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Friday, June 23, 2006

A Palestinian Names His Still-Born Daughter "Majzara"

From Haaretz:

"In the Gaza town of Khan Yunis, doctors at Nasser Hospital performed a Caesarean section on Shaima Ahmed, 25, after detecting signs of fetal distress after she was wounded by shrapnel in Wednesday's air strike, medics said.

The fetus, due to have been born in the coming days, was found dead, they said. The mother remains in intensive care along with two other children, relatives of the family, who were injured in the attack.

Under Muslim tradition, the dead baby was named before she was buried after dark on Friday.

Soufian Ahmed, the father, said he had named her Majazara, using the Arabic word for "massacre." He told Reuters he had done so "to tell the world once again about the massacres Israel has committed against innocent Palestinians".

3 comments:

Qwaider قويدر said...

It's so sad. What's even worse we're hearing NOTHING about this here in the west. Nothing at all.
Selective media, what you don't know won't influence your opinion on matters. Later on, when Some American reads about it somewhere. The others go and say, it's all lies. Did you hear about it in the news?

This is a great (but seriously depressing blog) I don't know why I've not been here before

Amal A said...

when it comes to the mainstream media here (esp. tv), the more you watch, the less you know. I didn't mean the blog to be depressing, but ...

Qwaider قويدر said...

I hear you sister... I hear you ...