The 3 Strangest Borders on Earth

3 Borders that will Blow Your Mind

I want to tell you about three specific border regions. Each of them are remarkably unique - but they also have a massive impact on the communities that live nearby.

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Johnny Harris is a filmmaker and journalist. He currently is based in Washington, DC, reporting on interesting trends and stories domestically and around the globe. Johnny's visual style blends motion graphics with cinematic videography to create content that explains complex issues in relatable ways. He holds a BA in international relations from Brigham Young University and an MA in international peace and conflict resolution from American University.

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[lavidawithjoey]

It's been years since I have actively watched TV and I cannot thank creators like Johnny enough for helping me make this transition. I went from absorbing unhelpful and mainly useless information to constantly having access to high quality intriguing content. Hats off for another wonderful video!

[BerkayDaSilva]

Hey Johnny, About the Suileiman Shah, I made some research on Turkish websites about the story and history of it. (Turkish viewer here), it was in his will to be buried in Biladü'ş-Şam (Ottoman name for todays Syria Region) because he was martyred there. And thats why he is still in Syria even though its right next to the border. And also I believe there is an agreement of some sort to bring him back to his former burial place when things are more settled in the region. Btw I learned there is still a moseloum kind of thing where the dam overflowed his first burial place.

[franklinekihiu]

"You're not real, but if you like my friend, you're real now." Johnny Harris, 2021.

[marouane]

I really hope it's an honest mistake, the use of the footage from the Moroccan city of Laayoun in 3:31, a city that has representation in the Moroccan parliament and has been thriving economically in the last decade, to represent as you said " The people in the little strip who run their own country."
And if you zoom a little, you can see the red and green Moroccan flag in those images.
While actually, the seat of the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic government is located in Tindouf, Algeria and not inside the little strip.

[AfroVersity]

My dad a former Kenyan military officer went for peace keeping mission with the UN in Western Sahara and worked at that border. He has so many stories about that border.

[romanw]

I would love to see a full video on the Morocco/Western Sahara conflict. it is an insane situation and is very much underreported, and your videos on lesser-known conflicts are amazing

[baderkhosaym]

As someone born and still living in Syria, your explanation of the situation was incredible and had many important details coverd, thank you brother

[bryn]

I’m so glad there’s people like you making content like this.

[ludoviajante]

I can't help but appreciate the amount of work put into a video like this. Your work is an inspiration, Johnny.
Much love from Brazil!

[SudaNIm]

"China... It's not just in the water; There are island down here! ... These boats are making islands!!!"

[Hieu-Hien.]

As a Vietnamese citizen I’m glad that my favorite YouTuber is talking about my country. Everything he said is how is it at the sea right now. China just show up out of no where and say it’s their sea. Wherever they can’t claim they will have thousands of fishing boats in that area. Guest why everyone hate china. They have been crashing our fishing boats and leave fisherman drown without a mercy.

[AC-imhi]

I love hearing about weird borders. This should totally be a series!

[khalilerrajaoui]

Please go visit the south of Morocco like for example Dakhla and you will see that all the people that live there, they are Moroccans and they are proud to be part of it, because simply Morocco used to be bigger than that and all those people that you are assuming they are claiming to gain that part it's because Algeria is giving them a lot of money for it, just so we don't focus on land that this country named Algeria took from us while we were trying to help them to get out from their colonisation.
There is something called Maghreb Union which means Moroccan Union that all those countries who are part of it used to be part of Morocco..
I personally invite you to do a Vlog together in those southern areas and you are more than welcome, you will notice that it's one of the most peaceful ares and beautiful that ever saw in your life..

[fitfirst]

I would love to watch a deep dive series on each of these three boarders. Your work is amazing!

[gordonsneddon]

Hi Johnny…wonderful map animations…they get a complex story over to the audience in such a quick and simple way. Map geeks rock!

[aimanbelmokhtar]

As a Moroccan, I appreciate the interest for the Sahara case but i don’t think you did it justice, there is way more to it than what you presented, and it sound kind of biased.
Anyway always happy to see your work

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That explanation of the Morocco/West Sahara border was extremely suspect to me. Like "no fucking way, this doesn't sound right, imma immediately google it" sus. And yea, I was right to be suspicious. Smh.

[davidspez]

Thank you Johnny for all the awesome content throughout this year 👏👍

[banerjeerrhy]

The effort that goes into producing these videos and research behind it is impeccable.

[FreeTheBro]

Please do a full video on Western Sahara, your videos are great and accurate but I don’t think you brought up the whole picture, and I understand. You had 5 minutes to talk about it and it’s a lot to talk about. Please do a full video and bring up the green March, the French and spanish colonization of Morocco. I think you will change your opinion if you look in to the subject a little bit more and maybe visit Morocco. Most people don’t know about this and I think it would be an interesting and educational video.