{"id":251336,"date":"2019-07-03T07:00:26","date_gmt":"2019-07-03T10:00:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/anba.com.br\/?p=251336"},"modified":"2019-07-02T19:40:39","modified_gmt":"2019-07-02T22:40:39","slug":"unforgettable-says-drauzio-varella-on-lebanon-and-jordan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/anba.com.br\/en\/unforgettable-says-drauzio-varella-on-lebanon-and-jordan\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Unforgettable,\u2019 says Drauzio Varella on Lebanon and Jordan"},"content":{"rendered":"

S\u00e3o Paulo \u2013 Brazilian physician Drauzio Varella told ANBA about his impressions of his first trip ever to Arab countries<\/a> for the making of documentary film Drauzio em campo: L\u00edbano e Jord\u00e2nia<\/em><\/a>\u00a0(Drauzio out in the field: Lebanon and Jordan). Check out his testimony:<\/p>\n

\u201cPrior to this trip to shoot video of Doctors Without Borders in Lebanon and Jordan, I\u2019d never been to any Arab countries, and it was a big surprise. First off because Arabs have a simpatico relationship with us Brazilians. Many of them have relatives living in Brazil. Immigration to Brazil, especially from Lebanon and Syria, was very strong since the past century. Arab hospitality, you know? That thing where \u2018We\u2019re about to serve lunch, and we can fit ten more people at the table.\u2019<\/p>\n

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‘Arabs have a simpatico relationship with us Brazilians’<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

What impressed me the most was the diversity, the difficulty in setting the criteria that will lead to peace across that region. We have been to several camps with lots of refugees in Lebanon. We\u2019ve been to Majdal Anjar and Arsal, specifically, and we witnessed the precarious conditions the people are living in<\/p>\n

On the other hand, Lebanon, which is home to 4 million-plus people, is welcoming an absurd amount of Syrians. Over a million people! And when you see European countries and the United States, what they are doing to stem the inflow of immigrants, often by resorting to brute force\u2026 And you see that Lebanon, over 20% of its population have come from abroad. An outrageous number. And one way or the other, they have been able to shield those people from the war that\u2019s taking place in countryside Syria and in other countries across the region.<\/p>\n

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‘I’ll remember those scenes […] especially the children’<\/figcaption><\/figure>The experience was very interesting. Doctors Without Borders is doing very important work there. This ability to bring medical attention to the people that need it the most.<\/p>\n

It was a great experience. Unforgettable. I guess that even if I live another 20 years, I\u2019ll remember those scenes, those camps that the refugee live in. And especially the children. You get to thinking, \u2018What will their future be?\u2019<\/p>\n

Translated by Gabriel Pomerancblum<\/strong><\/p>\n

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