Hello, everyone. My name is Sammy Qahtan. I am a 30-year-old Iraqi currently residing in Baghdad but I move around the country quite often. That is how I got the idea of what to do after @amirtheawesome1 suggested I join Hive, I will explain later in the post.
My background:
I grew up in Iraq, never had the chance to travel outside of Iraq yet. However, I have always found Iraq to be full of places that are enough for a lifetime of discovery. A rich history that is worth discovering and showing to the world.
I am a history major, graduated from Baghdad University. I find that it is very important for Iraqis to know where they came from so they'd know where to go.
The reason I joined Hive
Besides being tired of screaming into the void on Facebook and Twitter, @amirtheawesome1 told me that this would be the best place for me to use my historical knowledge and love for showing places in Iraq and maybe make some money from them as well as having a place to learn about different places and people.
My Type of Content
I will be aiming at creating a reference point to everything that is related to Iraq. Places to visit, places to avoid, highlighting issues, celebrating accomplishments. I will mainly focus on showing the history of a place, be it governance, a district, or even one small house provided it has the history to fill up a post. Below you will see an example of what I am talking about
Ali al-Gharbi
Ali al-Gharbi is a district existing south of Baghdad, around 300 kilometers away. You will have to forgive my camera quality as my phone camera is a little broken and I will soon replace with an actual camera for a better experience.
You can characterize the district as somewhere between countryside and a city-type place, though it definitely falls more on the countryside scale of things.
If there is one thing you will always find in the district it would be green, open space. The district is the perfect place where you can just put on a headphone, play your music, and just walk around as you admire the view of the sun and trees all around.
My type of content will focus on highlighting places in Iraq of all kinds as in my next post I will focus on discovering Ali al-Gharbi district, even more, nightlife, activities, and everything you'd need in the unlikely event of anyone traveling to Iraq, which I heavily encourage.
My Ultimate Goal
I believe Iraq, much like many countries that have suffered in recent history, has gained some dark reputation inviting everyone to imagine as a country where nothing but death exists. When people I talk to on the other side of the border talk about Iraq, they often think that it is a joke of sorts whenever I invite them to visit as they imagine the country to be a big hole filled with goats with RPGs pointed at it from all around.
My goal is to defeat that notion and preconception people have of my country. That is why I aim to use this account and with the help of the Hive community, I will spread the message that my country is at least like any other country, a country that is facing a little hardship but remains beautiful with a rich history.
I also aim to learn about other countries from people living there. I want to highlight as well as learn about places that aren't just tourists' destinations or places that have been covered to death by media., but places that show how everyday people live and what you will encounter when you are not being led by a tour guide.
Summary:
I believe Iraq as a country has a lot worth learning and teaching about. It is heavily mistreated by the image that is shown of it. In this account, I aim to show the Iraq you don't see and apply my history knowledge to show the full picture of the places I will show in the future.
Thank you for reading, and I hope I didn't bore you.
Welcome to Hive. I am glad you finally decided to pull the trigger. I think you will find your place most in photography and travel communities. I think this site will be just the place for you to shine through.
I am glad I did too.
Hello @discovering-iraq! This is @traciyork from the @ocd (Original Content Decentralized) curation team. We noticed you shared your first post here on Hive and introduced yourself to the community - congratulations and welcome!
Speaking of community, we have many different ones here on the blockchain, devoted to all kinds of interests. Here's a link so you can check them all out - Hive Communities. Based on your intro (and from what @amirtheawesome1 said in his reply) I think you'll find these interesting to start off with -
Photography Lovers Community
Haveyoubeenhere Community
Also, as Hive can sometimes be quite confusing, the newly launched Newbies Guide is a growing repository of useful and easy to understand posts about how the Hive ecosystem works.
Please be aware that Hive is a bit different from other social media platforms since you are monetizing your blog, so it is important not to include content that you don't own without sources (and it shouldn't exceed 50% of the post). For more information, check this post - Why and How People Abuse and Plagiarise by hivewatchers.
In addition, since you're new, you may run into an RC (Resource Credits) error when trying to comment/post because you don't yet have enough Hive in your account yet. For assistance with a temporary delegation to get you started, be sure to check out the Gift Giver site.
OCD Discord server and we'll do our best to answer them, and again welcome to Hive!I'm sure @amirtheawesome1 will continue to help you as you begin your Hive journey, but if you have any questions, feel free to hop into the
OMG, you have been so much better than I at welcoming MY friends lol. Both Sammy here and Yasser on another post have asked about the pictures thing as they had more to share and I didn't know how to answer both and you saved the day.
I also learned from this comment that I need to be more specific with my suggestions of communities. People like you make my job here so much easier. Thank you.
LOL! No worries, @amirtheawesome1 - we have a whole team who got together and decided on the info to include. I got a bit of an education myself when I joined Love Sniper. 😊
And you're very welcome!
Thank you very much, those two suggested communities seem to be where I will spend most of my time. Also, the lack of RC as you call it did prevent me from sharing more pictures. This was very helpful.
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Hello Sammy, in my heart You already achieved Your goal 😍
thanks Monti I appreciate your kind words