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Story of Martyrdom:
As a leaf
clings to tree, the three years old Malak clang her elder
brother Ahmad and she never left him to the extent that she
was martyred along with him by the same missile. When Ahmad
was about to go out in the company of his aunt Zakiyyah,
Malak refused to leave him. His tries to keep her away were
not successful. She grabbed his leg and begged him to carry
her, so he responded to her. He went outside to scout the
place of the explosion that took place in the near their
house. When they were coming back home, a second missile
targeted them, killing the elder brother and causing Malak
to fly away from her brother’s arms to fall small pieces
of flesh and blood on the ground.
It is said
that a name gives certain characteristics to a person,
likewise was Malak. Her mother said: he smile filled her
round small face and her heart was gushing with love and
care for all her siblings. Her mother still remembers her
sweet words and her innocent laughs that were put off by the
shrapnel of the missile. She was the most beautiful of her
siblings and most spoiled because she was the youngest.
Despite
her young age, she was so eloquent and expressed what she
wanted exactly. She uttered all words but with a childish
tone. Her mother always cared for her to be the most
beautiful. Moreover, she was so smart, pretty, quiet, and
sweet. Her mother said: “I loved her so much and her
departure had torn my heart apart. If they were to take my
heart, it would have been easier for me.”
Her mother
counted the days to see her daughter grown up and putting on
her wedding dress, but the occupation forces did not give
her much time to see that. They took her away, covered her
innocence with a black scarf, and replaced her wedding dress
with the dress of departure. Her mother had nothing to
remember but tears and pains for her departure.
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