Interview with Fatima Zahrae Concerning Vegetarianism
Meryam: Why and how did you decide to become a vegetarian?
Fatima Zahra: I decided to become a vegetarian because I love animals and I didn’t want to see them killed just to satisfy our needs. But the principal reason, which was beyond my choice, was what I discovered in a documentary about the dirty and unhealthy methods that butchers use to kill the animals and to cut their meat. This show also displayed the worst places where these animals are fed, which are mostly dumps.
Houria: Did your parents support you?
Fatima Zahra: Well, in the first year they didn’t. They were always making me eat meat, but now they don’t. They only try to educate me about the importance of meat.
Meryam: How long have you been a vegetarian?
Fatima Zahra: I have been a vegetarian for more than two years now.
Houria: Once you became vegetarian, what did you think of meat?
Fatima Zahra: I hated it more than before.
Meryam: How do you feel as a vegetarian?
Fatima Zahra: Today, as a vegetarian, I feel better because I help animals as well as the environment.
Houria: Do you feel you have influenced the rest of your family?
Fatima Zahra: No, not at all. My family has always been against my decision.
Meryam: Would you like to say something for our readers?
Fatima Zahra: I think being a vegetarian is a choice, but we should know that eating meat destroys animals that normally we should help to survive. So, why does God give us vegetables if we eat animals? Moreover, animals have souls and families and if we continue to kill them, we’ll affect the system of nature. Finally, I think every single one of us should do something for the environment by trying to eat less meat and it will be better than not eating it at all.
Houria: Thank you very much for sharing this information with us.
By Meryam Alami & Houria Achibane, Advanced 2
Fatima Zahra: I decided to become a vegetarian because I love animals and I didn’t want to see them killed just to satisfy our needs. But the principal reason, which was beyond my choice, was what I discovered in a documentary about the dirty and unhealthy methods that butchers use to kill the animals and to cut their meat. This show also displayed the worst places where these animals are fed, which are mostly dumps.
Houria: Did your parents support you?
Fatima Zahra: Well, in the first year they didn’t. They were always making me eat meat, but now they don’t. They only try to educate me about the importance of meat.
Meryam: How long have you been a vegetarian?
Fatima Zahra: I have been a vegetarian for more than two years now.
Houria: Once you became vegetarian, what did you think of meat?
Fatima Zahra: I hated it more than before.
Meryam: How do you feel as a vegetarian?
Fatima Zahra: Today, as a vegetarian, I feel better because I help animals as well as the environment.
Houria: Do you feel you have influenced the rest of your family?
Fatima Zahra: No, not at all. My family has always been against my decision.
Meryam: Would you like to say something for our readers?
Fatima Zahra: I think being a vegetarian is a choice, but we should know that eating meat destroys animals that normally we should help to survive. So, why does God give us vegetables if we eat animals? Moreover, animals have souls and families and if we continue to kill them, we’ll affect the system of nature. Finally, I think every single one of us should do something for the environment by trying to eat less meat and it will be better than not eating it at all.
Houria: Thank you very much for sharing this information with us.
By Meryam Alami & Houria Achibane, Advanced 2