Today marks the 25th anniversary of the Berlin wall. I would call it The Wall if I would be back in the days when it happened. But the fact it is not the only wall out there. Despite that today Berlin is celebrating the 25th anniversary with a border of light called Lichtgrenze, today there are many walls that still separate families and shade darkness over humanity.
It is very important to remember November 9th, 1998 with gratitude toward the brave people of Germany. To think about men and women who teared when they saw that their freedom is attainable. Germans today taught me the word : Frieden. They said to the world that a wall can not keep a nation divided anymore.Peace is possible if we break all the walls that set us apart physically.
We shouldn’t put walls between economies, cultures, or any groups of people. Because such walls will not just set us apart, but they will ignite hatred and ignorance about those at the other side of the wall. Frieden means peace in Deutsch, and today they celebrated the 25th anniversary of the fall of the wall with that word in mind. I hope that we could remember that when we see walls being taken for granted in other places in the world. Look around you. watch the news. Where there is a wall, Frieden is being jeopardized.
It might not look obvious, but Korean nations have been separated for more than half a century. Arabian nations have been divided for almost a century now. And the distance between them is getting larger even within each nation and itself. It might be a lesson for Arabian and Korean nations. It might be a lesson for the people of Israel and Palestine. It might be something to consider by the recently divided Syria. All of these nations could think one more time about the purpose of each wall that puts them apart. Many nations are getting the excuse to create borders and limitations on immigrants. Some governments are thinking that a very similar walls to the Berlin wall could offer sustainable solutions for their constituents. But the fact is, the fall of any wall today is much easier than the fall of the Berlin wall in 1989. It just takes bravery similar to the one Germans exhibited. It needs willingness to invest in a shared future where education is believed to be the root cause for security and prosperity.
More about the fall of the wall by Times magazine:
Until the fall of the next wall
Frieden,
Sami
