User:Fares abulebda/sandbox

Summertime. Summertime can be so beautiful and joyous, especially when you are on vacation, when you travel and go to the beach. Or simply go with the flow of the hot weather and simply relax your body and mind in a cool place or a shade. Simply put the a/c on and feel relief. There is something magical about summertime. But not all is beautiful and magical when you live in the Middle East, more precisely, in Gaza. We have few hours of electricity daily available, and most of us have no a/c. We do what we can to keep cool and make the heat bearable. But it’s not just feeling hot and finding ways to escape the heat what matters. Our hospitals, our humble industry that survives by miracle both direct military aggression and bombing attacks, lack of funds to afford proper cooling in this heat, they suffer, too. Many people around the world take simple things in life for granted. Many people don’t even think of a/c, they just notice if it breaks and stops working. Yes, many would say that we are used to it in this geographic area. And we are. But we don’t live in ancient times anymore, and people living in such climates adjust their homes and places they live and work to it. There is a reason why in all rich Gulf countries it’s un fathomable being without a/c. And by same logic, they are re also used to is as we are in Gaza. This too, shall pass. Seasons change. But I don’t feel optimistic about our electricity situation as long as we keep being besieged and left on mercy of occupation.