Go Down
-
#15 by bubbadave3 on 12 Jun, 2010 18:47
-
Boy, can I relate to you! I'm 100% Middle Eastern, (Armenian), and go to an non-denominational church. I was born in the States, and this woman at our church came up to me and told me that she's afraid of me because she's convinced that I'm a Middle Eastern terrorist! She told me that I look like Saddam. I told her that my relatives have been Christians for centuries, and that I am not a terrorist. To this very day, she told me that I should trim my goat and that she'll ask me where my sheet is. She'll even ask me if I've flown any planes into any buildings lately? She's totally loopy! I still have my goat. I'm the one who has to live with it, and I like it.
by the way bubba, there is actually a very high population of armenians in syria. i have an aunt that is armenian and she speaks arabic and the armenian language.
[/quote]
My grandmother came to the US via Haleb, (Aleppo). She spoke both Armenian and Turkish. I was Antiochian (Eastern) Orthodox for many years, and know some liturgical Arabic. -
#16 by xnewyawka on 13 Jun, 2010 09:42
-
they keep nagging me and saying tht i look like a terrorist
Syrian sly, what does a terrorist look like?
truthfully,a terrorist can look like anybody.
Thank you. -
#17 by balddaniel on 13 Jun, 2010 15:53
-
Don't worry about what other people think
-
#18 by iangreenelee on 24 Jun, 2010 11:56
-
most Christian men in the Bible had a beard...
I had a neighbor who threatened to sue me all the time for little things. To me, she was a terrorist! -
#19 by lifeinthesouth on 24 Jun, 2010 13:11
-
I can understand your problem I am of Lebanese decent myself so I am naturally a little darker skin tone than most people. My mother is Lebanese but my father is not. I have been told before when I grew my beard out a little that "all I needed was a towel on my head and I would look like a terrorist. So I would keep my beard very short and clean looking. I ended up shaving mainly because my wife didn't like it and well we all know the saying."If Momma ain't happy then nobody is happy."
Wasn't really the look I wanted anyway I was just curious as to what it looked like. 
-
#20 by BaldWriterBob on 27 Aug, 2010 14:14
-
At the end of the day, it's what makes you happy that matters. It is truly unfortunate that people jump to conclusions based on how a person looks, or even how they speak.