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Barack Obama is shown emphasizing that refugees are like any children in America, countering calls to halt Syrian and Iraqi admissions in response to Islamic State attacks. Another article argues that France respects the dead through privacy, avoids graphic images, and protects psychological well-being, contrasting this with Middle Eastern media’s frequent publication and sensational coverage.","| Obama puts human face on Syria refugee debate |  |\n| --- | --- |\n| \u003Cbr>KUALA LUMPUR: US President Barack Obama gets a hug from a 16-year-old refugee from Myanmar after speaking about the refugee situation during a visit to the Dignity for Children Foundation yesterday.—AP | KUALA LUMPUR: Brushing off refugee worries at home, President Barack Obama crouched alongside migrant children yesterday and declared they are the opposite of terrorists wreaking havoc from Paris to Mali. Working to put a human face on the refugee crisis, he said,“They’re just like our kids.”The refugees Obama encountered at a school for poor children in Malaysia were not from Syria, and unlike the flood of Syrians meeting steep resistance in the US, these migrants had already been cleared toresettle in America. Still, Obama said their faces could have been those of kids from Syria, Iraq and other wartorn regions whose pursuit of a life free from violence led them far from their native homes.\u003Cbr>“They were indistinguishable from any child in America,” Obama said.“The notion that somehow we would be fearful of them-that our politics would somehow lead us to turn our sights away from their plight-isnot representative of the best of who we are.” More than mere musings, Obama’s comments were intended as a direct rebuke to those demanding a halt to Syrian and Iraqi refugees entering the US in the light of the Islamic State’s attacks in Paris.\u003Cbr>Continued on Page 13 |\n\n| \u003Cbr>In my view\u003Cbr>Lesson from Paris |\n| --- |\n| \u003Cbr>\u003Cbr>By Muna Al-Fuzai\u003Cbr>[local@kuwaittimes.net](local@kuwaittimes.net) |\n| The bloody events in Paris last week claimed\u003Cbr>the lives of dozens of people and injured\u003Cbr>scores of others, provoking anger and panic. Despite the large number of news reports and analyses about the terrorists, the perpetrators of the crime and the loss of innocent lives, the sanctity of the dead in France and respect for the grief their parents and friends were maintained. No photos were published of the bodies or faces of the dead, nor did their parents come in front of cameras screaming and threatening reprisals. It is a culture that we do not know in the Middle East. It is a lesson from Paris, the capital of culture.\u003Cbr>Why were no pictures or videos about the dead and wounded in Paris published, while their bodies were ripped apart? Why did they refrain from running any images, especially since these are tragic, shocking and painful pictures? The answer is simple- it is related to cultural differences that we don’t know anything about in the Middle East.\u003Cbr>On Middle East TV channels, hardly a day goes by without a news bulletin buzzing with images of killed and dead people, regardless if they are terrorists who caused the killing of innocents or people who were killed in the bombings. The screams of parents are news headlines. Some presenters even conduct interviews with terrorists, as if they deserve compassion and sympathy.\u003Cbr>These souls were important to their families and loved ones, and the French government could have taken advantage of this tragic event and filled the media with images of the dead and wounded to market what they want, as Arabs usually do in these situations. Isn’t this what the Arab media did, especially in the past period, with a lot of Syrian refugees fleeing their country?\u003Cbr>The French respect their dead and respect the privacy of each individual in their community. They also tend to protect the humanity of the society and individuals to avoid seeing harsh scenes that have negative effects. This is a lesson of culture- I wish we know better than to market our miseries and failures.\u003Cbr>When a painful event occurs here, photos of the event immediately become a topic on all tools of social media. Some will rush to publish or re-publish them without any heed of the rights of the victims or their families. Even the so-called intellectuals and educated people will be involved in this brazen act when forwarding pictures of the injured and","cbCaiqZ1ABdOrMCg","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaiqZ1ABdOrMCg","pdf",7596563,3,1,40,"English","en",105,"# Obama Puts Human Face on Syria Refugee Debate\n## Key message and political rebuttal\n# In my view\n## Lesson from Paris","[{\"question\":\"What message does Obama deliver about Syrian refugees in the debate?\",\"answer\":\"Obama emphasizes that refugees are indistinguishable from children in America and argues against fear-based politics that would reject Syrian and Iraqi refugees after the Paris attacks.\"},{\"question\":\"Why does the author say France did not publish photos or videos of the dead and wounded in Paris?\",\"answer\":\"The author attributes it to cultural differences, describing a respect for privacy and the dead, and a tendency to protect community humanity and avoid harmful psychological effects.\"},{\"question\":\"How does the author contrast Arab media behavior with French respect for privacy?\",\"answer\":\"The author claims Middle East TV and social media often broadcast images and interviews that can sensationalize tragedy and stress the rights and psychological impact of victims’ families less than French media does.\"}]","Obama Puts Human Face on Syria Refugee Debate - 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