I'm exhausted. We're all exhausted. We want this to be over with.
Shatha Atiya
He's very idealistic, very politically minded and a very motivated kid. It started as a research idea, but it became almost a dream for him.
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He thinks girls require too much time, and he has more important things to do. He loves history.
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I'm extremely excited and anxious. I don't know who will be more anxious, me or him.
He's going to lose his autonomy for a while, and his passport for sure.
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He thinks he can be an ambassador for democracy around the world. It's admirable, but also agony for a parent.
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He is very idealistic. He has many convictions. He is very pro-democracy, very compassionate, always helping out others, he's very driven. Those are more characteristics of Farris than adventurous. This is the first adventure he's been on.
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A lot of things he's used to, he's not going to have for a long time.
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He wanted to see how the people [feel] about democracy and the war in Iraq. When he heard my negative response, he decided to take things in his own hands, I guess.
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When he first gets off the plane, I'm going to hug him. Then I'm going to collapse for a few hours, and then we're going to sit down for a long discussion about the consequences.
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