Paris terrorist attacks

There were terrorist attacks in France in Paris and Saint-Denis on November 13, 2015. Multiple explosion and gunfights occurred simultaneously, it is the terrorist attacks in which at least 130 people were killed. Terrorists were dressed in black and the bombings were targeting locations where young people usually gather. Those are locations such as - theater, bar, restaurant, stadium. The first attack was in the Bataclan theater in the heart of Paris 11th. It was unclear whether all of the terrorists had died or not a few hours after the attack which was very disturbing for me because I was in Japan.

In total, six locations were attacked.

• Stade de France
• Intersection of Bichat Street and Alibert Street
• Fontaine au Roi Street
• Bataclan theater
• Chalonnais Street (La Belle Équipe)

In the Saint-Denis stadium "Stade de France", a France versus Germany soccer game was occuring. French President François Hollande had been watching the football game. Terrorists arrived - with AK-47S, to attack the stadium and interrupt the football game that was in progress. The world was shocked. Paris prosecutor's office spokeswoman Agnes Thibault stated that eight were dead after the attack. Seven of them were killed in the suicide bombing. US President Barack Obama, spoke with French President Francois Hollande to provide aid and consolation. Mr. Obama said "This is not only an attack on Paris, it is an attack on all of humanity".

My Japanese class decided to fold 1000 paper cranes for the people who died on November 13, 2015. We asked the 99 students in our school to fold at least 10 cranes each to reach our goal. Paper cranes are a symbol of peace in Japanese culture. We were able to fold a thousand paper cranes as the ISAK family (that's how our principal calls us ;) ).

While I was in charge of marketing our product and constantly asking students to fold cranes, a lot of people attacked me for the fact that I was doing something nice for Paris and not for Mexico, Lebanon, Japan, Bagdad, Beirut. These are some of the things that I wrote in response.

Most of people complaining about press coverage aren't also doing their "job". Media are money driving organizations and will cover what it seems that their public want to see or read. Most of those people should do something... The conflict in Congo was and is still killing (almost 6 million so far) while the world was focusing on the Ice Bucket Challenge last year when I can't even count the number of people living without water...Also you'll obviously will talk about issues closer to you in a way or in another. Paris is an iconic city for many people...

I'm not and if you have been reading either my Facebook posts or my blog you can see that is not the case. But people directly attacked me for posting things about Paris. Paris is my city, it is where are most of my family members, my friends... Yes when something happens in a familiar place you are emotional. You can see that with the leadership taken by students from Nepal in the project related to the consequences of the terrible catastrophe of last year.... Who is trivializing the struggle of other countries? People who care so much about Congo, Nigeria....  should do something... And I hope I'll be able to join and help them.

I do agree with all of you on certain level.... but it seems a bit opportunistic/strange for some people to complain about the media coverage on certain issues when actually looking at their own response in their everyday life they don't seem to show any concern about global governance and human security. Because here the real issue is that. How to build an inclusive world, respectful of the essence of life? How as youth can we contribute to peace? Also, our generation was born with Internet. We already break the traditional mainstream media. If we really care and want to highlight issues that we think are not there plenty opportunities out there... And Facebook is one of them... If all lives matters I wish I can see that on your own social media presence... retrospectively each and everyone should honestly look at what he or she has done in the last past 12 months to pray and honor ALL lives. How many times individually we talked and highlighted  issues, communities' struggles or places that are forgotten by mainstream media.