American Hero: Ahmed Al-Ahmed
American Hero: Ahmed Al-Ahmed
The #bondibeach shooters were father and son, targeting Jews. Christianity and Islam are offshoots of Judaism, they all share the same origin story, different prophets. #robreiner was allegedly killed by his son. The #brown shooting is another attack in and on education, on those finding their way in the world.
A generational issue, but that’s not all. An old versus new issue, but not just.
It’s tribalism, but with shared tribes, and no way to separate them.
Time to embrace. #BondiBeachHero
They call it the golden hour at Bondi, when the light softens, the sea glows and the sun fades. It was the kind of summer evening that Ahmed al-Ahmed would have told his parents about back in Idlib, Syria, before they arrived to join him two months ago, reuniting with a son who had called Australia home for almost two decades. It was the kind of evening, too, that strolling along the seafront with his cousin, Jozay Alkanj, al-Ahmed paused to watch the Jewish celebrations on Bondi beach as