Having Great Powers
by Weam Namou
I covered a story a few weeks ago about the genocide in Iraq. The event was organized by Assyrian activist Nahren Anweya and other influential group of people who are of Christian Iraqi decent. I later followed up with Nahren with questions for the article I had to write, and in the process, met with her briefly.
During this time, she mentioned, “Oh, I forgot to share my experience of helping to save 400 Yazedis from a sinking ship last week.”
What? I thought.
She told me the incredible story.
“A Yazedi man called me on Facebook thinking I have great powers not knowing I’m an ordinary individual, and he claimed that there were four ships filled with Yazedis. One of them had 400 passengers and it was stranded in the open water between Greece and Italy. He was hysterical and pleaded for help. I called my brother-in-law who is in the navy and informed Fox News and we were able to save all of them and bring them to Greece. They were very thankful and they were crying.”
The man knew that she was a woman with great powers, not an ordinary individual. And yet the beauty of people with great powers is that they are usually humble, and consider themselves ordinary individuals because they know that within everyone lie those same great powers – if only they were to tap into them.
Cultural Glimpse 
While that was very good of her to do that, and that she saved lives, it’s a shame she contacted Fox (aka Faux) News instead of a real news network. And while Christians have every right to believe as they want, and have the rights of everyone else and not be persecuted for their beliefs, ALL people deserve that right as well,whether they are Christian, Muslim, Jews or atheists….or just people like myself to choose not to associate with any religion.
Yes, it’s true. All people deserve to live a peaceful life!
We often have more power than we think we have.