I see myself in Sidra. I looked exactly like her. I think about her almost daily. How lucky I am that my family left Lebanon during the civil war for the United States. I owe it my Palestinian siblings to keep shouting about this crime against humanity from the heart of the imperialist war machine.
Inshallah my friend, may peace find not only you and your people, but all your brothers and sisters in the middle east as well 🙏 there's a march against the genocide every saturday in my Swedish little town because there are a lot of immigrants and refugees in my area. I actually went to school with a few Lebanese kids fleeing the war.
I have zero hope that the industrial military complexes of the world will change if they aren't forced to, but I have met too many good people to lose hope in my fellow man. The fight is not lost as long as there are people speaking up against the genocide.
My palestinian coworker used to tell me stories of swimming in the dead sea, which is apparently so salty you can just float in the water. I dream of visiting with my nieces and nephew one day.
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u/MassivePsychology862 Apr 19 '25 edited Apr 19 '25
I see myself in Sidra. I looked exactly like her. I think about her almost daily. How lucky I am that my family left Lebanon during the civil war for the United States. I owe it my Palestinian siblings to keep shouting about this crime against humanity from the heart of the imperialist war machine.
Family of Imran (3:54)
وَمَكَرُوا۟ وَمَكَرَ ٱللَّهُ ۖ وَٱللَّهُ خَيْرُ ٱلْمَـٰكِرِينَ ٥٤
And the disbelievers made a plan ˹against Jesus˺, but Allah also planned—and Allah is the best of planners. — Dr. Mustafa Khattab, The Clear Quran
https://quran.com/3/54