As Ramadan comes to a close, families in Minab, Iran struggle to come to terms with the scale of death, one of the deadliest single attacks on children in memory.
It’s so frustrating, I’m a combat wounded Vietnam Veteran, after coming home I joined Vietnam Veterans Against The War, the Republicans and Democrats don’t work together unless it’s for war, being an American is shameful.
Team Red and Team Blue really are showing themselves to be two hands of the same beast. I wish I could see it differently, but this has gone on long enough. My eyes do not lie.
This is a heart-wrenching piece. For Muslims, this month when revelation came is one of detachment from worldly matters and turning to God. One common belief is that innocent people who are killed -- men, women, children -- are considered martyrs and their next abode is heaven.
As for the perpetrators of this mass murders, most likely our own government, the Muslim belief is that they will be held accountable in this life or the next, but justice will be done either way. Same as in the Biblical phrase of "You reap what you sow."
Let's hope and pray for peace. To paraphrase Dylan, "How may deaths will it take till we know too many people have died?"
My heart aches for these mothers and families. There are no words to make such suffering bearable. The US is the single greatest threat to world peace, alongside the demon apartheid state of Israel. I'm so very sorry.
As a mother, I am weeping for these poor babies and the families who are struggling to find a new normal in this madness. Thank you, Mahmoud, for bringing this moment of grief and humanity to us so elegantly.
One would hope this would be the undoing of the US/ Israeli murder coalition. But for now the world stands by mostly silent as this evil madness continues.
We supplied the bombs and missiles for Gaza and now it's our military carrying out the war crimes! I'm not very hopeful the people with so much grief and loss will get justice. I have been helping to organize a weekly protest in Hartford, CT but it seems to fall on deaf ears… :^(
Thank you for this beautifully told heartbreaking story. I have thought of these families in my daily meditations but until now did not know any details of the collective mourning of the mothers, fathers, brothers, sisters and others. I wish Drop Site stories were more widely circulated so more could witness the suffering we have unleashed in this terrible war, started by terrible men for no reason. I am ashamed of our complicity -- albeit unwilling in many cases -- and can only hope the harm and damage serve to strengthen our collective resolve to end this evil war.
"Parents describe the experience of gathering at the cemetery not as mourning in isolation but as a form of continued presence, a refusal to fully accept the distance between the dead and the living."
I refuse to accept the distance between my heart in the US and the hearts of too many suffering Iranians. We are one. The only people in this world who are "others" are those who reject our inherent unity, those who claim supremacy - those who have stolen our resources, our lands, our futures - choose always to harm first, and help never.
It’s so frustrating, I’m a combat wounded Vietnam Veteran, after coming home I joined Vietnam Veterans Against The War, the Republicans and Democrats don’t work together unless it’s for war, being an American is shameful.
Team Red and Team Blue really are showing themselves to be two hands of the same beast. I wish I could see it differently, but this has gone on long enough. My eyes do not lie.
This is a heart-wrenching piece. For Muslims, this month when revelation came is one of detachment from worldly matters and turning to God. One common belief is that innocent people who are killed -- men, women, children -- are considered martyrs and their next abode is heaven.
As for the perpetrators of this mass murders, most likely our own government, the Muslim belief is that they will be held accountable in this life or the next, but justice will be done either way. Same as in the Biblical phrase of "You reap what you sow."
Let's hope and pray for peace. To paraphrase Dylan, "How may deaths will it take till we know too many people have died?"
My heart aches for these mothers and families. There are no words to make such suffering bearable. The US is the single greatest threat to world peace, alongside the demon apartheid state of Israel. I'm so very sorry.
Help Them , Our Humanity is at Stake !
As a mother who lost a child my heart breaks reading this. I grieve for all the mothers who have lost children in these pointless wars.
Unbearable. So much grief.
As a mother, I am weeping for these poor babies and the families who are struggling to find a new normal in this madness. Thank you, Mahmoud, for bringing this moment of grief and humanity to us so elegantly.
One would hope this would be the undoing of the US/ Israeli murder coalition. But for now the world stands by mostly silent as this evil madness continues.
We supplied the bombs and missiles for Gaza and now it's our military carrying out the war crimes! I'm not very hopeful the people with so much grief and loss will get justice. I have been helping to organize a weekly protest in Hartford, CT but it seems to fall on deaf ears… :^(
You describe this unfathomable shared grief beautifully. My heart is aching for these parents. Such suffering they have to endure.
Thank you for this beautifully told heartbreaking story. I have thought of these families in my daily meditations but until now did not know any details of the collective mourning of the mothers, fathers, brothers, sisters and others. I wish Drop Site stories were more widely circulated so more could witness the suffering we have unleashed in this terrible war, started by terrible men for no reason. I am ashamed of our complicity -- albeit unwilling in many cases -- and can only hope the harm and damage serve to strengthen our collective resolve to end this evil war.
Is it acceptable for Israel to sell the taking of Arab and Muslim life as thier righteous right.
…The scale of the loss.
"Parents describe the experience of gathering at the cemetery not as mourning in isolation but as a form of continued presence, a refusal to fully accept the distance between the dead and the living."
I refuse to accept the distance between my heart in the US and the hearts of too many suffering Iranians. We are one. The only people in this world who are "others" are those who reject our inherent unity, those who claim supremacy - those who have stolen our resources, our lands, our futures - choose always to harm first, and help never.
Thank you for sharing these stories. More of us need to witness the destruction our leaders cause.
I am ashamed to be an American.