Sunday, August 31, 2008

2nd Ramdan in Gaza under the siege

The holly month of Ramadan has come for the 2nd time and yet Gaza is still under the siege. Shortage that occurs in everything has reflected the daily life of Palestinians, especially during the holly month of Ramadan. However, the low income that most of people suffer from due to the difficulties for people to get opportunity to work had also affected their usual shopping that use to extend during this month. Many Palestinians use to prepare themselves for Omra journey during the last ten days of Ramadan. However, due to the closure of Rafah crossing point, it is impossible to travel out of Gaza or even think about traveling where the Omra become more a luxury thing comparing to the need of hundreds of sick people and students to travel. Meanwhile, all hopes of breaking such strong closure tend to be dissipating, as the circumstances remain the same. Any way, life train does not stop and whether you like it or not, it continues to move and run from stop to stop without any consideration to the passengers. The only objective is delivering them to end of their journey. People here are forced to live the nightmare with hope and trust of the God that one day they weak up to find out that the nightmare has gone and they gain back their usual life and dreams. no one but God knows when this is going to happen and no one but him knows whether if there is any possible end for the Palestinian suffer either in the near or the far future. However, the people will never stop hopping or trusting the God whom they know that he is going to reward them for their patient and acceptance of the custody that he decides for them

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