“I am – to death, oh Gaza” - schoolboy’s Martyrdom poem in honor of Oct 7
High school student: "My homeland - I did not live to gather darkness of humiliation, nor to bow and kneel.
I did not live to be trampled under the shoes of those who killed, of those who placed the cannon before us.
I am – to death, oh Gaza! Therefore, I will not flee nor complain,
and I will not cry nor shed a tear except before God.
I am the strength, oh the West Bank, I painted death in my eyes
so that [I could] sacrifice myself and to prevent...
The Martyr of Jerusalem taught me, that glory is not given
and is not granted, and is not bought in a factory.
[Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Secondary School for Boys, Oct. 22, 2023]