"...I called Salim. He told me Mohamad’s mother is …. so I decided I won’t go . I’ll wait a couple of days. Is that enough for a mother to get used to the idea that her 23 years old “baby” was killed? Last night air raids were so close, I was almost out of my mind. Israeli fighters were flying so low, I couldn’t wait to go home and hug my little baby (we live on the 12th floor, remember?). It turned out later they were bombing more TV, radios and phone transmission arials somewhere close (Amsheet, near Jounieh). I’m not supposed to write to you anymore. That was my decision when Mohamad was killed. But I did miss you. And I know this will sound corny, but so many of you wrote to me, and it made me feel …"
Thursday, July 27, 2006
From our friend Hanady (editor at As-Safir newspaper):
"...I called Salim. He told me Mohamad’s mother is …. so I decided I won’t go . I’ll wait a couple of days. Is that enough for a mother to get used to the idea that her 23 years old “baby” was killed? Last night air raids were so close, I was almost out of my mind. Israeli fighters were flying so low, I couldn’t wait to go home and hug my little baby (we live on the 12th floor, remember?). It turned out later they were bombing more TV, radios and phone transmission arials somewhere close (Amsheet, near Jounieh). I’m not supposed to write to you anymore. That was my decision when Mohamad was killed. But I did miss you. And I know this will sound corny, but so many of you wrote to me, and it made me feel …"
"...I called Salim. He told me Mohamad’s mother is …. so I decided I won’t go . I’ll wait a couple of days. Is that enough for a mother to get used to the idea that her 23 years old “baby” was killed? Last night air raids were so close, I was almost out of my mind. Israeli fighters were flying so low, I couldn’t wait to go home and hug my little baby (we live on the 12th floor, remember?). It turned out later they were bombing more TV, radios and phone transmission arials somewhere close (Amsheet, near Jounieh). I’m not supposed to write to you anymore. That was my decision when Mohamad was killed. But I did miss you. And I know this will sound corny, but so many of you wrote to me, and it made me feel …"
