Growing Up Arab

The Fake Praises

When your parents praise you in front of people but then yell at you for being such a bad child when you're alone.

This very last shout out is to الأحواز. Perhaps you have been forgotten by all Arabs so badly to the point where our younger generation doesn't even know of your existence, but I haven't forgotten. And I won't ever.

Since I've been asked this multiple times, I'll explain what Al-Ahwaz is below:

Al-Ahwaz is an area in current day Iran that holds a large Arab population. In 1925, Iran invaded and has controlled all people there. The invasion lives on until this day, and hardly anyone acknowledges the existence of the area. As a matter of fact, not many even know about the invasion (even Arabs from other countries don't). That's why Arabs from that area refer to it as "Al-Ahwaz: The Forgotten." Some of them have attempted to gain independence over the years since they said they have experienced discrimination from the Irani government for being Arabs, but they've failed.

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