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Mohammed Assaf, 24, who's the Gazan winner of the Arab Idol talent competition brought his thumping Palestinian beats out of the Middle East for the first on Sunday through his thrilling European debut.

 

Interestingly, Mohammed Assaf became a national hero and an exceptional symbol of Palestinian unity when he experienced victory in the pan-Arab contest in June subsequent to transfixing millions of television viewers characterized by his gliding upward renditions of Arab love ballads and patriotic Palestinian songs. The power packed audience at The Hague town hall rose as one as Assaf took to the stage, with refugees and diplomats alike dancing in the passageway separating seating areas and waving the flag of Palestine and many other Arab nations. According to  Ahmed, a 17-year-old Palestinian living in The Netherlands,  Assaf is an example for  Arab youth who managed to make his dream into actuality in-spite of tough situations. That's certainly worthy of praise!

There are varied tough situations in almost everyone's life in some way or the other. It is very important how we handle our mind and soul during those situations without making them dominate on us.

Then we can turn ourselves into winners in life!

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