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Observer
05-05-2025
- Observer
Sea Therapy in Sur: A Self-Professed Sea Lover's Ode to Oman
Khamis Salem Al Alwi's Instagram feed offers a breathtaking portal into a world where the sea's mystique and beauty is at its most cinematic. Filled with dreamy landscapes, shimmering waves, and glimpses into Oman's rich coastal life, his posts are more than images—they're a testament to a profound love for the ocean. For surfing lovers and sea enthusiasts alike, Khamis's reels serve as a treasure trove of hidden escapes and vibrant marine life, seen through the eyes of a true local. His cinematic captures reflect a heart that beats for the sea, celebrating both surfing and Oman's coastal heritage. Through his visuals, Khamis professes his love affair with Oman's waters, where waves crash in a symphony of nature's power and grace. His adventures have taken him across many legendary spots—from Ras al Hadd to the depths of Al Jinns—but his posts often focus on Sur, a city he calls his true love. Here, Khamis finds sanctuary, embodying Oman's ancient maritime spirit and remaining one of its most captivating treasures. Discovering Sur: Oman's Maritime Jewel Sur holds a unique place in history. One of Oman's oldest cities, it was a vital hub across the Indian Ocean, Arabian Sea, and Oman's waters. Historically, Sur thrived as a bustling port, fostering trade between the Arabian Peninsula, India, Southeast Asia, and Africa. In the 18th and 19th centuries, its port was lively, with over 150 ships sailing daily, promoting cultural exchange and prosperity. Today, Sur is renowned for its shipbuilding tradition—crafting traditional dhows that have navigated oceans for centuries. Attractions include the Bilad Sur Castle, which once protected the city, and the Al Ayjah Fort, showcasing its strategic importance. Sunaysilah Fort offers panoramic views, while the Sur lighthouse marks its role as a maritime beacon. Verdant valleys like Wadi Shab and Wadi Tiwi invite exploration, and Ras Al Hadd hosts the Turtle Sanctuary at Ras Al Jinz, where marine turtles breed. Interestingly, Sur is the first city in Oman to witness sunrise—a symbol of its pioneering spirit. Its long history as a shipbuilding and trading hub shapes its identity today, blending ancient traditions with modern passion. The Life of a Sea Lover Khamis's life is an ongoing adventure—an expression of his bond with the ocean's moods and seasons. His experiences are woven into his story —swimming with dolphins, exploring waters in shades of pink and emeralds, discovering hidden beaches untouched by time. His relationship with the sea is profound, rooted in respect, curiosity, and stewardship. Whether standing on a dhow's bow, feeling salt spray on his face, or teaching children to surf, Khamis exemplifies the modern Omani seaman—an ambassador of the ocean's wonder. His social media features stories of bioluminescence nights, shell harvesting, and hatchings of fragile sea turtles. Each snapshot is a love letter to Oman's coastal landscapes, urging viewers to cherish and protect these environments. His advocacy extends to environmental education, inspiring local communities and visitors to see the sea as a delicate ecosystem worth preserving. Through reels and posts, Khamis promotes marine conservation, turning admiration into action. He collaborates with fishermen, marine biologists, and volunteers—organizing beach clean-ups, removing ghost nets, and campaigning for endangered species like green and hawksbill turtles. His efforts also include removing harmful fishing gear from coral reefs and raising awareness about ocean health. As the owner of Oman Surfers School, Khamis teaches youth the art of surfing, fostering a new generation imbued with love and stewardship for the sea. His community-building initiatives unite surfers, fishermen, and environmental volunteers working towards cleaner beaches and healthier waters. As Oman evolves with modern development, Khamis remains anchored in the traditions of its maritime roots. He embodies the transition from ancient seafaring and trade to a vibrant community of surfers and conservationists. His love for surfing and ocean exploration signifies a future where fun and sustainability coexist, encouraging the next generation to enjoy Oman's coastline responsibly. His love song to Sur—full of reverence—resonates through his efforts to preserve the sea. For Khamis, sea therapy isn't just personal; it's a mission to inspire community awareness of the importance of marine conservation. His journey reminds us that while seafaring traditions may change, love for the sea remains timeless and vital. You can follow his adventures on Instagram @surferoman.
CairoScene
27-02-2025
- Entertainment
- CairoScene
Heba Khamis to Showcase Photo Collection on International Women's Day
'Her Waves' is a photo series dedicated to documenting women's narratives and stories around Africa. Feb 27, 2025 Egyptian independent photographer Heba Khamis is showcasing her newest work, 'Her Waves', at the Institut Francais D'Egypte on Thursday, February 27th for International Women's Day. 'Her Waves' is a photo series dedicated to documenting women's narratives and stories around Africa. Khamis is a visual artist and researcher dedicated to the psychological aspects of the documentation process, often covering personal stories aside from visually compelling ones. In 2018-2019, her 'Banned Beauty' and 'Black Birds' photo series won first and second prize respectively at the World Press Photo contest, among other international awards.
Egypt Independent
31-01-2025
- General
- Egypt Independent
‘We came back for nothing': Returning home to northern Gaza, Palestinians find death and destruction
Khamis and Ahmad Imarah knew they wouldn't find much more than rubble when returning to their home in northern Gaza. But they had to go. Their father and brother are still buried under the debris, more than a year after their home was struck by Israeli forces. Standing in the middle of the Al-Shujaiya neighborhood in Gaza City on Tuesday, all Khamis Imarah could see was utter devastation. 'When I came back here my heart was ripped apart. The only thing that brought me back was my father and brother,' he told CNN. 'I don't want anything else. What I am asking for is to find my father and brother and that's it, that's all.' The Gaza Government Office said Wednesday that some 500,000 displaced Palestinians — almost a quarter of the enclave's population — had made the journey to the decimated north in the first 72 hours after Israeli forces opened the Netzarim corridor, which separates it from the south. The two Imarah brothers walked 11 kilometers (6.8 miles) to reach Al-Shujaiya, a treacherous journey they made with several small children. They found their home almost completely gone, with just one room still partially standing. Rummaging through the rubble, Khamis came across his mother's green knitting bag, with a couple of balls of yarn and two crochet hooks still inside, as if she had only just put it down. 'She used to like to knit, she used to like wool and things like this,' he said, going through the supplies. 'Oh God, my mom had so many stories. She is a storyteller, and she likes the old stories. She was an entertainer. God be with you, Mother,' he told CNN. Khamis and Ahmad's mother was injured in an Israeli strike and was later evacuated to Egypt, one of the few Palestinians allowed to leave the strip to get medical treatment before Israel closed the Rafah crossing between Gaza and Egypt in May 2024. The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) said that only 436 patients, most of them children, had been allowed to be evacuated since May, out of the estimated 12,000 who urgently need medical evacuation. Israeli military strikes have turned most of Gaza to rubble. According to the UN, some 69% of all structures in the strip have been destroyed or damaged in the past 15 months, with Gaza City the worst hit. Returning after more than a year Israel forced most residents of northern Gaza to leave the area early in the war, issuing evacuation orders and telling people to move south. Once people left, return was impossible, meaning that most of those coming back this week are doing so for the first time in more than a year. And while nine in 10 Gaza residents have been displaced during the war, those forced to flee the north have been homeless for the longest. The journey back north is long and difficult, Khamis told CNN, with roads destroyed and mud and piles of rubble obstructing the way. Transport is not widely available, so about a third of the people were making their way back on foot, according to OCHA. 'You enter from one neighborhood to another and it's all mounds of rubble that have not been cleared … and there were martyrs on the way, on the road where, until today, no one has picked them up. There are fresh bodies and bodies that have (decomposed) as well,' Khamis said. He urged others looking to make the journey back north to reconsider. 'Because there is no water, no electricity or even food, no tents, you sleep in the rubble,' he said. Mohammad Salha, director of Al-Awda Hospital in Tal Al-Zaatar, said there is currently no space in northern Gaza to establish camps for displaced people returning home. The area was densely built-up before the war and the enormous scale of damage means there are now huge mountains of rubble and debris everywhere. 'There are no camps for displaced residents to stay in. Some people are trying to repair their damaged homes, but northern Gaza urgently needs intervention — humanitarian institutions must provide shelter, water and camps,' he told CNN. The situation in the north is so dire that some of those who have made the journey have had little choice but to turn back and return to the refugee camps down south. Arwa Al-Masri, who was displaced from Beit Hanoun in the northeastern corner of the strip, said the men from her family went home in the past few days to see what is left of their houses. 'They were shocked to find the amount of destruction and the lifelessness. There is nothing. No water — my brother had to go from Beit Hanoun to Jabalya to get water and then he had to go to Gaza (City) to call us to tell us not to come back yet. Most of the people who went back north have said there is no life and massive destruction only,' she told CNN at a shelter inside a school run by the UN's agency for Palestinian refugees (UNRWA) south of the Netzarim corridor. But while she and her children cannot yet go back to her home in the north — or what remains of it — Al-Masri's stay at the shelter is also uncertain, because of impending bans on UNRWA operations within Israel and on the prohibition of Israeli authorities from cooperating with UNRWA. 'When UNRWA stops operating, people are not going to find food and many people who are in UNRWA shelter schools will not be able to stay. There will be no tents and shelter available,' she told CNN. 'No one is left' Discovering that the place they once called home was almost completely gone was just the latest in a series of heartbreaks Khamis and Ahmad Imarah have suffered over the past 15 months. The two brothers said that of the 60 members of their extended family, only 11 have survived the war. 'My daughter spent 45 days in the intensive care unit, my younger son is until today traumatized by seeing his mother being killed,' Ahmad told CNN, adding that his daughter's right arm remains paralyzed after she was struck by shrapnel in her neck and foot. The family fled Al-Shujaiya after receiving text messages from the Israeli military telling them to leave the area. Khamis said the whole family — his brother and sisters and their in-laws — went to his brother's house in Al-Mughraqa, just south of the Netzarim corridor. 'It was afternoon prayers time when our house in Al-Mughraqa was hit by a strike. I still don't know how I got out of the house,' he said. At one point during the interview, Ahmad's son Walid came by. Asked by his father where his mom was, the child pointed up to the sky. 'Why did they tell us to go south? Imagine a four-year-old boy telling you here is my mother and here is my aunt, (their bodies) all ripped in pieces in front of him. I covered his face and he was screaming. His aunts, and uncles, his grandfather and an uncle, no one is left,' he said. Khamis told CNN his wife died in the Israeli strike, just a week after giving birth to a baby girl who was also killed. 'We were very happy. I wish I had a picture of my newborn but I don't have any. I waited a long time to have my daughter and then her and her mom vanished together,' he said, adding that their graves were destroyed by the Israeli military just days after the family buried them. 'You take them and bury them in the cemetery and then when you go a few days later to see the cemetery, you don't find them because they have been erased by the bulldozers. The (Israeli forces) didn't leave anything. Even the martyrs and the bodies they have dug up. They didn't leave a thing,' he said, looking around the destroyed neighborhood. 'We came back to the north for nothing,' he said. But he quickly added that he was determined to stay and rebuild. 'I am from Gaza and I won't leave. Even if it was harder and more difficult than this, I want to live in Gaza and I won't leave it. I will only leave Gaza to go to Heaven,' he said. US President Donald Trump last week suggested Gaza should be 'cleaned out' by removing Palestinians living there to Jordan and Egypt — either on a temporary or permanent basis. The comment sparked outrage and rebuke across the Middle East, with both Egypt and Jordan rejecting the idea. Khamis told CNN the importance of staying goes well beyond his own personal desires. 'This is ingrained in our minds, we will stay. We will not leave this place, because this land is not ours but our grandparents' and our ancestors' before us. How am I supposed to leave it? To leave the house of my father, and grandfather and brothers?' he said.
Saudi Gazette
31-01-2025
- General
- Saudi Gazette
Returning home to northern Gaza, Palestinians find death and destruction
GAZA — Khamis and Ahmad Imarah knew they wouldn't find much more than rubble when returning to their home in northern Gaza. But they had to go. Their father and brother are still buried under the debris, more than a year after their home was struck by Israeli in the middle of the Al-Shujaiya neighborhood in Gaza City on Tuesday, all Khamis Imarah could see was utter devastation. 'When I came back here my heart was ripped apart. The only thing that brought me back was my father and brother,' he told CNN.'I don't want anything else. What I am asking for is to find my father and brother and that's it, that's all.'The Gaza Government Office said Wednesday that some 500,000 displaced Palestinians — almost a quarter of the enclave's population — had made the journey to the decimated north in the first 72 hours after Israeli forces opened the Netzarim corridor, which separates it from the two Imarah brothers walked 11 kilometers (6.8 miles) to reach Al-Shujaiya, a treacherous journey they made with several small children. They found their home almost completely gone, with just one room still partially through the rubble, Khamis came across his mother's green knitting bag, with a couple of balls of yarn and two crochet hooks still inside, as if she had only just put it down.'She used to like to knit, she used to like wool and things like this,' he said, going through the supplies. 'Oh God, my mom had so many stories. She is a storyteller, and she likes the old stories. She was an entertainer. God be with you, Mother,' he told and Ahmad's mother was injured in an Israeli strike and was later evacuated to Egypt, one of the few Palestinians allowed to leave the strip to get medical treatment before Israel closed the Rafah crossing between Gaza and Egypt in May 2024. The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) said that only 436 patients, most of them children, had been allowed to be evacuated since May, out of the estimated 12,000 who urgently need medical military strikes have turned most of Gaza to rubble. According to the UN, some 69% of all structures in the strip have been destroyed or damaged in the past 15 months, with Gaza City the worst forced most residents of northern Gaza to leave the area early in the war, issuing evacuation orders and telling people to move south. Once people left, return was impossible, meaning that most of those coming back this week are doing so for the first time in more than a year. And while nine in 10 Gaza residents have been displaced during the war, those forced to flee the north have been homeless for the journey back north is long and difficult, Khamis told CNN, with roads destroyed and mud and piles of rubble obstructing the way. Transport is not widely available, so about a third of the people were making their way back on foot, according to OCHA.'You enter from one neighborhood to another and it's all mounds of rubble that have not been cleared ... and there were martyrs on the way, on the road where, until today, no one has picked them up. There are fresh bodies and bodies that have (decomposed) as well,' Khamis urged others looking to make the journey back north to reconsider. 'Because there is no water, no electricity or even food, no tents, you sleep in the rubble,' he Salha, director of Al-Awda Hospital in Tal Al-Zaatar, said there is currently no space in northern Gaza to establish camps for displaced people returning home. The area was densely built-up before the war and the enormous scale of damage means there are now huge mountains of rubble and debris everywhere.'There are no camps for displaced residents to stay in. Some people are trying to repair their damaged homes, but northern Gaza urgently needs intervention — humanitarian institutions must provide shelter, water and camps,' he told situation in the north is so dire that some of those who have made the journey have had little choice but to turn back and return to the refugee camps down Al-Masri, who was displaced from Beit Hanoun in the northeastern corner of the strip, said the men from her family went home in the past few days to see what is left of their houses.'They were shocked to find the amount of destruction and the lifelessness. There is nothing. No water — my brother had to go from Beit Hanoun to Jabalya to get water and then he had to go to Gaza (City) to call us to tell us not to come back yet. Most of the people who went back north have said there is no life and massive destruction only,' she told CNN at a shelter inside a school run by the UN's agency for Palestinian refugees (UNRWA) south of the Netzarim while she and her children cannot yet go back to her home in the north — or what remains of it — Al-Masri's stay at the shelter is also uncertain, because of impending bans on UNRWA operations within Israel and on the prohibition of Israeli authorities from cooperating with UNRWA.'When UNRWA stops operating, people are not going to find food and many people who are in UNRWA shelter schools will not be able to stay. There will be no tents and shelter available,' she told that the place they once called home was almost completely gone was just the latest in a series of heartbreaks Khamis and Ahmad Imarah have suffered over the past 15 two brothers said that of the 60 members of their extended family, only 11 have survived the war.'My daughter spent 45 days in the intensive care unit, my younger son is until today traumatized by seeing his mother being killed,' Ahmad told CNN, adding that his daughter's right arm remains paralyzed after she was struck by shrapnel in her neck and family fled Al-Shujaiya after receiving text messages from the Israeli military telling them to leave the area. Khamis said the whole family — his brother and sisters and their in-laws — went to his brother's house in Al-Mughraqa, just south of the Netzarim corridor.'It was afternoon prayers time when our house in Al-Mughraqa was hit by a strike. I still don't know how I got out of the house,' he one point during the interview, Ahmad's son Walid came by. Asked by his father where his mom was, the child pointed up to the sky.'Why did they tell us to go south? Imagine a four-year-old boy telling you here is my mother and here is my aunt, (their bodies) all ripped in pieces in front of him. I covered his face and he was screaming. His aunts, and uncles, his grandfather and an uncle, no one is left,' he told CNN his wife died in the Israeli strike, just a week after giving birth to a baby girl who was also killed.'We were very happy. I wish I had a picture of my newborn but I don't have any. I waited a long time to have my daughter and then her and her mom vanished together,' he said, adding that their graves were destroyed by the Israeli military just days after the family buried them.'You take them and bury them in the cemetery and then when you go a few days later to see the cemetery, you don't find them because they have been erased by the bulldozers. The (Israeli forces) didn't leave anything. Even the martyrs and the bodies they have dug up. They didn't leave a thing,' he said, looking around the destroyed neighborhood.'We came back to the north for nothing,' he said. But he quickly added that he was determined to stay and rebuild. 'I am from Gaza and I won't leave. Even if it was harder and more difficult than this, I want to live in Gaza and I won't leave it. I will only leave Gaza to go to Heaven,' he President Donald Trump last week suggested Gaza should be 'cleaned out' by removing Palestinians living there to Jordan and Egypt — either on a temporary or permanent comment sparked outrage and rebuke across the Middle East, with both Egypt and Jordan rejecting the told CNN the importance of staying goes well beyond his own personal desires. 'This is ingrained in our minds, we will stay. We will not leave this place, because this land is not ours but our grandparents' and our ancestors' before us. How am I supposed to leave it? To leave the house of my father, and grandfather and brothers?' he said. — CNN
CNN
31-01-2025
- General
- CNN
‘We came back for nothing:' Returning home to northern Gaza, Palestinians find death and destruction
Khamis and Ahmad Imarah knew they wouldn't find much more than rubble when returning to their home in northern Gaza. But they had to go. Their father and brother are still buried under the debris, more than a year after their home was struck by Israeli forces. Standing in the middle of the Al-Shujaiya neighborhood in Gaza City on Tuesday, all Khamis Imarah could see was utter devastation. 'When I came back here my heart was ripped apart. The only thing that brought me back was my father and brother,' he told CNN. 'I don't want anything else. What I am asking for is to find my father and brother and that's it, that's all.' The Gaza Government Office said Wednesday that some 500,000 displaced Palestinians — almost a quarter of the enclave's population — had made the journey to the decimated north in the first 72 hours after Israeli forces opened the Netzarim corridor, which separates it from the south. The two Imarah brothers walked 11 kilometers (6.8 miles) to reach Al-Shujaiya, a treacherous journey they made with several small children. They found their home almost completely gone, with just one room still partially standing. Rummaging through the rubble, Khamis came across his mother's green knitting bag, with a couple of balls of yarn and two crochet hooks still inside, as if she had only just put it down. 'She used to like to knit, she used to like wool and things like this,' he said, going through the supplies. 'Oh God, my mom had so many stories. She is a storyteller, and she likes the old stories. She was an entertainer. God be with you, Mother,' he told CNN. Khamis and Ahmad's mother was injured in an Israeli strike and was later evacuated to Egypt, one of the few Palestinians allowed to leave the strip to get medical treatment before Israel closed the Rafah crossing between Gaza and Egypt in May 2024. The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) said that only 436 patients, most of them children, had been allowed to be evacuated since May, out of the estimated 12,000 who urgently need medical evacuation. Israeli military strikes have turned most of Gaza to rubble. According to the UN, some 69% of all structures in the strip have been destroyed or damaged in the past 15 months, with Gaza City the worst hit. Israel forced most residents of northern Gaza to leave the area early in the war, issuing evacuation orders and telling people to move south. Once people left, return was impossible, meaning that most of those coming back this week are doing so for the first time in more than a year. And while nine in 10 Gaza residents have been displaced during the war, those forced to flee the north have been homeless for the longest. The journey back north is long and difficult, Khamis told CNN, with roads destroyed and mud and piles of rubble obstructing the way. Transport is not widely available, so about a third of the people were making their way back on foot, according to OCHA. 'You enter from one neighborhood to another and it's all mounds of rubble that have not been cleared … and there were martyrs on the way, on the road where, until today, no one has picked them up. There are fresh bodies and bodies that have (decomposed) as well,' Khamis said. He urged others looking to make the journey back north to reconsider. 'Because there is no water, no electricity or even food, no tents, you sleep in the rubble,' he said. Mohammad Salha, director of Al-Awda Hospital in Tal Al-Zaatar, said there is currently no space in northern Gaza to establish camps for displaced people returning home. The area was densely built-up before the war and the enormous scale of damage means there are now huge mountains of rubble and debris everywhere. 'There are no camps for displaced residents to stay in. Some people are trying to repair their damaged homes, but northern Gaza urgently needs intervention — humanitarian institutions must provide shelter, water and camps,' he told CNN. The situation in the north is so dire that some of those who have made the journey have had little choice but to turn back and return to the refugee camps down south. Arwa Al-Masri, who was displaced from Beit Hanoun in the northeastern corner of the strip, said the men from her family went home in the past few days to see what is left of their houses. 'They were shocked to find the amount of destruction and the lifelessness. There is nothing. No water — my brother had to go from Beit Hanoun to Jabalya to get water and then he had to go to Gaza (City) to call us to tell us not to come back yet. Most of the people who went back north have said there is no life and massive destruction only,' she told CNN at a shelter inside a school run by the UN's agency for Palestinian refugees (UNRWA) south of the Netzarim corridor. But while she and her children cannot yet go back to her home in the north — or what remains of it — Al-Masri's stay at the shelter is also uncertain, because of impending bans on UNRWA operations within Israel and on the prohibition of Israeli authorities from cooperating with UNRWA. 'When UNRWA stops operating, people are not going to find food and many people who are in UNRWA shelter schools will not be able to stay. There will be no tents and shelter available,' she told CNN. Discovering that the place they once called home was almost completely gone was just the latest in a series of heartbreaks Khamis and Ahmad Imarah have suffered over the past 15 months. The two brothers said that of the 60 members of their extended family, only 11 have survived the war. 'My daughter spent 45 days in the intensive care unit, my younger son is until today traumatized by seeing his mother being killed,' Ahmad told CNN, adding that his daughter's right arm remains paralyzed after she was struck by shrapnel in her neck and foot. The family fled Al-Shujaiya after receiving text messages from the Israeli military telling them to leave the area. Khamis said the whole family — his brother and sisters and their in-laws — went to his brother's house in Al-Mughraqa, just south of the Netzarim corridor. 'It was afternoon prayers time when our house in Al-Mughraqa was hit by a strike. I still don't know how I got out of the house,' he said. At one point during the interview, Ahmad's son Walid came by. Asked by his father where his mom was, the child pointed up to the sky. 'Why did they tell us to go south? Imagine a four-year-old boy telling you here is my mother and here is my aunt, (their bodies) all ripped in pieces in front of him. I covered his face and he was screaming. His aunts, and uncles, his grandfather and an uncle, no one is left,' he said. Khamis told CNN his wife died in the Israeli strike, just a week after giving birth to a baby girl who was also killed. 'We were very happy. I wish I had a picture of my newborn but I don't have any. I waited a long time to have my daughter and then her and her mom vanished together,' he said, adding that their graves were destroyed by the Israeli military just days after the family buried them. 'You take them and bury them in the cemetery and then when you go a few days later to see the cemetery, you don't find them because they have been erased by the bulldozers. The (Israeli forces) didn't leave anything. Even the martyrs and the bodies they have dug up. They didn't leave a thing,' he said, looking around the destroyed neighborhood. 'We came back to the north for nothing,' he said. But he quickly added that he was determined to stay and rebuild. 'I am from Gaza and I won't leave. Even if it was harder and more difficult than this, I want to live in Gaza and I won't leave it. I will only leave Gaza to go to Heaven,' he said. US President Donald Trump last week suggested Gaza should be 'cleaned out' by removing Palestinians living there to Jordan and Egypt — either on a temporary or permanent basis. The comment sparked outrage and rebuke across the Middle East, with both Egypt and Jordan rejecting the idea. Khamis told CNN the importance of staying goes well beyond his own personal desires. 'This is ingrained in our minds, we will stay. We will not leave this place, because this land is not ours but our grandparents' and our ancestors' before us. How am I supposed to leave it? To leave the house of my father, and grandfather and brothers?' he said.
