Peace is mainly the state of no war, this is how we
define it as Peace advocates .As we have been educated that peace refers to the antonymous
state of war where killings and chemical
weapons do not not exist.
However ,as we start to experience more and meet different people ,we came to believe and encounter a bitter truth .This factual truth is
often harsh to embrace because it tells us that we are ignorant about peace .
Because peace is not only a static fact but rather a
psychic one: where we as youth act as a catalyst to bring it and reach it. If we
perceive all what is going on right now all over the world, we will figure out
that all these happenings from strikes and conflicts are quite related to the
absence of peace attitude not peace state of being or wellness as most prefer
to refer to it.
In fact ,within our organization called Young Leaders Entrepreneurs or even within my academic research ,I found that most of youth
whether in Tunisia or abroad suffer from two points :stereotypes and rejecting
differences .Even on the geopolitical scene ,we are oblivious about how peace
generates itself until it fades away because youth are targeted as key feature
of manipulation and misuse by politicians not treated as key stone of change and progress .
I have started a project two years ago which is called “New
Generation Initiative “where we gathered 60 high school students from the GreaterTunis to be mixed together and work together to solve some problematic
situations related to leadership capacity building.
This experiment allowed as a team of experts to
understand how different social classes and even often mixed with stereotypes
and social fabric falsified by parental and patriarchal society mislead those
youth to be victims of social clashes and ancestral grudge .
we convinced them that this upcoming generation should
discuss instead of hatred ,should co-work instead of judging each other ,and
never give the chance for those who want to fish in murky waters to achieve their evil plans.
Moreover ,I want to say that youth are not the means for
peace but rather a key component of making a change through educating them
about peace ,conflict analysis, and conflict transformation rather than
conflict resolution because sometimes we cannot solve
a problem but rather transform all its negative energy to a positive one
through usage: of arts ,intercultural exchange programs, and sports because love
is contagious and can be taught instead of submerging them with etiquettes and
morals without constructive teachings about meditation along with peace attitude. .
I am eager to share my experience in Nepal about peace mediation and that of Zurich
institute will be an addition to the fruitful debates and round-table
discussion to speak about Tunisia struggle to experience peace as a feature of
social justice.
Youth are not ignorant about today’s up to date events
,they are getting more and more active within the civil society apparatus to
advocate or lobby for ending impunity ,wars and ,gender-based violence as traits
of how a dictator regime can work to deprive its youth and its overall citizens
from their rights to enjoy peace as a guarantee of economic prosperity. Because
investors would not invest their money in a country full of conflicts and civil
war. Taking the example of my continent Africa which is full of natural
resources but it is torn between politics gold diggers and weaponry companies
along with drugs mafia.
Thus, world peace is threatened because of perpetuated
wars, gang rapes, religious fanatics ,and sects clashes like in Lebanon.
Consequently, the world is split between: victimizers
and victims. Personally, i consider that arranging more events and supporting youth initiatives will act as an active platform for youth and worldwide activists to make such happenings naked
as we always say :”Enough is Enough”.
we should plan effective strategies and implement
global projects and write well-elaborated advocacies as the Earth’s natural
resources are going less and less.
Acting now is better than nothing, we should work for
peace as a World peace not to be geographically limited because peace knows no barriers,
no frontiers ,and no discriminatory criteria based :on race, color ,or religion.
Nilson Mandela ,Ghandi, and Mother Theresa all
struggled along with others to unite humanity because a one hand cannot clap .we
should sustain each other ,help each other ,and collaborate as one soul and body
to make our nations shine under the sun of co-existence ,acceptance, and
forgiveness.
I remember that Kmla Bhasin in Nepal once said :”If we
want peace ,we should share light and if we want light we should forgive each
other’s mistakes .Nobody is isolated from committing mistakes .we all do “
Coming to this point ,we understand that peaceful
co-existence is vital especially in a country full of diverse ethnicities and
minorities like in Iraq. We cannot dominate otherness, we should accept it as a
feature of diversity and richness .
Because if we try to oblige others to adapt our scope
of view and repress their thoughts .Certainly, they will rebel one day like we
did in Tunisia because of a corrupt government full of nepotism and impunity .
we as Tunisians protested and confronted this regime barbarism
because we wanted peace and justice not violence and uncivilized pickets like
Ben Ali ousted president addressed the media describing us
To conclude ,as a Tunisian ,I can presume that my
country is now undertaking an adventure to transit from dictatorship to
democracy .Peace should no be t taken for granted .
In contrary to that ,sometime we should fight for it if we truly want to live in its auspicious world .
In contrary to that ,sometime we should fight for it if we truly want to live in its auspicious world .
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