Too Still
Someone who reads this often might get the wrong impression about me. I am a quite happy girl, mostly. Happy for what I have. I didn't really write much at all about me, I think I prefer it that way. Here I talk about things I find sometimes not so easy to talk about else where..Usually I prefer talking in real life..
Well time for a little change here now. I am in engineering. I am student, lot's of my time is about studying ( well..Should be..)
I've watched so many of my friends travel abroad for work or studies or marriage the last years..And I always knew my turn would be coming.
No doubt the economy here and the industry and the market is nothing like the in the west , the market is nothing like in the gulf..
You always ask your friends who are traveling : will you come back, what are your plans later?
Good doctors / engineers/ who get a scholarship and travel abroad are often offered a job after their studies abroad..And they often take it. The salary is a dream salary, and there are lot's of other great things too. But at the same time, many want to give something back to their homecountry..That looses so many and development by loosing their skills.
But the thing is..For many to even have a chance of getting a job that is interesting for them and their high and developed skills, things should start MOVING.
Sure we can't expect magic, things take their time..We can't expect to have industry that is like the one in the west producing airplanes and powerfully engines and cars all of a sudden. But if we could instead compare to, say, the rest of Asia..China that is raising, India that-still has lots of poverty etc.-has some great universities and education in computer science. I even saw an American report about some of their impressive universities and skills..Or the rest of South east Asia..I get the feeling we are missing a little here, I don't it's fair to compare us to the west, but we should not forget Asia..Or even places like South Africa that has many problems but still not so far behind when it comes to education for example ( well..To who can afford it)..But at least it's some of their national universities, and not American (foreignn) universities inCairoo or Beirut..) I'd like to see less of my friend disappear from here..And I'd love to see things MOVING!
اختتام الملتقى العربي الثالث للتربية والتعليم ... 10 ملايين جامعي عربي ولا اصلاح تربوياً يواكب التنمية
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I have been living in Cairo for almost three months now and have my IT company branch running for almost two months.
My impression working here is that the engineering talent in Egypt is great but the management talent is horrible. I'm wondering if that's the case in Syria.
It's a shame, and reminising to the days when we we're a founder-country of th WTO wouldn't really help.
But, see, it's all just attached together, u can't have a blooming economy without the a political reform, and u can't have political reform without denouncing emergency laws, torture.. and the rest of the list of things that keep the regime in control.
We need to have more belief in ourseleves as people, the time where we can still expect sth from the government has long passed. The only way is to take things into ur own hand. and that in turn, needs a population, of well-educated, open-minded people, who actually BELIEVE in their country, and the prospects of development here.
I know u know this rant, it's nothing new, we've been over this issue a lot of time... and it's still the same.
I'm in Japan, cuz my IT faculty decided that I'm no good for 2nd year, at the same time when the japanese government offers me a full scholarship here. Fustration. That's one thing in common between every Syrian. Frustration.
(this isn't so much for posting a comment - more a reply to yours)
thanks for the postive feedback on the blog. . . i try (especially as an american) to stay out of politics and serious stuff and give family and such at home a taste of the middle east that differs from CNN - but isn't this big fluffy hug.
i've been reading your blog - i've actually stumbled across it before and remembered it. i enjoy your honesty. very rare in blogs these days. . . also, philip glass, morphine? wow. nice music taste as well. . . anyway, keep a bloggin' and good luck.
Kicky Sack ,Thanks! I think what you are doing is great!
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