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We have the right to be proud of it, and they have the right to be jealous of it…. It is Canada!

We have the right to be proud of it, and they have the right to be jealous of it…. It is Canada!

By م.زهير الشاعر

Published: May 20, 2022

There is no doubt that the diverse topics are many, the most important of which is what happened recently in Palestine regarding the brutal assassination of the Palestinian journalist Shireen Abu Aqleh, and then the issue of involving veiled women in a declaration issued on the day of celebrating LGBTQ rights, which created a great controversy leading to a retreat from this matter that Muslims considered a kind of provocation to their feelings and racial discrimination against them. 
Since the desire to write about each of them is overwhelming, but I also know that energy is limited and time does not allow me to cover every detail in this context, nevertheless I cannot overlook vital matters that must be written about essentially and fundamentally, especially in light of the intellectual confusion I notice from time to time.
Therefore, to enter my topic without introductions and without a long narrative, I would like to say one indisputable thing, which is that we do indeed have the right as Canadians to be proud of our identity, to be proud of our Canadian flag, to be proud of our systems and laws, and to be proud of our belonging to this great country.. It is Canada, a country distinguished by its socially diverse fabric culturally and ethnically.. Yes, we have the right to be proud to belong to it, indeed I will go further and say that it is natural for others to be jealous of it.
Here perhaps someone may ask me, why do you say that?
I say this because throughout the journey of life I have traveled a lot, visited many countries, toured many cities, dealt with many spectra of people, faced huge challenges, and heard a lot, a lot, and a lot, and I found that Canada deserves to be my beloved par excellence, I loved it from my heart and this is not hypocrisy but faith and conviction in it, when I leave it I feel a great longing for it to the point that some thought it was a passing story in a specific time period, but I found it otherwise, it is the homeland that embraces me, and it is the place that grants me vast spaces of freedom and security to practice my humanity, develop myself, and plan for the future of my children.
They said you speak about it emotionally as if you do not know any of its flaws, I say nothing is without flaws and its advantages are massive and surpass all the flaws you see, so why then do we look for flaws and not talk about the advantages.
They said its foreign political stances are duplicitous, I say that the interests of countries are always subject to calculations we do not know, but also if we want to influence this policy, we must not remain only in the ranks of critics who scream about everything without providing alternatives, rather we must look into how to become influential.
Only then will there be no duplicity in dealing between us and others, but there will be balanced standards based on what the public interest requires to serve everyone always, if you are asleep no one will look for you, and if you want there to be a change in positions you must be thinkers and active members in society, are you that today?! Or are you in a coma still searching for deficiencies and complaining about everything.. Unfortunately, I say until this day we have not been influential enough for our voices to be heard, instead of remaining numbers only when needed.
They said its positions towards Arabs are lax and deceptively negative, while towards others they are smooth and clearly positive, I say everyone seeks your approval and integration and gives you a feeling of security but you prefer isolation, chaos, and ambiguity, so you only see darkness, and if you want strict and positive results in implementation, be the ones so others can give you what you want, not just bestow upon you what you need!
Therefore, it is not strange to find you make your community leaders from paper without investigating their backgrounds, origins, and behavioral histories, rather you make them symbols when they are not, thus you are led by them according to what they see and want, not according to what you wish or seek, they sell you illusions and market their contaminated convictions and you are satisfied with that while the shocks keep coming and you are stagnant without renewal or initiative, so what do you expect?!
You practice envy, hatred, lies, fraud, and many improper behaviors among yourselves and with others, and in the end you complain and blame her for your actions although she embraces you and opens her arms for you to develop yourselves and innovate.
Even in your protest marches, we started to notice intellectual and behavioral contamination and a misunderstanding of the available freedom space, so some of you insult us all, where those leading among you are unaware and subject to heated emotions until the solution leads them to put it in one basket with others and say to it, “You do not represent me openly even though I carry your identity!” Is this sound thinking?!
I do not know how this logic happens, how it is and why it is?, knowing that we can carry the flag and the flag of identity and the mother and walk in the middle of the road to gain more friends and sympathizers instead of deepening the chasm of alienation, turning away from us, and not being concerned with our concerns and what we wish to be and want.
From here I say, although our Arab countries are beautiful with their atmosphere, people, loved ones, culture, and identity we are proud of, they need us to be strong not weak and naive, rather they want us to be ambassadors for them abroad so we can influence and convey a correct image of them through our integration not assimilation so that the polluters of thought and behavior among our own people do not prevail over us, to weaken our influence, and restrict our participation in building, which reflects an ugly image through aberrant and transient behaviors that only represent their owners who try to monopolize our convictions, thoughts, and culture according to what they see and not according to what should be!
Here, at the end of this article, I say again many envy the security, safety, and peace you enjoy, and are jealous of you because you carry its identity, rather they dream of acquiring what you have obtained in many aspects lacking only one thing which is your unity under its umbrella and your belonging to it to leave your mark and influence its positions, because it really deserves our pride, and it is a duty for others to be jealous of it because it is Canada that we love and others aspire to be part of its components, fabric, and essence which distinguish it from others, so be Canada so that it can be you!
May you remain well and may Canada remain great and full of goodness and safety.

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