It was afternoon.. While I was in the living room, I saw on TV that Sayyed Raisi went to Azerbaijan.. So I said to myself that: "when I get to my office I will have to report his trip and what it was all about and report and translate every statement he made when he went to Azerbaijan".., just the usual, reporting his trips and statements and agreements made with other countries...

What was unusual.., was that hours later, I reported the news of his martyrdom along with his companions...

That's what shock me the most, Sayyed Raisi and Abdullahian were the first political figures I was drawn to when I shifted toward politics, that whenever they have a trip I liked to report every single important statement they make and what agreements they sign and which countries they visit.. I did my best to not miss anything about them, Sayyed Raisi and Abdullahian

Although I have not seen them in person, for me, it felt like I was with them because of how closely I followed their news, trips and statements, even with the smallest details.. When I check and re-visit some old posts and come across the times when he was there, it pains me when I find reports of the president's trips, his videos and speeches.. He was just right there and I was sharing his news... Now it's just a memory..

When they went missing I was sitting and following the news very closely hoping to hear the relief... The search continued all night in a very foggy weather making it difficult to have any hope, when reports were made that there were some signals and some calls were answered, it brought the hope back again...

The search continued for hours past midnight until I got very tired to keep up, so I prayed two rak'as and prayed for the relief, then I went to sleep... I slept for a very short time and as soon as I woke up.. I immediately grabbed my phone to check the news..., I saw their pictures were shared in black and white...

After their martyrdom, mentioning them in the posts became different, from seeing them getting off the planes, walking, shaking hands, delivering speeches, to them being in coffins...

It's been a year already and their loss does not feel real

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Gaza is a fireball of death, tents melting with the flesh of children as they are sleeping, screaming silently as the flames engulf them. Parents, family, friends watching in horror and helplessness as their loved ones are incinerated in front of them again and again. The powers of the world who do nothing but pay lip service to some decaying UN Charter or mumble into the ether about the diseased concept of a two state solution as Palestinians are swept from our world in a tsunami of hatred and craven barbarism supported by every single, immoral world regime that has the power to prevent this Holocaust but fails in their duty to universal Humanity. Only the poor, the oppressed, the besieged, the courageous and righteous nations and peoples stand between Palestine, the region and it's annihilation.

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