Democratic Palestine : 4 (ص 44)
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When will you return home? Can you bring your rifle for me?
And if you can, a huge plane and chocolates.»
«Come along, the line might be cut,» Khaled whispered to
him.
Yusef was confused for a moment and started fingering
the receiver which seemed very big in his small hand.
«Speak, speak!» his mother encouraged him.
«l,..1 have to ring off now. Bye, bye now, | love you,» he
finished sadly.
«There, you talked,» his mother tried to support him, con-
taining her emotions. Then she thanked Khaled, hiding her
tears, and took the child’s hand, leading him toward the door.
Yusef was still puzzled, but was smiling broadly, saying good-
bye to Khaled. When he reached the door, he turned towards
him, asking, «Can | come tomorrow?»
«Oh yes, do... If you know how to come alone,» Khaled
accepted.
«Of course | know. My house is near the office,» Yusef
answered happily.
«Then, ahlan wa sahlan... But you cannot stay long. This
is an office. And if | am busy, you have to go home. Okay?» He
conveyed to him the rules of the game.
«Yes, sure,» the child agreed. Then his mother thanked
Khaled again and they left.
Yusef visited Khaled every morning afterwards. He would
speak for a while on the telephone and then spend some time
with Khaled in talk, play and joy. They became very good
friends.
One morning Khaled was preparing for the usual visits of
people. He tidied his table and placed the list of martyrs in front
of himself. His eyes were glancing instinctively over the
names. Suddenly he got pale, fastening his glance on one
name. At that moment Yusef entered running. Immediately he
sat on Khaled’s knee, playing with the things on his table. «|
want to talk to my father,» he said as usual.
Drops of sweat came to Khaled’s forehead. He couldn't
speak, but just passed the receiver to the child silently.
«Papa, it’s me,» Yusef started to shout. «How are you’...
| have good news.» Then he lowered his voice to a confidential
tone: «Yesterday, we boys from the camp decided to go to
Beirut. You know we are not children anymore. We play war
every day, and we have a plan to kill all the Israeli soldiers.
Today we will plan how to reach there without informing our
mothers. | will tell you details tomorrow... Bye, bye, | love you.»
He hung up with visible proudness and importance. «Today |
talked longer than usual,» he said to Khaled apologetically.
«lt doesn’t matter, never mind, don’t worry, it’s okay,»
replied Khaled, rather confused. He took the boy’s hand, lead-
ing him towards the door. «Look, today I'm very busy.»
«Oh, never mind, I'll come tomorrow,» the child cut him
off.
Khaled had lost his lead with this interruption, but con-
tinued heavily, «You know, it’s okay, but the telephone won't
work... It happens, it’s normal...»
«Oh, you mean the lines to Beirut will be cut?» the child
prompted him.
«Yes, yes, exactly... That's right...» Khaled accepted
immediately. Then with tears in his eyes, he hugged the boy,
passing his hand over his silky hair, and said almost in a
whisper: «Your mother will tell you everything. | mean... when
we get the line to Beirut, we will let her know... Okay?... Now
run along home.»
«Yes, yes, I'll tell her. Bye, Uncle Khaled,» the child was
satisfied with this promise and happily ran out of the room. @
Texas
TUESDAY MARCH 6th
FILMS ON BROWN BAG
Solidarity with Arab Women
On the occasion of International
Women's Day, the Palestine-Arab
Feinea were shown: «A Veiled Revolu-
tion» about the situation of Moslem
LUNCH
ARAB
WOMEM TX-UNION
Eastwood
AC. Aud.
Room
NOON
Jp.m
Women Committee in Austin, Texas,
participated in a week of activities from
the 5th to the 10th of March. This week
was sponsored by many different local
organizations and women’s groups, and
included the Palestine and Arab
Women’s Day.
A lecture on «Change and Revolu-
tion» was given by a professor in Middle
Eastern Studies, Elizabeth Feinea.
Three films produced by Elizabeth
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Women in the Middle East; «Women
under Siege» dealing with the situation
of Palestinian women; and «The Price of
Change» dealing with Egyptian women.
The day was very successful and about
150 people attended. @
We thank our friends for
sending us materials from sol-
idarity events in different parts
of the world.
“ GHANGE & REVOLUTION
SPEAKERS INCLUDE
ELIZABETH FERNEA
AND OTHERS.
A VEILED REVOLUTION
{A ligous Chonget
WOMEN UNDER SEIGE
THE PRICE OF CHANGE
Sponsored by the Palestine Arab Women Committee
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