Indifference and Violence

Indifference and Violence!!!

“A building shuddered and collapsed, smoke and debris avalanching out into the street. Mahmoud jumped when it fell, but Waleed stood still, like this kind of thing happened everyday.”

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Evidence of INDIFFERENCE

Evidence of VIOLENCE

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“A building shuddered and collapsed, smoke and debris avalanching out into the street. Mahmoud jumped when it fell, but Waleed stood still, like this kind of thing happened everyday.”

“Pak! Pistol rang out again over the waves, and the crowd on the beach cried out in panic. The pistol fired again- pak!-and-ping! The hull of the Castillos boat rang as the bullet hit it”

“Mahmoud sank to the floor of the old Mercedes station wagon and tried to disappear. In the seat beside him, Waleed sat straight up next to his open window, unmoving and unfazed”

“The question was a dangerous as he gun. The right answer and they lived; the wrong answer and they died. But what was the right answer? Assad and the Syrian army?, the rebels? Daesh? His dad hesitated, and Mahmoud held his breath. One of the soldiers cocked his rifle. Chi-CHAK!”