Noo00oory
04-03-2006, 03:35 PM
Forgotten Nations
Palestine/chechnya/pakistan/sudan/bangladesh
their not as exposed in the media as countries like Iraq or Afghanistan...but we all know they're still there or maybe we're trying to forget they exist? maybe we have enough on our minds- you know...the usual stuff home improvements, the car could do with another service...or perhaps its time for that relaxing therapy treatment- just to reward yourself for all the hard work you have been doing lately and what about these countries?
Surely everyone else isnt as busy as you, right?
i mean...they cant really be relying on your help- probably help from someone who lives closer by- or maybe in a richer country...
if thats what your thinking- then think about this too- maybe those ppl that should supposidly be helping these countries are thinking xactly the same thing as you now hus gonna help all these nations?
God? hmm...that cant be ryt...Palestine's been suffering for the last 50 years- sum1 else has got 2 do something...or maybe you need a bigger sign? like more media exposure perhaps?
do we really need more persuasion when stuff lyk this is happening everyday- and not behind our backs either...we just choose to turn our backs to it when it does happen
Lena's Story -
Fear and Trauma in Palestine
On the 24th of September three year-old Lena Issa(3 yrs old) was fast asleep in Bureij refugee camp in Gaza. At 3.00am she was woken by terrifying sounds, as her one-roomed house shook. The refugee camp was under attack once again.
Lena’s brother, Hamuda(aged 5), and sisters Dania (4), and Asma (1) were also woken by the terrifying sounds of the aerial assault. The previous incursion into the camp had occurred four months ago – but this time it was much closer. Only a thin asbestos roof protected the family from the heavy shelling and gunfire outside.
Lena was terrified, crying and shaking. She kept repeating ‘Mummy protect me, I’m afraid.’ Her temperature shot up, and the fever silenced the petrified child. Alarmed by the sudden illness, Lena’s mother Hend shouted to the neighbors for help. She desperately wanted to take the child to hospital, but while the attack continued they couldn’t leave the house.
Over the next two and a half hours Lena’s father, Hassan, repeatedly ran to the door, only to confirm that the helicopter gunships were still outside. It would be lethal to venture out while they were there.
An ambulance was called, but it was unable to approach the house until 5.30 a.m. ‘I cannot say whether my Lena was still alive when we finally got to Al-Aqsa Hospital in Deir-El-Balah. I just believed her heart was still beating, I did not want to know’, says Hend.
Without treatment, extreme fear can be lethal for a healthy child. “It is neurogenic shock,” explains Doctor Thalek Issa, “In a fear attack the adrenaline hypersecretion may cause death. Cardiopulmonary resuscitation is required, so the shock must be urgently treated at a hospital.Lena died because the ambulance could not reach her in time’.
Her parents are left with memories of a beloved child. ‘I will always remember my daughter accompanying me to the door and kissing me goodbye,’ says Hassan sadly.
“She enjoyed dancing so much, and she loved playing with her teddy bear,” adds Hend, “I ask the world for justice. Why do they accept children living this kind of life?”
Lena’s tragically short life and death is a shocking warning - exposing the lethal consequences of the trauma Palestinian children endure daily.
Children aged 3 or 4 cry whenever someone takes a photograph, because the flash reminds them of gunfire
Poverty and hunger is a major issue in sudan palestine has been bombarded for the last 50 years- and it looks like israel has no plans on stopping chechnya has been abandoned in the bitter cold for the last decade pakistan/bangladesh...all suffer from lack of medications, food and basic resources for survival everywhere we look theres a problem nowadays are you still waiting for sum1 else to solve it?
are you still waiting for sum1 else to standup for all these ppl?
and what if*god forbid* sumthing like this would happen to you one day?
i mean...ther's no garantee it won't ryt?
will you then xpect sum1 to help u?
and what if the world turns its back on u when that time comes jst like ur turning ur back on the world?
Author/Source: Arub Saqib (twitee135@aol.com) Posted by: twitee
Source: http://www.studying-islam
Palestine/chechnya/pakistan/sudan/bangladesh
their not as exposed in the media as countries like Iraq or Afghanistan...but we all know they're still there or maybe we're trying to forget they exist? maybe we have enough on our minds- you know...the usual stuff home improvements, the car could do with another service...or perhaps its time for that relaxing therapy treatment- just to reward yourself for all the hard work you have been doing lately and what about these countries?
Surely everyone else isnt as busy as you, right?
i mean...they cant really be relying on your help- probably help from someone who lives closer by- or maybe in a richer country...
if thats what your thinking- then think about this too- maybe those ppl that should supposidly be helping these countries are thinking xactly the same thing as you now hus gonna help all these nations?
God? hmm...that cant be ryt...Palestine's been suffering for the last 50 years- sum1 else has got 2 do something...or maybe you need a bigger sign? like more media exposure perhaps?
do we really need more persuasion when stuff lyk this is happening everyday- and not behind our backs either...we just choose to turn our backs to it when it does happen
Lena's Story -
Fear and Trauma in Palestine
On the 24th of September three year-old Lena Issa(3 yrs old) was fast asleep in Bureij refugee camp in Gaza. At 3.00am she was woken by terrifying sounds, as her one-roomed house shook. The refugee camp was under attack once again.
Lena’s brother, Hamuda(aged 5), and sisters Dania (4), and Asma (1) were also woken by the terrifying sounds of the aerial assault. The previous incursion into the camp had occurred four months ago – but this time it was much closer. Only a thin asbestos roof protected the family from the heavy shelling and gunfire outside.
Lena was terrified, crying and shaking. She kept repeating ‘Mummy protect me, I’m afraid.’ Her temperature shot up, and the fever silenced the petrified child. Alarmed by the sudden illness, Lena’s mother Hend shouted to the neighbors for help. She desperately wanted to take the child to hospital, but while the attack continued they couldn’t leave the house.
Over the next two and a half hours Lena’s father, Hassan, repeatedly ran to the door, only to confirm that the helicopter gunships were still outside. It would be lethal to venture out while they were there.
An ambulance was called, but it was unable to approach the house until 5.30 a.m. ‘I cannot say whether my Lena was still alive when we finally got to Al-Aqsa Hospital in Deir-El-Balah. I just believed her heart was still beating, I did not want to know’, says Hend.
Without treatment, extreme fear can be lethal for a healthy child. “It is neurogenic shock,” explains Doctor Thalek Issa, “In a fear attack the adrenaline hypersecretion may cause death. Cardiopulmonary resuscitation is required, so the shock must be urgently treated at a hospital.Lena died because the ambulance could not reach her in time’.
Her parents are left with memories of a beloved child. ‘I will always remember my daughter accompanying me to the door and kissing me goodbye,’ says Hassan sadly.
“She enjoyed dancing so much, and she loved playing with her teddy bear,” adds Hend, “I ask the world for justice. Why do they accept children living this kind of life?”
Lena’s tragically short life and death is a shocking warning - exposing the lethal consequences of the trauma Palestinian children endure daily.
Children aged 3 or 4 cry whenever someone takes a photograph, because the flash reminds them of gunfire
Poverty and hunger is a major issue in sudan palestine has been bombarded for the last 50 years- and it looks like israel has no plans on stopping chechnya has been abandoned in the bitter cold for the last decade pakistan/bangladesh...all suffer from lack of medications, food and basic resources for survival everywhere we look theres a problem nowadays are you still waiting for sum1 else to solve it?
are you still waiting for sum1 else to standup for all these ppl?
and what if*god forbid* sumthing like this would happen to you one day?
i mean...ther's no garantee it won't ryt?
will you then xpect sum1 to help u?
and what if the world turns its back on u when that time comes jst like ur turning ur back on the world?
Author/Source: Arub Saqib (twitee135@aol.com) Posted by: twitee
Source: http://www.studying-islam