Re: Nationality vs. Identity
I have conflicting views about that. Part of me argues that when you board that PK212 to London from Lahore, you leave your Lahori identity behind and identify yourself as a Brit. Let’s be real, if someone wants to move away from one’s land for purely economic reasons, it will be really stupid and foolish to even have a debate over identity, as identity is way more sacred than just economic prosperity.
The other part of me argues that one can never (even if one tries too) give up the identity one is born with. Look at Indians who have lived for over a hundred years in the Caribbean, and still identify themselves as Indians.
Saba, what I find really interesting is that there are Pakis who are born in the Persian Gulf countries, but are as much Arab as an Icelandic is a Kenyan. It is all about how insular one is kept.
