Aliaa And Gaza
Episode 11
Aliaa looked at Alaa's face. Seemed calm, even though her veil had been covered in blood. This is Aliaa's last trip with Alaa.
“He is dead.”
“I have to take the body to Jabalia. Excuse me.”
“Absolutely you can drive?”
“No.”
Finally, Aliaa brought Alaa's body to Jabalia.
“Yes Allah, why should Alaa die?”
“Stop wailing! Don't you know God forbid us to wail?!” sniffed someone in front of him.
“Hei! Why are you yelling at me?”
“Do you not know that the corpse was tormented by the lamentation of his family?! I'm not heartless, but stop wailing! Whether he goes with you today or not, this has become God's destiny.”
“Is ‘yasinan’ banned also by Allah?” ask Aliaa.
Nadiah, Nahdiyah, Zayu, and friends of Aliaa's friends from Indonesia said that if anyone died, then they would read Yasin's letter.
“Entahlah. I've never heard that word.”
Aliaa chose a thousand languages. That guy really made him die a flea.
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“I told you, nothing strange. If you want information about her, just ask Nadiaah. Yasmeen said, he has been friends with Aliaa since 2011.”
“You asked me to ask a woman? Hafsha, I don't want to drop the honor of a Muslim! I don't know him anyway!”
“Sister always told me to go home before Maghrib! Of course I have to ask for time if I want to interrogate Nadiaah! He's busy, brother. It's like you don't know that there are many casualties
at border.”
“But you can ask him when there are no clashes.”
“Ya yes. Alright. I'm going to the Gaza Strip tomorrow.”
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“Soal Aliaa? He's been in Jabalia since yesterday. The funeral of Alaa. What's up?”
“Aliaa entered Gaza around the end of January 2018. He's a journalist. He was arrested by the IDF about 1 day later, and only released on March 24, 2018. He did not know the area in Gaza, because honestly, he wanted to go from Gaza and return to Egypt. He knew only the Gaza Strip, Jabalia, Khan Younis, and Nuseirat. No more.”
Nadiah told me about Aliaa.
“He understands cues?”
“Ya.”
“Tell him: ‘Don't divulge dark place’. Just tell me from the man who drove her to Gaza.”
When Aliaa returned to the Gaza Strip, Nadiaah approached him, then delivered a message from Hafsha. Aliaa just nodded.
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“I'm like carrying out military duty. Like he said, he doesn't know where this is. He knows only the Gaza Strip, Khan Younis, Nuseirat, and Jabalia.”
“No other information?”
“Ehmm, yes~ said he did not want to go to Gaza, he wanted to return to Egypt. He has no family here.”
“Only that?”
Hafsha.
“For what to find information about Aliaa? He is not from the enemy stronghold.”
“Just want to make sure, he doesn't know this place.”
“Yes. Maybe he doesn't know where this is, but~ chances are he'll know who you are.” Hafsha.
“His friends Aliaa and Nadiaah have been with you since 2016. Yaa~ of course Muslimah.” part
“Where did you know?”
“Nadiah. Nadiaah most likely knows who you are from just your headband. When I asked why not join his best friend, he said the military is not his land.”
“So chances are he knows this place?”
“Entah. He has been in Gaza for 5 years. Maybe yes.” replied Hafsha.
“Can you make sure he doesn't leak this place?”
“I'm sure he couldn't have leaked it. He was busy day by day at the border.”
