On this day 4 years ago, I was sitting in my room and thinking about my life ... what I have accomplished and what I want to be in the future.
I had recently graduated from the Faculty of Journalism with distinction, but I had no luck to become a teaching assistant at the university. I received many promises of employment, but I did not get a good opportunity .. I trained in many newspapers, including the official government newspaper, but at that time citizen journalism had started and many news published, whether real or fake. Those who work in the field of writing news have called by several names (liar, yellow journalism, discolored like a chameleon) and many of the names, and I have become frustrated.
At that time, my sister found STEEMIT by chance, so she proposed to me the idea to go to write on this site, perhaps I will have a good financial return in light of the difficult conditions that graduates live in my country.
In the beginning, I made a lot of mistakes. I did not know how to address the people here, many people from different countries and each of them has their own opinion about Palestine and the Palestinian issue.
I got to know someone from Morocco and he started to teach me the rules and laws that must be followed on the site. And with this, I gradually have a little experience in how to write here.
I started writing about Palestine and what is happening there, I wrote about my life and my talents, then I started to have friends with various people, and unfortunately, I had people who hated me deeply. They hate me just because I am Palestinian, they hate me because I write about my country.
I was frustrated and moved away from the site for a while, and I started thinking about traveling to complete my studies, the thing was very difficult, especially that the costs are not small, I started looking for scholarships in masters, and found a partial scholarship here in Indonesia, then decided to travel.
I faced many difficulties on the way to travel and exit from the Gaza Strip, but I never gave up .. My dream was greater than my fear. I came here and started the most difficult phase of my life .. a new language, new habits, and new people.
I started getting to know the people around me and my fear gradually diminished until I became accustomed to the place here, I started to feel that I had found what I had always searched for..Now there was not much left for my graduation and I hope my life will be better.
That's a pity. They hate you because that's what the American and European Propaganda teach us... it's sad but true. A few years back History Books told the real story about Palestine but not anymore. Nowadays people get a version of History whitewashing the crimes of the Israeli government and that change has been financed by some of the most rich people in the world. They shouldn't be called History Books no more... as they are really Fantasy and Propaganda Books.
I hope you keep up with the good fight.
DW seems to have many journalists from many backgrounds.
https://www.dw.com/en/i-would-like-to-apply-for-a-job-at-dw-whom-should-i-contact/a-3254782
wouldnt cost asking?
good luck finding a good opportunity