detention without charge, to his two-year-old daughter Lamar, who he
has never seen. Translated by Jalal Najjar.
"My Beloved Lamar, forgive me because the occupation took me away from
you, and took away from me the pleasure of witnessing my first born
child that I have always prayed to God to see, to kiss, to be happy
with. It is not your fault, this is our destiny as Palestinian people
to have our lives and the lives of our children taken away from us, to
be apart from each other and to have a miserable life, nothing is
complete in our lives because of this unjust occupation that is
lurking on every corner of our lives turning it into eeriness, a
continuous pursuit and torture. Despite that I was deprived from
holding you and hearing your voice, from watching you grow up and move
around in the house and in your be, and that I was deprived of my rule
as a human and a father with my daughter your existence has given me
all the power and hope, and when I saw your picture with your mother
in the sit-in tent, you were so calm staring in wonder at people, as
if you were looking for your father, looking at my pictures that are
hung inside the tent asking in silence why is my father not coming
back, I felt that you are with me, in my sentiment and inside my mind,
as if you are a part of my heartbeats, steadfast and the blood that
flows in my veins, opening all doors for me spreading clear skies
around me, and unleashing your free childish voice after this long
silence".
"Lamar my love: I know that you are not to be blamed and that you
don't yet understand why your father is going through this battle of
the hunger strike for the 75th day, but when you grow up you will
understand that the battle of freedom is the battle of going back to
you, so that I can never be taken away from you again or to be
deprived of your smile or seeing you, so that the occupier will never
kidnap me again from you".
"When you grow up you will understand how injustice was brought upon
your father and upon thousands of Palestinians whom the occupation has
put in prisons and jail cells, shattering their lives and future for
no guilt but their pursuit of freedom, dignity and independence, you
will know that your father did not tolerate injustice and submission,
that he will never accept insult and compromise, and that he is going
through a hunger strike to protest against the Jewish state that wants
to turn us into humiliated slaves without any rights or patriotic
dignity".
"My beloved Lamar keep your head up always and be proud of your
father, and thank everyone who supported me, who supported the
prisoners in their struggle, and don't be afraid god is with us
always, and god never lets people who have faith and patience, we are
righteous, and right will always prevail against injustice and wrong
doers".
"Lamar my love: that day will come, and I will make it up to you for
everything, and tell you the whole story, and your days that will
follow will be more beautiful, so let your days pass now and wear your
prettiest clothes, run and then run again in the gardens of your long
life, go forward and forward nothing is behind you but the past, and
this is your voice I hear all the time as a melody of freedom".
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