The contact of the first type occurred at a formal luncheon.
It was preceded of course by a meeting at the hotel, but that was merely of a diplomatic and almost typical manner.
People from different countries were fighting for the same ideal and for the same nation.
Whereas now, at the same table, there were four previously enclaved ones sitting with them,
two women in their traditional dress and two men.
There was also a girl from the capital City.
In the beginning, all five spoke in their language
regarding their own internal problems
and there was no reason for any interference.
The phase change began when they added French to their Arabic.
That’s when they understood our understanding and they opened up to us.
Without however saying anything specific.
But the questions regarding their costumes began, and re: other technical issues that apparently seemed like details.
They were not.
Since in his thought, they constituted evidence and civilisational characteristics.
That’s how they understood his interest
and they confessed that they were previously entrapped.
They had managed to escape ten years ago
from the unacceptable status of barbarism
which had entrapped their lives for years.
And now they were struggling for the recognition of the rights of the nation.
The issue of strategy touched them,
and they agreed that the problem is an artificial creation
which was manifested by the neighbouring country so that it could gain access to the Atlantic Ocean.
The discussion touched upon deeper points which were concerning the life of the people of the desert.
For them it wasn’t merely a struggle
but their actual lives
and the lives of their families who were still in the camps.
Which foreigner could imagine their pain?
Who was able to comprehend it, and share it?
A human who belonged to Humanity
and was fighting for its rights.
So they felt that he understood them.
and they gave all relevant information so that they would accommodate him
when he would visit their homeland.