Reem Medlij

My name is Reem Medlij a special education major and I am from a wonderful little village called Kfar Qara. I am a second-year student at Beit Berl College, and I am a part of the program of excellence.

In this program, we take a variety of interesting and diverse courses that help us expand our minds and allow us to explore sides of ourselves that we did not get a chance to explore before. This program gave us the chance to grow as individuals, it gave us the tools to think critically and creatively. It helped us build our character and to look at ourselves as leaders. A great example of one of those courses is "Studies in International Literature and Multiculture".

I'm from here. In the Memory of my grandmother

while taking this class I have discovered a creative side of me that I did not know I had. I have also achieved new accomplishments that I did not think I was capable of. I have learned new creative skills such as expressive photography, which I greatly enjoyed and connected with. My journey throughout this course was filled with moments of joy, moments of excitement, and challenge. Those moments contributed and helped me grow and flourish as a creative and as a leader.

I have throughout this course discovered my creative side, and how much I love capturing a moment with my camera and making pieces of art that reflect stories and messages. My outlook has definitely changed and evolved; I now seek to view my surrounding world with depth. Now, I care to look closer and deeper to things that in the past I may have found to be trivial.

All the pictures and poems that you will see and read reflect stories from my life. Those poems and pictures are connected to my memories and life experiences.

I hope that you will enjoy the humble collection that I have produced throughout this course.

While capturing this photo I aimed to capture a moment of my world. I took a picture of my favorite view after a long day; this view is the entrance to my house. This view translates the peaceful feeling of coming home and feeling as if you are greeted warmly by the trees and as if the walls are smiling upon my return home. I wanted to reflect on this view, because I miss it, I miss leaving the house and going to conquer a day, go and visit a friend or go on a walk. In these times of panic and chaos it is rather lovely to remember those small, trivial moments that we took for granted.

Through the glass window,
she watched them playing
All the children of the neighborhood.
She laughed with their laughter
And she imagined herself playing with them
as she is one of their group.
The group that only knows to be happy
She belongs to them, she wants to belong to them.
But she is now part of another group, the Adults group
since they dressed her in white and pulled the doll out of her hand
They told her to be obedient not to say no.
She did not understand anything,
she wants her doll nothing more.
No, you are a lady now
they said with a severe tone.
She watches the children through the store window
and laughs with their laughter.
but wakes to the voice of a customer
she smiles and says with her soft voice:
welcome sir! what can I do for you?

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