As many countries celebrate Father’s Day, four men share their love, fears and dreams for their children in Gaza, Ukraine, Afghanistan and Sudan
Mohammed Hashem, 38, from Khan Younis, is a single father raising his two-year-old son, Yusef. His wife, Reem, and older son, Ismail, wereThere are no words to describe the horrors we have been through these past few months. Last year, we sat around a dinner table as a family of four, making plans for the future. Now it’s just me and you – and our only hope is to survive tomorrow.
Quote on what looks a piece of paper, reading: “When this war is over, we will pick up all the broken pieces and find a way to make us whole again. That is my promise.” Amid the death and devastation we experience daily – you are a light that flickers in the darkness, a triumph over fear. We evacuated a fallen soldier. I’m not sure why, but carrying him was extraordinarily difficult. The stretcher kept slipping through my fingers under his weight. It was a
A drone flew over and we had to keep still so it didn’t spot us. I felt like I was in Terminator 2, being chased by a soulless machine. On the way back we bought potato pies – they were the most delicious pies of my life. We’ll go trout fishing soon and eat our catch. We will climb Mount Pikui together, like we used to before the war. Soon the connection will be better and I will be able to call to read you a bedtime story.
I sometimes wonder why did I even choose to have children, only to see my smart, beautiful girls deprived of the opportunities I wanted to shower you with. But then I remember the joyous days when you were born into our family. I want you to know how proud I am of you both when I watch how, despite everything, you are still trying to learn from your mother, from the TV and from everything around you. I cherish the smiles you give me every day, even though I don’t feel I deserve them.
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