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My contribution to this conversation is simple: the CFA program will humble you. You will cry. You will lament. You will question your life choices. You will bargain with God and start planning the thanksgiving service you intend to hold if you somehow make it to the other side....

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Abubaker Abed

572,133 views • 1 year ago

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11,669 views • 1 month ago

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570,056 views • 11 days ago

Today Hossam Shabat would have been 24 years old. My tribute to him: Today Hossam Shabat would have been 24 years old. When I spoke to him before, I told him, “Hossam, they want to assassinate you. You’re on a hit list. It’s enough, you’ve done more than enough. Just please, stay alive.” He replied, “I will keep reporting. This is our duty, and this is the promise we made, one we will fulfill. And if I am martyred, you and others will be our voice.” He added, “My only wish, if I’m martyred, is that my body remains intact... that I don’t become just mere unrecognizable remains.” I once told him, “When the genocide ends, I’ll come visit you.” He replied, “Visit me where? I’m living on the streets and in tents. They destroyed my home, and I have nowhere to go.” So I said, “Then I’ll come and stay with you on the streets or in the tents.” He always spoke about wanting to get married once the genocide ends and starting a tamily of his own, living his life to the fullest as any normal human would. I remember texting telling him “I’m happy you were finally reunited with your family” he replied “May god make you always happy”, I asked “Is there anything that you need?” He replied with “I miss you” I replied “I miss you too, take care of yourself” and that was the final message because next day Israel killed him. He was only 23 years old when Israel deliberately targeted him. He had dreams. He had a name. He always said, “If our voice is killed, then be our voice.” This is a segment from Hossam’s will: “I did all this because I believe in the Palestinian cause. I believe this land is ours, and it has been the highest honor of my life to die defending it and serving its people. I ask you now: do not stop speaking about Gaza. Do not let the world look away. Keep fighting, keep telling our stories—until Palestine is free” Hossam, not a day passes by where I don’t remember your words or remember you, I know you’re in a better place now but I can’t accept the reality that you’re no longer here, I will always honor your words and my promise to you, till we we meet again... Voiceover by Propaganda & co , thank you for helping.

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82,870 views • 1 year ago