A Message to The World

Rasha Walid Zaghloul 2014

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How can you enslave people when their mothers bore them as free men?
Umar ibn al-Khattab (radiaAllahu anhu)
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One of the most powerful and influential Muslim guardians in history. He was a Sahabah or
companion of the Islamic prophet Muhammad. He succeeded Abu Bakr as the second Rashid of
the Rashidun Caliphate. He was an expert Islamic jurist and is best known for his pious and just nature,
which earned him the title Al-Faruq.
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Content
- Preface
- Introduction
- Death Machine
- Life
- Dream Houses
- Illegal Tourism
- Dreams
- Faith
- About the author











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Preface
This book is intended to be written in a sarcastic tone because it is written by a
broken heart. I cannot write in a kind and nice manner because I do not want your
sympathy; I want your reaction in actions not in words or tears. The word "YOU" in
the book is addressed to every single person on earth regardless of his \ her religion or
nationality because we are all sons and daughters of Adam and Eve. We are one
family living in the same planet and I am quite sure that you care for your own
brothers and sisters and protect them.












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Introduction
Allow me first of all to thank you for practicing a good exercise for your
health which is SILENCE. Many benefits can be obtained from practicing this
amazing quality in human beings such as lowering blood pressure, calming anxiety,
making life decisions and making you dumb. There is wisdom in Arabic that says
"silence makes consent." Hence, it is obvious that you agree and approve what is
going on in the world. Allow me also to thank those who were never silent and fought
to make their desires, wishes and voices listened, or thought to be listened.
I am quite sure that silent people can read with their eyes if they do not want
to open their mouths. This book is; therefore, addressed to you silent people to read
and react if you have hearts, if you care and if you have the slightest mote of
humanity.
You may have been disturbed by images and videos of bombs, explosions,
fires and corpse; yet, it is all your responsibility. It is all because of your silence and
ignorance.
A message to the world; therefore, has to be written and shared so as not to
keep you in the dark and so as to rethink about the life you are living in this world.
The book addresses different problems. You choose what problem to read and shed
the crocodile tears upon.



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Death Machine
Two months after the war has started the shelling of innocent people begun. The
killing machine could not recognize young people, elderly, women, children,
terrorists, animals, schools, hospitals or houses. They are all even; they are all
radicals. With amazement, the whole world watches with eyes widely open and
mouths quietly shut. The bombs were and still are blindly thrown on people.
I dare anyone to just try to listen to a bomb exploding near him \ her and see if
you can endure. Tell me what effects does this bombs leave on you? Deafness?
Concussion? Shock? Amputation? Paralysis? Death?
To your knowledge, most people in my country end up having one or more of
these effects every single minute. Four years and our country is being bombed on a
daily and continuous basis. Day and night and the helpless people couldn't rest or be
relieved. FOUR YEARS!
I want you to remember your life four years ago. What have you accomplished? I
am not blaming you for living your life. I just want you to do something and to react
because we have the right to live just as you do.









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Short story
"Please, do not take photos; I am not wearing my Hijab
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The title above is a simple sentence that has a great sense in its meaning. These
are spontaneous words uttered by a small girl under the rubble to the rescuers who
rushed with their simple tools to remove the rubble and rocks around her after a heavy
shelling on the building.
She forgot her pain. She forgot her misery. She doesn't care about her cuts and
wounds. All that worried her was her reputation! She knew that this photo will spread
on the media and she innocently defended her honor. Her Hijab is somewhere under
the rubbles with her toys, books and maybe her family!














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Hijab: is a veil that covers the head, which is particularly worn by a Muslim woman in the presence
of adult males outside of their immediate family. It is worn by Muslim women as a symbol of
modesty, privacy and morality.
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Life
When was the last time that you were being checked inside your country? Have
you ever lost your ID? Have you ever walked on the street to your school, collage or
work and were afraid of anything to fall upon your head? What are you having for
breakfast, dinner and lunch today? (Please, list the meals down on paper). How many
bottles of water are there in your fridge? Do you have electricity in your house?
Have you answered all the questions? Okay! Listen to my answers. In my country,
we are being checked every 100 meter by checkpoints; each checkpoint has a handful
of strong, burly, bloody faced men. They check your ID and where you came from. If
it happens and you forget to take your ID, then you have the advantage of visiting
prisons, jails and all the security centers in the country. You may thank Allah for
being sent to jail rather than being shot the minute the police discovers that you do not
have an ID, or simply because he doesnt like you.
We give our families a farewell goodbye everyday because we might not see them
again; they might die from the falling mortars while heading to schools or work.
We thank Allah everyday that we could provide a loaf of bread to share with the
rest 11, 12 or 50 members of the family. Remind me what are you having for lunch
today? As for the water, it is so much available. Do you know how? Our people,
young and elderly have learned how to purify sea water and dig the ground to get
well's water. Sometimes, we can provide our children with fresh water that comes as a
gift from heaven.
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We practice the exercise of meditation in a room of four walls since there is no
electricity; hence, no TV, mobile or any connection to the world. See how lucky we
are!
Every single family has a heartbreaking story to share, a martyr father, an arrested
father, a jailed father, a kidnapped father, a widowed mother, a dead mother, a raped
mother, a hostage child, a handicapped child, a psycho child, stolen money, a
destroyed house, an immigrant partner, a homeless family, a displaced family.
Can you endure seeing your child sick? I am sure not! In our country we see our
children die not sick! They die in front of our eyes and in our hands! A chemical
attack on parts of the country killed hundreds of innocent people, many were children;
they died suffocating.
Each bomb that is thrown kills one or two people and leaves many at the hospital
to a slow death or a permanent handicapping.
Some people die unintentionally by random bullets and some are intentionally
killed, general execution. This has been our life for four years now. Remind me of
yours!







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Short story
"I did not weep bitterly as I cried today!"
These words were uttered by a doctor who spent 20 years working in the medical field
and watched various cases. A child in the age of ten had died in his hands. The child's
father entered the operating room begging and crying: "Please do your best! Maybe he
can survive unlike his brother! His brother died in the explosion. Please, help my
second son"
The doctor rushed to the operating room. The boy was in the throes of death! All
operations and electric shocks to keep him alive were useless. After he died, the
doctor came out of the room silently.
His father cried, "My second son died? Is that right? Did he die, doctor? My two sons
died? The doctor then cried bitterly as he has never cried in his life.
The father of the two martyrs children then approached the doctor, dabbed his
shoulders with tears and said, "It is okay doctor! It is all in Allah's hands. You have
done your best and even more. Please continue your job and help other children and
be strong!"
It happened in one hospital and it is still happening every day.





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Dream Houses
Do you know that left our houses with happiness? It is because we could leave
them before they was destroyed and fell upon our kids. Living on streets, parks or
offices is better than having our children injured. Living with the neighbors, hiring an
expensive apartment that your salary can hardly afford in a safe area is better than
seeing your children hurt. Watching your house destroyed is better than watching
your children suffering. Leaving the house you spent your life working to buy,
decorate and furnish is better than leaving goodbye your family. Selling your gold and
spending the money you have to buy new furniture is better than spending it on
coffins. Leaving millions of memories behind is not comparable to the new present
were your kids are still alive.
What are the things you would take with you if you have to leave your house
within five minutes? Yes! Five minutes because the shelling has started on the area. It
is a matter of living or dying. Your favorite books? Your best clothes? Family photos?
Certificates? Come on! We are leaving! Shouts! Screams! Blood! Corpse! Nothing
was taken. It is only you and your family. There you end up! The smile on your kids'
faces is not compared to any of the trivial material things. And the journey of survival
begins. You start from zero, if not minus one!





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Short story
It was the last installment to pay for his house. Finally, the house is now
registered by his name in the government. Ten years of hard work and saving money
has finished. He has owns his own house now. He will decorate it and furnishes it
with whatever he likes.
The party to celebrate this event was on a sunny and lovely day. It started with
happiness, laughs, and tears of joy and ended up with a tragedy. A blind mortar was
thrown on the town. It directly hit his house. All he owns now is the key to the house!
The rest is silence!











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Illegal Tourism
First of all, I want to share this information with you. We are now in 2014 and
only one country allows us to travel to. It is Turkey. From the bottom of my heart I
thank Turkey, its president and people for their concern and care. They received us as
their own families, they helped us and open their houses and hospitals for us. Thank
you Turkey; thank you Recep Tayyip Erdogan.
Special thanks also to Lebanon and Jordan for accepting huge numbers of
refugees in their countries. Though they closed their doors against new comers now,
they have all our respect and thanks.
About 230 countries in the whole world have closed their doors in front of us.
Anyway, you taught us a lesson! Thank you gulf countries, thank you Arab countries,
thank you Asia, Europe, America and Australia because closing your doors increases
our dignity! We do not need you we have Allah with us. I am more proud of my
nationality because you are now too small in my eyes. You are too small to accept us,
the honorable. 230 COUNTRIES!!!
Special thanks to Saudi Arabia for preventing us from exercising Hajj and Omra
and praying our God. To your knowledge, everything is recorded and we will meet
one day in front of Allah. What excuse will you tell him?!!!
Let me now tell you about the journey of travelling to another country. It is a
journey because our young people do it illegally. Yes, illegally because there is no
other legal way to travel. They have two choices; either traveling illegally or dying in
the country. The journey begins by selling all their properties to give it to a fraud boat
owner who will take them with his boat.
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In most of all the journeys only 25% of people can arrive to the foreign countries,
usually Europe to live there on the aids provided to them from the governments. The
other 75% of them unfortunately die on their way there. They die because the greedy
boat owner doesn't care whether they arrive or not. He only cares about his money. He
leaves them in the middle of the ocean to drown, or if they are lucky enough they
arrive to their destination swimming.
By the way, not only young people do this journey; there are also babies! You
can Google heartbreaking images of people of different ages who arrive to Italy as
corpses! They were searching for a nation. They were seeking your aid and care. They
were looking for a better future, but where were you? Where were you?!











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Short story
She was dreaming of a better life for her and her daughters after their house
was destroyed. She trusted a fraud boat owner to take them with his boat to Italy and
there to start a safer life. They were given one life jacket only. Ten minutes after the
death journey started, the boat owner left them in the middle of the sea to drown!
"My daughter grabbed my arm; she was handicapped. My other daughters
tried to grab my hand, but I did not succeed in keeping them above the water. The
waves were very high. Then, my handicapped daughter stopped breathing. I kissed
her and said goodbye, my daughter. May Allah be with you. I left her to the waves
and tried to help her sisters. They could catch my hand but they lost their grip one
after the other. I was not able to do anything! Only one of them survived."










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Dreams.
What are your dreams? Hundreds of books are written about dreams, how to
accomplish your dreams and how to dream big. What are your dreams? Owning a
car? Buying a bigger house? Travelling around the world?
My dreams, personally, were to gain a master and PHD degree in Linguistics,
to travel to England and complete my studies there and build my own school.
However, these dreams will remain dreams!
If you ask me now or ask anyone in my country about our dreams the answer
is one. We all share the same dream now. We all dream of peace. We all dream of
tranquility that we were prevented from for four years. Is it that difficult? We do not
need money any more. We do not care about cars, houses or farms. We just want to
live. Just help us to live!









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Short story
She used to play with her dolls. She fed them, took care of them, changed their
clothes and even she made them sleep beside her at night. She was dreaming of
becoming a real mother one day and having her own kids!
Her wish becomes true so soon. She is now the mother of her own sister and
brother. The father is somewhere in the countries' prisons. The mother died by a
mortar on the house.
Living in streets, she is now taking care of her kids the same way she took
care of her dolls. She is no longer interested in playing with toys or dolls. She has
greater responsibilities. She is now a mother; 10 years old mother with two kids.
Where is humanity?!










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Faith
With all this grave trial, the people are still hopeful of peace one day, trusting in
what Allah promised them.
" Verily, the Victory of Allah Is Near"
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Some people may wonder how we are still living in the country. You can ask your
governments who refused to help us these questions. Your careless has empowered
us. People's willpower is now stronger. The mothers send their sons to schools
knowing that Allah and only Allah will protect them. Fathers struggle life and defy
death just to provide food to their families.
All people are sad. All have worries. All were exposed to difficult situations.
However, nothing console their misery except their faith in Allah. They are patient.
They tolerate the painful thrones of life because Allah promised those who are
patients with great rewards.
"Be sure we shall test you with something of fear and hunger, some loss in goods
or lives or the fruits, but give glad tidings to those who patiently persevere."
Life is a roll coaster. It has many ups and downs. Allah is now testing our faith
because Allah loves us. However, keep in mind that you are being tested too now with
our calamity. But, what did you do? I am sure that millions do not even know about
our sufferings.
Life is not about collecting money and fulfilling your dreams. This life is a
passage that will lead us to Allah. You die and leave all your treasure, palaces and

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Verse from Quran. Sura: Al-Baqara 214.
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family. The only things that will befriend you in your tomb are your deeds. What are
your deeds? What have you done for Allah's sake?
We hate no one. Our arms and our country is open to all people regardless of their
religion and nationality. Our country has well received Palestinians, Jordanians, Iraqis
and Lebanese in their calamity. We opened our houses to them, allowed them to work
in the country, they were given formal citizenship to live a normal life. Do you know
why? Because this is not our land. This is Allah's land.
"My earth is spacious. Therefore serve me only."
This is Allah's land! You have no right to control it or prevent us from moving in
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Short story:
She received this news with tears of joy and happiness! This is because she
has faith. She knew that martyrs do not die; they live a decent life in paradise.
"And never think of those who have been killed in the cause of Allah as dead.
Rather, they are alive with their Lord, receiving provision. Al Imran 169"
"Congratulations, my sons. Congratulations on your martyrdom. I am now the
mother of martyrs"
Great burial ceremonies were done. All were crying, "O mother of martyrs, we
are all your sons. We are all your sons."














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Note
If you still do not know what country I am talking about, then go and weep
upon yourself. This is Syria, the land of martyrs.



















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About the author:
"There is no difference between an Arab and non-Arab except by the level of
piety."
My, origin, nationality, certificates and studies will never define me. The only
thing that can define me is my Islam because we are all the same. The only difference
between us is the level of piety and good deeds.













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