I can never forget that stormy night in Turkey. As I hurried out of a shop, the same corn seller with torn clothes stood in the rain & as usual being ignored. Quietly, he watched families enjoy, laugh, buy expensive clothes, eat food & enter expensive cars. I asked him for a corn. Confused, he paused for a second and quickly looked into my eyes, as if I would leave if he tells me a higher price. Humbly he said, "1.5 lira". As I said "ok", his face glowed with an innocent smile, happy that I didn't ask him to reduce the price. That smile would have healed the heart that was wounded in the past after seeing the sight of people in a shinny air conditioned car insisting him under a scorching sun to give them 3 corns for 1 lira, and he sadly accepting it after realizing that they would leave if he didn't accept it. They would waste hundreds on useless fun, but never give him a bit extra then he asks for.One of them told me that he never saw his parents and grew up in a mess. I swear that I would have been in worst condition had my parents not drummed the importance of education into my mind.
Here In Jeddah, I have met many foreigners taxi drivers, waiters, car cleaners...etc. who haven't seen their families for years. They were persuaded & shown false bright future in KSA and now they are sinking under the heavy loan written against their name. These slaves don't have any rights. A false case can put them in jail for life. 20 hours of intense work, inhuman salaries, sleepless nights, severe headaches, facing insulting behavior and other sufferings are their common problems. They don't know, but I know why there is always a satisfied look on their face and a tense look on mine. Because, after death, it would be my turn to sweat hard for justifying each and every bit of my possession, how I got it, and where did I "prefer" to spend it. But they don't have anything to be questioned for. They have logical excuses for not praying, fasting, giving charity,...etc. but the angels of punishment won't show any mercy for me...
Here In Jeddah, I have met many foreigners taxi drivers, waiters, car cleaners...etc. who haven't seen their families for years. They were persuaded & shown false bright future in KSA and now they are sinking under the heavy loan written against their name. These slaves don't have any rights. A false case can put them in jail for life. 20 hours of intense work, inhuman salaries, sleepless nights, severe headaches, facing insulting behavior and other sufferings are their common problems. They don't know, but I know why there is always a satisfied look on their face and a tense look on mine. Because, after death, it would be my turn to sweat hard for justifying each and every bit of my possession, how I got it, and where did I "prefer" to spend it. But they don't have anything to be questioned for. They have logical excuses for not praying, fasting, giving charity,...etc. but the angels of punishment won't show any mercy for me...
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