Ever read a story with a shocking truth revealed at the end of the story that causes you to replay previous moments of the story through your mind? Whether it’s the true allegiance of Severus Snape, Norman Bates mental health or Mr. Darcy’s social skills, the climactic revelations give the reader a new perspective on previous scenes, and he or she replays them through their mind looking for new information to support the revelation.
While in Egypt I felt like the main character of a story who had come to a climatic revelation about the world around him. I replayed numerous stories from my life with new perspective. Stories I didn’t even know I remembered.
The blinders had come off. I went from completely uninterested in all things regarding Middle Eastern culture to hungry for more information. Along with replaying latent memories in my mind, I started asking team members, who have studied Middle Eastern Culture extensively, tons of questions.
The answers to many of those questions, surprised me. Not because I found the answers strange, quite the opposite. I found many of the answers relatable, exciting, welcoming and even inviting. I realized that not only could I identify with the culture, I could enjoy being immersed in it.
Like I said, surprising. |
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