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I have a secret that I would like to reveal today
A secret that nobody knows about, including my parents
And don't tell them!
Every day, my mother wakes me up..
But it takes me half an hour to get up
She thinks that I'm still asleep
While actually, I'm not
The truth is; every day, I take half an hour from day to travel to a 3D world
So, I'm going to ask you to shut your eyes, on the condition that you'll stay awake,
Close your eyes..and imagine where you could be
now open your eyes..
I'm certain that some might have pictured themselves in another country
While others imagined being in college, although I doubt it
Some might imagine going to the market
Or a place they like..or the mosque
When I close my eyes, I always travel to the outer space
Of course, through my own technique that I may unveil during my talk
I want to ask you a question;
Has anyone travelled to the space?
Really? How come none of you have been there yet?
I have been there ..
Remember Felix (Baumgartner)?
He had too much media coverage
Whilst I should have had the same amount of coverage
I used to ignore the media, but I will start chasing them from now on
I used to dream of a world free of wars, destruction, ignorance, pollution, diseases, poverty and illiteracy
And whenever I tell others about it, they would say; go find another world where such dream may come true
It is impossible to realize this dream on earth
I said; ok! I will go find another world!
I started to think; since the earth is part of the solar system
And given that our solar system and the galaxy are part of billions of other galaxies
Is it possible that the crises, woes and conflicts happening on earth do happen in other planets?
Is it possible that they handle them similarly?
So, I decided to embark on a journey I called;
The universal messages to the world
I've visited multiple places; Mercury, Venus, Mars..
And also the Andromeda Galaxy
But this time, I wanted to take up a new adventure
And head to a new undiscovered planet
And I hereby break the news to NASA that they will be hearing soon of this planet
And they shall name it after me, Copyrights thing!
Now, we will know the story of this planet, and how it relates to the earth and to TEDx?
As soon as I arrived to this planet, I was going to the unknown..
Usually I'm the adventurous kind of person, but when you are in the spot,
You feel a little at awe and danger
I told myself; " I shouldn't prejudge things based on how they look"
Sometimes the tiniest details demonstrate the real beauty
I decided to walk around
And when I started doing this, I felt a tremendous negative energy
Unlike all my previous journeys
The deeper I walked in this planet, the more disputes I bumped into between its inhabitants
So, I started to ask; "why are there so many conflicts and looming negative energy?"
Suddenly, I saw an evil-looking creature running towards me
So, I thought this would be the end of me
But out of the nowhere, a good creature, obviously from the white halo around him,
Showed up to save my life..
Thank God, and thanks to that creature; I'm now speaking to you
I thanked the creature for saving my life, he replied by asking about who I was
I said; "I'm Zuha, from planet earth".
He replied; "We've heard a lot about you from your previous journeys"
I asked; "what is this negative energy on your planet? And why does it exist only here?"
He said; "there is a story behind this;
When this planet was evolving, there were numerous conflicts, wars, woes..
and interventions by aliens coming from other planets and meteors
that have always been refueling the problems
the implications of such problems have survived to date
and the negative energy is manifested in disputes and conflicts
and that made me realize why the people on earth treat each other with hostility
and how the red has become the favorite color
and why butterflies were replaced with bombs
and how their favorite music has become the sounds of whining and agony
however, the alien creature said; "Despite all, I don't justify the hostilities in your planet"
I asked "Why?"
"the side you've just seen is the dark side.. there is a bright one" he replied
"would you like to see it?" "Let's go!"
We had already gotten tired of all the darkness and melancholy ideas
While we were walking, he asked;
" You said you were from planet earth?
In the past, there was a beam of light stemming from the earth
That lit up the entire universe
A light that we'd only seen in past eras
What's happened on earth leading to this? Leading to such light shining all over?"
I started to wonder; "what were the new things that have happened on earth recently?"
"What were the elements that factored in?"
And finally I came up with the answer and said happily;
" the light has come out from the nations that rose up to reject injustice and tyranny"
"The nations that have always called for dignity, freedom and equal opportunities"
Yemen has contributed to such beam of light emitting from the earth ..
And more is to come, with God 's will"
He smiled and said; " we have so many things in common"
Suddenly, a hill of snow appeared which was quite strange because
The planet was very hot with a lot of negative energy coming out
He explained to me; " here we rejected the bitter reality..
And made our dreams a reality..
worked hard and believed deep in our hearts ..
that we were the ones in charge of building our planet and managed to truly realize this end"
I said; "how strong your determination is and how great your actions are indeed"
He said; " we are now in the process of change and working on disseminating our ideas..
I know that what I'm saying is appealing..
I said "why?"
He said: "but there are objections and vicious voices that always impede our progress towards change"
I wondered; "and where would such objections come from?"
He answered; "objections come from the aliens in other planets"
I asked; " and why would they object to your noble ideas?"
He answered; " it's quite the normal thing…
When the creatures get used to a specific condition,
they start to deem change as a threat to their very existence
so, objections are natural. But what's really nice about it
is that we both listen to each other and never submit to prejudgments
and then we look for commonalities and exclude differences
by this, many have joined us..
we absolutely have no problem with the opposition..it's normal
we are only irritated by the evil voices"
I was scared by the phrase "evil voices"
So he furthered; " they are the voices calling for division, discrimination and profiling..
They have always been hindering our advancement and revolution"
I inquired; " and why do such voices exist?"
He answered; " because they know that the more conflicts, wars and divisions there were,
The more gains they could make of them…
However, we've known their intentions and stood up to them..
We united with the opposition and have managed to overcome them
Because nothing can break our resilience"
I said; " how beautiful! But, my journey has come to an end
Would you like me to deliver a message to earth?"
I brought you something back with me
It's for me actually
But I'll show you what it is now;
He gave it to me and said; " we used to have a cultural exchange with other planets..
And I got something that I'd like you to take back to earth"
He gave me a ring..that was, to my surprise, made of Yemeni garnet
Our civilization has reached the whole universe
And wasn't confined to earth
This was my story on the planet "Zuha"
Whenever I return to earth after one of my journeys, I tend to feel depressed
That I'm coming back to such difficult conditions
We are all brought together by planet earth
And as Yemenis we are brought together by our homeland
And our origin as the sons of Adam
Why can't we see the commonalities amongst us
And why, with the hardships, differences and problems ..
around the globe and specifically in Yemen,
do the now called "evil voices" keep emerging ? calling for discrimination and profiling
on basis of belief, religion, race, political affiliation..
and worst of all on basis of region
for how long and by what right are people classified?
If we look at the differences from another perspective;
As a blessing that enriches civilization..
If we look at those differences as a complement to the beautiful image of earth
This planet demands us to do a lot..
And to take initiatives by the youth and by us
The picture is now grim
There are conflicts..
And unfortunately evil voices
And there is an opposition..
But there shouldn't be a problem for us all to seek rebuilding this planet
There is a ray of hope..
That you, me and everybody else are capable of building the world
And of fulfilling the desired dream
This is our goal
Why can't we just distance ourselves from all the differences and variations
And set our eyes on one goal together
Always remember that you are a story
An everyday there is a new story
Reflect them all in your community and struggle for freedom and dignity
Remember that first and foremost ; the decision is yours
And you are the one who chooses to be happy or sad
Remember.. when you try to make others happy,
Fate is looking for the right moment to make you happy
We're all united by one hope and one dream..
A universal message to the world
I'm the ambassadress of space to earth..
So whoever wants to send a message to aliens,
Shall come to me!
I hope in my upcoming journeys to go with loads of success stories..
To tell the aliens that we on earth have stories of success worthy of being told..
Thank you