I have extensively travelled the Middle East more than 15 years ago including Syria, Jordan, Lebanon and Egypt people are so nice the leaders are not
I remember when I was in Palmyra in 2004 a city in the middle of the desert before all this war stuff kicked off and a Arab trader was selling scarfs and when I stopped by he said where are you from I said UK, he said but yes you dont look British I said yes my parents are from Pakistan
he said oh Pakistan you are from Pakistan welcome my friend welcome, you are most welcome please come inside
and he said Pakistan very powerful country you have so many nuclear weapons please throw one on Israel lol
I remember thinking I'm just a tourist here not part of a foreign military delegation, best part was I got a free mint tea and sheesha
when we arrived at Damascus international airport they asked us if you have Pakistani passport there is no requirement for Visa when we got to Lebanese border we had to pay $70 for visa and again they told us just show your Pakistani passport zero visa fees for you, unfortunately we never took our Pakistani passports so we were left out of pocket but the gesture was very nice
Pakistanis are very respected around the world but unfortunately too many of us have this gareeb and lachar mentality