Refugee Voices
I am a Palestinian child. I was born to find myself without a
home or identity. I heard my grandparents describing our village
with its vast fields and ever green olive trees. I wonder with pain
and agony "Is it our destiny to be deprived of our childhood, our
identity, and our dignity?"
We lost our tranquility, the brutal and savage shelling and bombing
of the usurper Israeli army kills children and women without mercy,
and leaves us sleepless and horrified. All this happens under the
sight of the whole world.
No wonder since Israel does not respect the UN itself, neither does it respect its resolutions. It defies the whole world with its aggression. We demand protection, to be safe in our schools, the right to learn, preserved by the human rights charter, and we shall never forget our right of return to our homeland Despite all the uneasy and unstable circumstances, our insistence on education is not affected.
We shall continue to learn, to create a new ambitious generation, aware of its rights and the meaning of freedom, that God willing, we still achieve in the near future. Speaking of this situation, we must not forget the important role of our wise and courageous headmistress who plants the spirit of challenge, courage, and resistance in us. We also must not forget the role of our brave teachers, who support and encourage us. Our thankfulness and appreciation go to our school and to all the institutions that contributed in different projects and activities achieved during this year.
Blessed is the stone and those who throw it Glory to our
martyrs
Finally I would like to emphasize that we belong to Palestine.
Palestinian belongs to us no matter what Israel does.
Habah Mahmoud Khalil 9th Grade
UNRWA Girls School, 'Aida Refugee Camp
Closing Program of the School Year 2001