Something that’s been on my mind for a while:
Sometimes I read Americans here having very absolutist ideas on ‘freedom’ or ‘democracy’. For example, ‘why do people live in Dubai when it’s an autocracy?’ I can tell you why.
My Syrian friends, who no longer have a home, live there because they won’t ever get a visa for the U.S., nor anywhere else in the western world.
My skilled Iranian best friend who just got his life upended by a Canadian visa that took 3 whole years then rejected.
Adrianna Tan /
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2023-12-14 18:38:24
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