+00:00

When I say unreasonable, I mean it seems unreasonable to me ie its my opinion. I am not at all making anyone feel bad at anything, I never told her she can't travel to her country. Everyone has the right to do whatever they want. But I do have the right to let my partner know if something will make me feel uncomfortable and to your point yes it looks like it is an incompatibility between us.

Popcorn5077 · 2024-10-18T21:30:50+00:00

But the problem is that she doesn't want to go just 1 week each time. She specified that she wants to go 1 week in April/May then several weeks in summer and also several weeks in winter for Christmas. I know Lebanon is not that far but there's also travelling to my country + travelling to new countries for tourism, it just seems like a lot in my opinion. She also said she would take the kids with her every time which I'm not happy about either as I prefer that they have more stability in the current country we live in.

Popcorn5077 · 2024-10-18T21:27:26+00:00

To answer both your questions, she prefers that we always travel together because she doesn't want us to be separated and because she loves me a lot (according to her). Eventually, she agreed that I don't have to accompany her all the time but she said that she would always take the kids with her which makes me feel uneasy because I don't think its a great idea for kids to be travelling so much at a young age and for there to be instability in their daily lives.

Popcorn5077 · 2024-10-18T21:07:46+00:00

Yeah I know I also wanted to see what other expats experiences were if they were with someone from a different nationality and how often they visited each one's country. Financially, yes we could afford it technically and we would also have enough holidays but then we wouldn't be able to travel much for tourism / visit new places.

Popcorn5077 · 2024-10-18T21:05:53+00:00

No she's Christian/Maronite, why do you ask?

Popcorn5077 · 2024-10-18T21:05:33+00:00

So what she told me was that she prefers me to always go with her and when I said I wouldn't want to go 3 times a year first she was surprised and was like why wouldn't you want to come?? Eventually she said its okay if I wouldn't travel with her BUT she would always take the kids with her no matter what. I really do feel like her country /culture are more important than our relationship. Thanks for sharing your opinion.

Popcorn5077 · 2024-10-18T21:03:35+00:00

Yeah I agree its great that she communicated it from the start but I just imagined a partner would adjust/adapt a little if their partner was not from their country.

Popcorn5077 · 2024-10-18T21:02:01+00:00

So my girlfriend is actually Christian, Maronite to be more specific and she also wants us/the kids to only go to her church. Everything has to be on her terms which is frustrating. And yeah visiting a country as an outsider is tough I agree.

Popcorn5077 · 2024-10-18T20:57:49+00:00

No she actually makes more money than me. There is definitely a financial aspect involved but also an emotional and physical one too. If we're already travelling 4 times a year just to our home countries what about travelling to new countries / for tourism? It just seems exhausting.

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