Personal Narrative: Doctors Without Borders

I traveled from Iraq for the first time in 2002, I was five years old, too young to understand what's happening around me, I went with my family to the UAE, we settled there while keeping on a yearly visit to Iraq, we spend almost two months every year, deeply loved both countries, and enjoyed being in these two homes of mine, regardless what I found astonishing is the contradiction between two similar countries, and how a two hour flight would lead to so much difference, and it ignited my curiosity, what could a longer flight lead to, therefore the willing to travel further and explore distant lands persist in my mind.
Doctors Without Borders was an attention grabbing topic which led to medicine, its incomparable to be able to medicate and …show more content…
I know what a patient is as I have been in their shoes for few times, and I’ve been around them lots of times. And it’s making connections, between the symptoms and the disease, and between the patient and the doctor. Being an introvert type of person has resulted a number of difficulties in my life, for instance, making friends fast was tough, despite this, it made other sides easier, such as the analyzing, I used to analyze every single detail and relate it to a cause, which helped with my academic record. In addition to my inclinations to the small talks, which help building strong …show more content…
As I have grown between two countries, I had two aspects of thinking, and at times, the decision-making process is difficult. However, as I grew up and we eventually settled in Dubai, a global city, meeting remarkably different people every day, we eliminate our prejudice, and due to its fast growing, it affected us, as we managed to think fast and make decisions faster, not fully yet it shaped us in a particular way. As an Iraqi who lives in Dubai, I’m familiar with what biodiversity of a city could be, living in such an environment provide the possibility to know the various types of individuals and cultures, as it also shapes you to be a miscellany, who has all in one, who cannot be narrow minded by a tradition or a misunderstanding for