In the first episode of Falasteeniya — a new podcast series spotlighting the voices, expertise, and lived experiences of Palestinian women — host Hala Hanina welcomes Somaia Abunada to the studio.
Bless you. All for keepng alive the humamity, the awareness, the love of Palestine. We will hold all of your work, and Heba's words close. Forever bless the martyrs & witnesses and all of Palestine. For it alone may thrive.
In peace. To teach again, of how we must live on the earth. Thank you.
I have watched Gaza and its people every day, since the beginning of the first bomb falling, and the suffering of it's people began. I have watched in total shock, at the horror i was witnessing and yet in a strange way that I can't explain, i just couldn't stop watching, even as I cried. I asked myself why doesn't God or the world stop it, why isn't someone to least trying But it was as if I had to watch ,I needed to witness the horrors and to make sure I told everyone i know about Gaza . People actually stop and ask me about it now . Even the reporters in Gaza, I know their faces now(can't spell their names) , 4 of them have become so special to me and if I don't see them for a few days I worry until I see them , I have witnessed the deep faith , and respect for family that the Palestinian's have, I see their dignity . And I also see their suffering. They say the world has deserted them , that makes me feel so sad, but people haven't forgotten them , only governments I'm ashamed to say .but my thoughts are always with them and I pray every night for this genocide to stop .
I would like to thank you for sharing your experiences with me , and I'm so sorry for your losses especially losing your sister we never get over something so cruel, it's very obvious by the way you speak of her , how special she was to you, and how gifted she was , I must look her up to see some of her work. It was very emotional listening to you talk about her with such love . She had a special gift writers and poets can read souls, a gift from god. I lost my brother , he shot himself , I never recovered, we were only a year apart in age, we were never separate from eachother when we were children , and I was sat with him the day he did it , the last thing he said to me when I was leaving his house that afternoon was Lyn I love you . My dad was so worried about me when he died , he cried and told me please don't let him take you , then he told me . Your looking in the wrong places for him , he's not in that cemetery, or in his house he is inside you , he never left you ,only his body has gone , his heart is in yr heartbeat , his memories were your memories you were never apart. Look inside yourself and you'll find him , and he'll always be there. It must be hard for you to talk about your sister, but she will always be with you too. I will pray for Gaza as I always do and I will always remember you and Heba too.Thankyou again for talking about your home and your sister i know it must be hard i God bless
Bless you. All for keepng alive the humamity, the awareness, the love of Palestine. We will hold all of your work, and Heba's words close. Forever bless the martyrs & witnesses and all of Palestine. For it alone may thrive.
In peace. To teach again, of how we must live on the earth. Thank you.
Thank you dear Hala 🙏🏼💔😢🇵🇸
Love you Hana. Allah ya3teeki il 3afyeh w ysabrik w ysabber ahlna biFalasteen 🤲
Heba's memory and Somia's presence are the future if Palestine 🇵🇸 💔
https://gazaonmymind.substack.com/
Beautiful and heart breaking. Thank you so much. I will share this widely
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I have watched Gaza and its people every day, since the beginning of the first bomb falling, and the suffering of it's people began. I have watched in total shock, at the horror i was witnessing and yet in a strange way that I can't explain, i just couldn't stop watching, even as I cried. I asked myself why doesn't God or the world stop it, why isn't someone to least trying But it was as if I had to watch ,I needed to witness the horrors and to make sure I told everyone i know about Gaza . People actually stop and ask me about it now . Even the reporters in Gaza, I know their faces now(can't spell their names) , 4 of them have become so special to me and if I don't see them for a few days I worry until I see them , I have witnessed the deep faith , and respect for family that the Palestinian's have, I see their dignity . And I also see their suffering. They say the world has deserted them , that makes me feel so sad, but people haven't forgotten them , only governments I'm ashamed to say .but my thoughts are always with them and I pray every night for this genocide to stop .
I would like to thank you for sharing your experiences with me , and I'm so sorry for your losses especially losing your sister we never get over something so cruel, it's very obvious by the way you speak of her , how special she was to you, and how gifted she was , I must look her up to see some of her work. It was very emotional listening to you talk about her with such love . She had a special gift writers and poets can read souls, a gift from god. I lost my brother , he shot himself , I never recovered, we were only a year apart in age, we were never separate from eachother when we were children , and I was sat with him the day he did it , the last thing he said to me when I was leaving his house that afternoon was Lyn I love you . My dad was so worried about me when he died , he cried and told me please don't let him take you , then he told me . Your looking in the wrong places for him , he's not in that cemetery, or in his house he is inside you , he never left you ,only his body has gone , his heart is in yr heartbeat , his memories were your memories you were never apart. Look inside yourself and you'll find him , and he'll always be there. It must be hard for you to talk about your sister, but she will always be with you too. I will pray for Gaza as I always do and I will always remember you and Heba too.Thankyou again for talking about your home and your sister i know it must be hard i God bless