In God We Trust

Every two years or so the university holds a global village kind of thing in which students from all the different countries and students associations participate and each do their own country.

Two years ago, my group did part of UAE and it came out great, and this year the made us choose between UAE and USA, we chose USA because when we did UAE some American students helped us, so we're going to help them. Also because we wanted to send a message to everyone about USA and most importantly educate the students about it.

I thought that some people might not really like that idea, I just didn't expect them to fight it this way – people are so stupid and ignorant.

It first started with students talking in the hostels about it, and then cuss words were written on our gate (a guard was put to make sure that's not done again). I thought it's all about students not being educated enough or open-minded to get it, but then employees in the university started talking about it. Two military vehicles were put in the university, one is like the first one from the UAE to enter Iraq in the gulf war or something and the other one was Sheikh Zayed's Allah yurhamu, and rumors came out that some American Military vehicles with American flags on them were parked in the university – some people are just too lame.

And when the American flag, along with all the other countries' flags were put in the university, and all around it, people really hated us.

The opening was last Monday and we were so proud and happy of the outcome, everyone loved it and Sheikh Nahyan liked it to the point that we got him to mark all the places he have been to in America on the map we made.

After that, it was open for everyone and got so crowded, and our corner had the most action and fights, students would come in yelling at us, to the point that I thought some of them would start breaking things, but then we would take them in a tour and explain everything to them and they would love it and thank us before they leave. I was surprised by how much people don't know about the US, and yet they hate it so much, some students went on to say things like 'we didn't know there were Muslims in America!' 'I didn't know there were Masjids in America!' etc.
The funniest thing so far is how so many students when asked who was the first man to step on the moon say 'the Saudi Sheikh Sultan…' he was not the first, and he didn't even go to the moon, they paid two billions for him to just go the space.

To be continued…