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Rawan, an Iraqi little girl, giving a speech at the Iraqi festival, I'm Iraqi .. I read. Translated by www.facebook.com/ILoveIRAQ1
There was a Greek philosopher called Diogenes
He used to hold a lamp in daytime from the early morning
and walk around in his city
So the people asked him, what are you looking for Diogenes
He telles them that he is looking for the truth
We are today
We and this beautiful team, group of young Intellectual people
when we started this project, we discovered the truth
We honestly discovered the truth
The truth is, our country doesn't need someone who cries on it
Iraq needs someone who can build it
But how can we build Iraq again and Zanoba sells handkerchiefs in the streets
Zanoba is a name of a littile girl and she gave it as an example
She means that a lot of Iraqi children are poor and they don't go to school, they have to sell things in the streets to bring money to their families
We can not build this country again and Zanoba sells handkerchiefs in the streets
and Hamoody sells nylon bags, we can not build it
But enogh, enough ignorance, enough unfairness, enough
We have endured a lot of ignorance and unfairness in our life
So let us all come and read
So that we can return Zanoba and Hamody to the school
So they will become later Doctors and Engineers
So let us all come and read
To know that there is a Greek wisdom that says
The voice of children is the voice of God
Let us all come and read, so that we will know part of the truth that Diogenes was looking for
Read for me father
and open for me all the doors
Don't give me a piece of death as a gift
But bring me a 1000 books as a gift
read, read for the future
the next generation may ask
Why do we die, why do we get killed
?
We are the beutiful flowers of earth
In our smile you find the most beautiful song
We are the beutiful flowers of earth
In our smile you find the most beautiful song
We sing like a dove
We dream in peace and security
Read for me father, and open for me all the doors
Rawan, Rawan
Dear audience, we invite you now to see recorded video messages from Iraqis and intellectual people living outside the country
It's up to you now, the message is in reading, the message is in awareness
The message will spread by all of you through this knowledge revolution that started today and will never stop
Thank you very much