I write this very close to midnight, looking back over the past year, I can't quite believe everything that has happened. It feels like a lifetime ago I was looking up the first protest in Souq al Hamidiyah in Damascus on March 15th yet since then, it has flown by like a blink of an eye.
I wanted to write a post for a while now; a personal one for Syria. These past 9 months have caused me so much pain inside. I've been planning on going to Syria before the protests began, as I was already missing the country but seeing the country in such turmoil has physically taken its toll on me. Seeing so much pain and anguish has affected me beyond anything more I could have expected. The inability to help in any tangible form has only made me feel worse.
Of course what I'm feeling is nothing compared to those living in Syria, who've had family and friends arrested and killed. My heart goes out to them. I've had my cousin hurt, and I can understand the pain and worry that many families encounter for their loved ones.
I don't see how it will improve in the near future. The next weeks, months I imagine, will continue like it has. Protests everyday. Mass arrests. Daily death tolls of 20, give or take. I expect the total death toll would be certainly in the tens of thousands at least, despite the UN stating approximately 5000 - 6000 martyrs.
To all those who've died, in my heart you belong always. You will never be forgotten. Inshallah to the highest heaven.
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