Human rights. Is it an applicable term for some privileged people?
I attended a panel about human rights where several people who came from different cultural backgrounds were discussing the difficulties they face sometimes when it comes to certain topics such as; freedom of expression, being a Muslim, Feminism, LGBTQ community and so on. Having lived my whole life in autocratic countries, I'm just not used to such freedom, actually, it was terrifying when you even had these thoughts in mind. The sarcastic part was that I really didn't know where to stand in the discussion because I'm literally denied all my human rights. Which right should I stand for? In which front line shall I fight? Coming from what was supposed to be one of the safest countries in the world, Syria- which is well-known now as the country of conflict, war, ISIS and huge violations against human rights-I have to continuously change the stereotype about being the middle ages homo sapiens. I'm denied my simplest right as a human to discover and travel ...