409 Visit the site for Selim's full account http://shahidul.wordpress.com/2008/12/28/today-in-gaza You who are silent You who leave it to others You who do not hear the screams Every bomb that falls Every 'call for restraint' Every blood clot etched in the sand Calls out in vain Calls out in pain Calls out your name Remember you let it happen Remember you turned away Remember you were silent -------------------- I received the following letter this morning: Dear Shahidul This is from my friend Selim, about yesterday's aggression. As you know I worked on year in Gaza (as the head of the UNRWA health services that provides primary health care to 20,000 refugees daily. So far more than 200 dead and more than 700 wounded, many civilians as there is no "clean" war in urban settings and surgical strikes; The horror is there. And foreign governments recommend restraints on both sides as if it was a solution. Hamas respected the truce for many months and saw no improvement. Thanks for doing what you can. Pierre Claquin -------------------- Today in Gaza .... As I'm writing this I can hear a funeral procession go by outside, I looked out the window a moment ago and it was the 3 Rayes boys, They spent all their time together when they were alive, they died together and now their sharing the same funeral together. Nothing could stop my 14 year old brother from rushing out to see the bodies of his friends laying in the street after they were killed. He hasn't spoken a word since. ... Peace Selim ---------------- Look up "How Beautiful is Panama". Photography by Palestinian refugees. Curated by Yasmine Eid-Sabbagh/Arab Image Foundation (Lebanon): http://shahidul.wordpress.com/chobi-mela-v-exhibitions-ii/ Also look out for the new election videos uploaded at: http://shahidul.wordpress.com/2008/12/27/no-tax-on-words/ -- Shahidul Alam http://shahidul.wordpress.com www.majorityworld.com www.drik.net 7 2008-12-29T09:26:01Z 0 2008-12-29T09:26:01Z true 25701 false 10074 2009-01-06T17:55:09Z Dhaka true 2009-06-29T00:00:00Z false gaza06 1 2009-04-02T18:31:03Z 14672