My Syrian ancestry started due to one of my great grandparents moving from Lebanon to Syria. Also Nasrallah was undeniably the person who I respect more than any other person in the entire resistance. Hezbollah also protected Lebanon against Israel a few years ago when I had family members living their as refugees. Their intervention in Syria earlier on in the civil war kept Daesh out of power, and from potentially hurting my relatives in Syria. Even if some of them are now living under Jolani, things could have been much worse much earlier on without them.

Although I love Yemenis, their kindness, their fighting spirit, their unique culture (and delicious food but that goes for Levantines as well). A friend whom I respected greatly was also from Yemen, and I try my best to replicate their level of grace and intelligence. And I can’t forget a specific memory I have from a trip to Iran where me and my mother at an amusement park came into contact with brave Yemeni veterans, fresh from the front (at a time before the diplomatic intervention of China), smiling happily even after having lost limbs for their struggles. It was undeniably a formative moment for me.

Between the two, Hezbollah has directly affected my family’s safety, and for that I must give them the love of my gratitude. However Yemen has caused me personally to expand in my development, so for that I must give them my the love of my admiration.

I can’t really choose one, I can only distinguish how my love differs for each.