How Conflict Begins..

Conflict always starts with disagreement over an issue. In conflict there are always two different sides of the story with different opinions. I have always thought that the perfect example of conflict is a divorce, it can relate to every type of conflict that its going on nowadays. A divorce or separation between a couple happens when they disagree about many things so much they can't be together anymore. After they separate the fight over children, properties, business etc becomes almost a war. This can relate to lots of conflicts that exist. For example the conflict between the Shia and Sunni Muslims that takes back to year 632 when the prophet Muhammad died and they couldn't agree who would be the next leader of the Muslim community. The two communities share some fundamental beliefs but they differ in doctrines, rituals, law etc. This has created a huge division throughout the Middle East since Shia and Sunni groups started hating each other. Because of this they have to live separately and compete for power, status and control. Also this conflict has generated lots of suffering, death, war and misery. Another example of conflicts is here in Colombia where insurgent groups such as FARC, ELN, M-19 formed a long time ago because of political differences between "Liberales" and "Conservadores." These groups main idea was fighting for equality but they ended up arming themselves and mixing with terrorist groups in order to finance themselves. In my opinion, conflict will never cease to exist in the world because its impossible that everyone agrees with everyone. But these conflicts shouldn't be held or fought violently, I think that diplomacy is the best option, because the only thing that violence generates is more violence, innocent deaths, suffering and devastation.

Being a Refugee...

During the past few weeks in class we have discussed with our teacher about refugees situations around the world. Our senior class has focussed con the refugee situation going on in Jordan, where refugees keep arriving everyday from Syria and Sudan because of different conflicts. The conflicts are based on civil wars between religious or political differences in the country, like in Sudan where the country is divided in two: the arabic muslims and the african christians, who struggle between each others during years creating serious violent internal problems. We got the opportunity to read in class a very personal essay of a young reporter, Alice Su about the Syrian refugees. With the essay we got a little idea how things were going in Syria and learned how different our lives are from other people around the world. The following quote from Alice Su's article illustrates the situation in Syria, " They shoot you until you get to Jordan. Then you go to Zaatari." This made me realize how different my life is from theirs, they have had to separate from their families, fight to survive, be strangers in a new country and much more, while I have been the only girl in my parents life and lived in stability my whole life. Then today in class Miss Sierra made me think with an example she made about how I didn't know almost nothing about the experiences of the refugees. So I remembered a book I read called The Kite Runner which can relate a lot to what we are discussing in class even though it is a fictional work and takes place in another location. This book talks about two young kids that are raised as friends but separated by religion and social status. In the middle of the book one of them (the wealthy one) has to flee from where he lived his whole life because of the Taliban conflict that was starting. He arrived to a refugee camp and then he was sent to the US. In the book you can see the struggle he had

With his father adapting to a new place and how the contrast was between the two places he was. At first he was from a wealthy family and then got to another place to be one more from the common people. Thats very similar to what the young refugees from Jordan are experiencing. All because of the fault of a conflict they had to live full of fear, separate from their families, integrate in a new place and worse.

My Story

Hi, my name is Andrea Juliana Hernandez the owner of this blog. I was born 17 years ago on the 31st of December. I have lived my whole life in the city of Bucaramanga, Colombia. I am a creative person who loves to have fun. Since I was 3 years old I have been involved with music, now a days I play the piano and sing. Other of the things I love to do is reading, volleyball, spending time with family and taking care of my dog. Currently, I am a senior at Colegio Panamericano, this blog was created with the purpose of making our History class more interesting and I look forward to posting my opinions to what is happening in the world now a days and of things that have happened in the past.Thanks, bye

Here are a few photos of me when I was little, with my family and with my seniors ❤️❤️