Its Time to Humanize the Syrian Refugee CrisisBy Derrick Broze Lost in the headlines of proposals to completely ban Muslims or Arabs altogether, there are individuals and families who truly seek nothing but a life free of violence, war, and pain. While the Internet is filled with theorists who suspect that refugees are nothing more than terrorists in hiding, there are millions of human beings who wish for an opportunity to be treated as equals. To be certain, there have been reports of clashes with the residents of various nations who are accepting refugees. But is this the fault of the refugees, the residents, or simply ignorance on both parts? To get to the bottom of this, one must begin to look at the situation without prejudice and recognize that all humans are individuals with their own unique perspectives and ideas. While some refugees may have their own vision of transforming their host nation, there are others who want to learn and grow in their new home. By the same token, for every accepting and loving citizen of a host nation there are also ignorant bigots who reject foreigners automatically. Since 2011, hundreds of thousands of Syrians have risked their lives to make it to the shores of Greece. While many of these people have been resettled thousands more remain stranded in legal limbo. They are caught between Europeans who welcome them with open arms and increasingly far-right political groups who seek to ban refugees and their religious beliefs. In an attempt to shine a light on the human side of the refugee crisis, a new documentary will follow the journey of one man from Syria to the Idomeni refugee camp in Greece. In April, filmmaker Jeremy Martin spent a week at Idomeni with refugees gathering video content, making contacts, and researching the migration crisis. While at Idomeni, Martin met Adbullah, a refugee from Deir ez-Zor, Syria, a city destroyed by Syrian, Russian, and NATO bombs and now controlled by ISIS. Abdullah and his friends share their stories of reaching Europe and ask whether taking the journey and risking their lives was a worthy endeavor. In the film we find out from refugees who they think is to blame for their crisis, where they place hope, and what options they have ahead of them, Martin told selfnews Post. We look at why they left home, what theyve encountered along the way, and how ending up in Greece has changed their lives. We try to understand how it feels to live every day from one to the next in complete uncertainty about the future as we perceive the refugee crisis Through Abdullahs Eyes. Jeremy Martin is planning to return to Greece to continue documenting the refugees journey as they seek asylum abroad. When asked how his film will handle the negativity and bigotry faced by some of the refugees, Martin said his film aims to color the word refugee with the personalities of refugees that remind you that were so much more alike than we imagined, but because of the politics, whatever they may be, they equate to time lost in limbo as resources grow thin, tempers rise, and Europes far right keeps gaining momentum. Its easy for armchair activists and Internet commentators to judge others and make assumptions about individuals based on their religion, the color of their skin, or their country of origin, but at the end of the day we are all individuals. Lovers of liberty, human rights advocates, and refugees can all learn to approach each other with kindness, grace, and compassion. Until we are capable of learning to judge every individual by their character and their actions we will be easily divided and manipulated. For more information on Through Abdullahs Eyes please see this interview with Jeremy Martin. If you are interested in supporting the film please contribute to Jeremys crowdfunding campaign. Derrick Broze is an investigative journalist and liberty activist. He is the Lead Investigative Reporter for selfnewsPost.com and the founder of the TheConsciousResistance.com. Follow him on Twitter. Derrick is available for interviews. This article may be freely reposted in part or in full with author attribution and source link. Well Derrick; . . . Once we humanize the situation, then comes the need to take care of them. Call me heartless, but were over 19 trillion in debt. We cannot boil the ocean. OK lets watch some videos of how the migrants have behaved in Europe, to humanize them, and also to humanize the local people victimized because of them. Theyre people too. You want to be selective about who we watch and what we are supposed to conclude. No thanks. Its not that Im heartless. Its that Im not a cuck. BACK IN THE EUSSR (parody of The Beatles Back in the USSR) Oh, flew in from Liberia Beach D.O.A. Im back in the E.U.S.S.R. Those great debts really knock me out Take me to Carpathian Mountains way down South Im back in the E.U.S.S.R. No, start to dehumanise these psycho-freaks who are directly responsible for the militarised dystopia in those middle east countries and treat them as the tradition demands with rabid animals or parasite infestations. Of course be decent with the displaced masses but assist them to return and to rebuild their countries. The banksters need a war desperately right now. Theyve tried so hard in Syria and it just hasnt worked. Now theyve got crazy Trump actually saying we should stay out of the Middle East and focus on our own problems, and people are listening Whats a self-respecting globalist financier to do? Without the US military killing people and breaking things, there is no future growth path for them. So they send their puppets like Kasich and Romney out to talk up the fight against evil and threaten Russia and China, hoping to fool those dumb white Murkins one more time into sending their sons off to die for God and Country and Goldman Sachs. The IMF Jws are in bed with the Turks and NATO, they are worried about a Trump audit of the Federal Reserve and about Trump and Putin teaming up to destroy them once and for all Trump is a vote for peace, and peace does not make money for the weapon industry. The pseudo secular media and their Zonist masters profit from destabilization. Yes Doug, and they want us to kill each other off to save them the trouble of eliminating us. 