In the middle of my undergrad, there was the 2011 Arab Spring (and the subsequent destruction of Syria).

In the middle of my master's, I was at #AUB, and the October 2019 uprising in Lebanon happened.

In the middle of my PhD, the Israeli genocide in Gaza started.

Being from the #mashriq feels like the entire world is conspiring against you. The entire world wants to prevent you from having a low-key life. I just want to chill and be a fallah in an anonymous village in the Galilee...