احدهم قال لي بالحرف يا السهاد : انتي مسعوده ، يعني سعودية ..
قلت له : اين المشكلة ؟ انا ما عندي مشكلة طالما ما خرجت من عباءتي الخليجية .
ان اكون متسعودة او مسعودة ، افضل من اكون إسرائيلية او تابعه لاحد الميليشيات .
انت ايش مضايقنك ؟!
اتشرف وافخر ان اكون #عمانية الهوية ، #سعودية الهوى .
What does someone tell themselves before sending a drone towards Makkah? How do they convince themselves that this is justified?
I ask myself the same question about missiles sent towards any city where people are simply trying to live. I have never understood that willingness to destroy what others spend their lives building.
Perhaps we make a terrible mistake when we treat civilisation as something we have secured once and for all. I keep thinking of entropy, although the analogy only takes us so far. The safety of ordinary life depends on people continuing to do the work: studying, building, repairing, staying awake at night, taking responsibility for something that others depend on.
So much human effort goes into making the world a little safer, easier to live in, or more beautiful. We often barely notice that work because, when it succeeds, we get to go about our lives without thinking about it. Yet so much of what it protects can be lost in moments.
And deliberate destruction involves effort too. That is what I find especially hard to bear: people can devote their intelligence, patience and ingenuity to making others suffer. No metaphor about nature can take responsibility away from the people who make that choice.
I have not been to Makkah (I can’t … for now), but every time I see images from there, especially during Hajj, my heart seems to stop for a moment. There are places on this earth that move us deeply even from a distance. Makkah is one of those places for me. I struggle to comprehend how anyone could look towards it and decide to cause harm.
Of course, no city should have to be sacred for its people to be safe. No family should have to spend the night wondering whether their home will still be standing in the morning. Nobody’s life should become something another person is willing to sacrifice for a cause they never chose.
With everything humanity has already lived through, how many more people must suffer before we finally agree that enough is enough?
Saudi Arabia…. May Allah protect the Kingdom, its holy places, and everyone who lives there or comes in peace. I am deeply grateful to those working to keep them safe. 🇸🇦🤍🙏
#SaudiArabia #Makkah #السعودية