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Hi my name is Omar. I have lived in Qatar (a small country by Dubai but nowhere near as fun) for the past 13 years. It was an intresting 13 years at that, tons of diffrente cultures and experinces, not just in qatar but other places around the world. I have travled to: Syria,Jordan,Turky,Saudi,Lebanon,Malaysia,Moroco,Egypt,Dubai,Singapore and other countires that I cant remember! It was a wonderfull experince but with a downside. A lack of belonging. Living as an expat nothing is permanent such your friends, teams, schools. Its like one day you meet someone at an event and both of you want to meet up in 4 days, but the day before you get that call that he is leaving back to the states the next day. With these things happening you began to develop a sense that even the most smallest things are not permanent. This is the character of those called Third Culutre Kids. Those who have lived in countries that are nither of thier parents. Recently I have moved back to the USA and least to say things have been diffrent. It feels wierd to be surrounded by a non cosmopolitan world like in Qatar, where in the vegetable store you hear up to 10 diffrent launguages! Theres this constant grinding of bieng diffrent form other people. I look the same and seem to act the same as them, but I dont think the same as them. Politicly, culturly it seems i have a deeper insight then the others. Its also strange to be in an environment that seems to take everything for granted. Home, work, a permanant country, things that I will never mentaly have. Once in awhile I'll meet someone who is the same postion as me. But these relationships are very short lived as the are constanly traveling the world. And in some weird way im fine with that. Its like TCK's hav found a way to superfucially bare thier souls so as to seiz the moment and not break down emotionaly in that never ending pattern of lost loves and friends. Well adjusting to the USA has been a little hard, but I'll pull through! Well masalama (peace be with you in arabic) my friends.

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