A Damascene Tapestry : The Meaning of Your Death, Sir

The Meaning of Your Death, Sir

You died, sir,

without having heard my

solitary

voice,

sir.

My solitary cry in the wilderness.

As I wanted you to do, sir.

As I needed you to do, sir.

But that is not too surprising, sir -

oh, it is not surprising at all, sir,

not at all, sir,

not at all -

you always were good at cheating your own people, sir.

And me, sir.

Me, sir.

Destiny, on the other hand…

June 2000

“Ammar Abdulhamid used to be a radical Islamist. Tall and thin, Abdulhamid has become a renowned defender of minorities in the Arab and Muslim world, a position he's built over the past two decades. He was an early user of social media in defense of Muslim plurality and remains an online innovator and a Syrian activist with a great deal of cachet and a number of powerful enemies. Abdulhamid is also one of the only—if not the only—Syrian dissident who both anticipated what would happen if the West did not back the right forces fighting Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad (the democratic, religiously ecumenical groups), and created the opportunities to say so to the United States Congress.” The Daily Dot

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The Meaning of Your Death, Sir