نسأل: هل نرحل أم لا نرحل؟ لا نسأل: هل البقاء خيار أصلا، إذا كنا نرغب في العيش بسعادة؟ تنشأ المعضلات من هذا التناقض، حيث نعتقد أن هجرتنا طوعية. عندما لا نرى القوة الساحقة تشردنا، فإننا نحاسب أنفسنا على التخلي عن بلدنا

Lebanon stands at the center: a rather unwelcoming refuge to the displaced Syrians and, simultaneously, home to millions of migrants who leave it in search of stability and basic living. When we close our doors to those who are escaping instability, we are shutting our mind to the fact that we are also the ones being displaced.

By framing all the female actors in war into gender stereotypes and presenting US sovereignty in a narrative of masculinity, the Bush Administration was able to construct a fantasy in which the US takes on the role of the masculine hero – justifying the Iraq war as a fight to protect feminine fragility.