Children of the Orient
- Ariane Bilheran
- Dec 19, 2024
- 10 min read
La Licorne (The Unicorn) by Ariane Bilheran, December 19, 2024.
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And too bad for those who are surprised
And may others forgive me
But children are the same
In Paris or Göttingen.
O make it never come back
The time of blood and hatred
Because there are people I love,
In Göttingen, in Göttingen.
Barbara, Göttingen.
By focusing here on the fate of the children of the Orient, Ariane returns, to bear witness, to her own childhood, imbued with a mixture of exile, abundant cultures, and religious diversity.
This article is about returning to the meaning of Christmas to remind us, as it seems far from being a given, that the only viable path for humanity is that of peace.
What is the outcome for humanity when it has forgotten its essential dimension?
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