I want to write the letter to say, thank you! Thank you for coming to our lives and for making 2020 the most memorable year for generations to come – one hopes!
Thank you for making this year almost as memorable as the black decade of Algeria’s civil war!
Thank you for making 2020 even more memorable than the year when Muslims were confused with psychos!
Thank you for making us feel that the 2008 financial crisis was just a small storm and that the big tornado came 12 years later!
Thank you for making us understand the importance of freedom and independence!
Thank you for not discriminating against us and for reaching out to the poor and the rich, the black and the white, the young and the old, the women and the men!
Thank you for making us realise that life and freedom can be taken away from us at any time and anywhere!
Thank you for teaching us that face covers are not as scary after all! They are worn out of respect for others or for the almighty god!
Without you, I wouldn’t have truly understood the meaning of being locked down like the people of Gaza!
Without you, I wouldn’t have seen people fighting over toilet paper like the starving people of Yemen and Somalia fighting over food!
Without you, I wouldn’t have understood what it meant to be locked away from the homeland and close family like the refugees of Palestine, Afghanistan, Syria, Myanmar, Iraq and many many other countries.
Without you, I wouldn’t have understood the true meaning of freedom of movement and that money isn’t always the solution to problems!
Without you, I wouldn’t have truly understood how an invisible little thing can destroy the rich and the powerful!
So thank you again! I just hope that your lessons will be cherished and will educate the ignorant, the humble and the powerful, and open our hearts and eyes to those in need!
Yours truly,
A Corona victim
DZ Gallivanter 