Ordinary People
A friend of mine, whose home on the web is The Blank Paper, is just wrapping up a six week stay in Yemen. For those of you who don’t know, Yemen is a Muslim state on the Arabian penninsula. Here is an excerpt from his concluding blog entry:
The people here are really no different then in most places in the world. The barriers of language and religion only serve to mask that the average person anywhere merely want to be able to provide a good life for their families and loved ones. The international intrigues are only the playing ground of intellectuals and pundits. Most people live lives of quiet ambition, rarely judging people by their governments, but by the merits of each individual.
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