Rohema Miah on America’s new President

I was fortunate enough to attend the National Democratic Convention 2008 in Denver in August and was privileged enough to attend as Barack Obama accepted the nomination to stand as the Presidential Candidate on behalf of the National Democratic Party on the anniversary of Martin Luther King’s famous speech. Today that dream has become a reality and has been realised within a lifetime of many of those that were forced to witness the death of that most famous civil rights campaigner and who believed that they had no standing in America.
In the final stages of the campaign one could only stand in awe of a man who has come from a modest and humble background to become the leader of one of the most powerful nations on earth.
But what does this mean for the Middle East? A problem that has faced leaders for over three decades. Can Barack Obama make a difference? Barack Obama has little experience in International Affairs but has always been against the war in Iraq. He has an experienced and a broad board of advisors but following a number of meetings focussing on Barack Obama’s policies and visions for the future and the difficulties that the President Elect will be facing I wonder as to whether this man who has offered hope of a fairer, safer and better world will be able to deliver.

Barack Obama may be the least experienced President of America but he is aware of the hopes and dreams of the people who voted for him and of the global support that has been shown to him, I hope that he is able to turn the tide and maybe just maybe he can reconcile the differences to in return give that same measure of peace and hope to the people of the globe that he united in his quest for leadership.
Rohema Miah
Political Analyst and PR Media Consultant UK