In order to avoid them in the Gymnasium, Salma P (the name was withheld at the request) asked her mother to let her undergo lipoplasty at the age of 15. “Salma said. Now a 26 -year -old media professional, Salma realizes that bullying can be extremely detrimental to a person’s development.
Although individual or extreme cases of bullying are rarely referred to in the United Arab Emirates, students say that the delicate and bullying in cyberspace prevails in schools and colleges. Parents, students and authorities have largely avoided the issue.
However, Jordanian National Wail Huneidi, 36, firmly believes that bullying must be eliminated and is the first person to launch a website against the UAE.
After hearing his sister working in an article surrounding the prevalence of bullying, Huneidi has decided to start his own website called thebullying.com, which has lived for a year now. Speech Khaleej Times On the sidelines of an event against bullying organized by the Canadian University of Dubai, Huneidi said he was a victim of bullying.
Students perform a game of bullying at the Canadian University of Dubai. – KT photos by Monika Roman
Opened: “They are not only high school or college students who are victims of bullying. Adults can also be awesome. I used to weigh 192kg and underwent surgery to reduce my stomach size. I hear people talk about me. “Huneidi said, in most cases, people were intimidated because of their physics appearance of racial and cultural orientation.
One father, Huneidi, decided to undergo surgery because he did not want Rajaa’s five -year daughter to face all kinds of embarrassment because of him.
Cultural obstacles
“There is no word in Arabic for bullying. In Arabic culture, it is annoying to talk about bullying. Victims do not want to deal with it and parents sometimes encourage children to respond with violence,” he said. The answers were fantastic, he said, adding: “There is finally a change in mentality and people are starting to face the problem.”
Dr. Franziska Apprich, president of Communication by peer, of Canadian University of Dubai, said: “The campaign started with me asking students to prepare a speech in something they feel strongly. Many of them talked about bullying. Research, I happened to take a look at the Wail website and the idea of hosting an event was born. “
The students had put on several cultural performances that revolved around the issue of bullying. False, videos, speeches, dances and discussions of the teams were organized by about 150 students of the University Bachelor at Communications Studies.
Many students also expressed their views on the subject, both as victims and as terrible. A student, Kareem Hashem Adel Fahmy, said: “There is no logic behind the act. It’s worse when people become present and do nothing. And that must be resolved.”
Another student added: “I have personally never experienced bullying, but my sister was intimidated at school and deeply influenced our family. It was very difficult for me to see her pass through such a trauma.”
As a solution to the problem of bullying, Huneidi recommends that the government is introducing policies against bullying: “Education must be provided not only at school or university level, but adults must also know how bullying can harm emotions. A social problem and helps if the community acts as a unit to resolve bullying. assumption that you have been intimidated, ”he added.
dhanusha@khaleejtimes.com
