I'M WHAT YOU WANT! · @MoAm84
23rd Jun 2011 from Twitlonger
#giveaname: Aisha & Mohammed, a man of Honor..
Aisha was 26 yrs old, she was newly wed, she was married to Mohammed 27, they just moved recently to Misurata after Mohammed found a job as a welder there..She was from Tripoli, he was from Benghazi..They met 2 years sooner during one of Mohammed trip to Tripoli..He fell madly in love with Aisha...
Mohammed was my friend, we sudied together in Canada, we where verry close he was a little brother to me..I loved him like you love a brother..He so many times shared with me his aspiration 4 Libya..telling me how he was wishing 4 Libya to become a free country like Canada..a place where he can talk openly about his views and aspiration, where he can be free to be whatever he wanted to be without risking jail and torture or even worst death..
When the uprising started Mohammed wanted to join but was also scared 4 his wife knowing she was alone in a city where they knew almost no one..But when the uprising became a bloodbath and reach Misurata, Mohammed felt the call and joined the #FF and went to the front..He sadly never came back alive from the front..he died with honor trying to save his city from Gadaffi forces missile and attack..
Aisha was devastated and called me to let me know of the news and reach to me for help..she was using a neighbour satellite phone her call was short and was a plea of help..she was scared alone in a city where she knew no ones..The city was under heavy bombing and told me she had no money and they where too much bombing that she would not be able to burry Mohammed..She was crying and it touched me deep inside..the call cut at the moment i swear to her to get her out of there..I promess to get back in touch with her...
Thanks to many friends from the livestream Libya Al hurra channel I was able to get in touch with ppl on the ground, I will owe them all my life for all the effort they put into it...Not even a week after Mohammed death we where able to find her a place in a boat, I frantically tryed to reach her that day with no success..My contact have found her a place in the next boat to Benghazi..I was so disapointed but did not give up, neither my contact we where ready to do anything to get her out of harms way..The next day again I had my contact reach me and say: ''tell her to be at the port for noon..she will ask for Mr.XXXX and he will get her a place in the boat...I finally reach Aisha she was so happy,it was overwhelming she was crying from joy.
We where all hopefull she would make it for next boat, she had almost a day to get there, she was few step away to freedom. I was so gratefull to my team for helping me make this possible..I was awaiting next day with so much anxiety..noon came..no news, 1h, 2h, 3h...a day pass still no news of Aisha I was starting to be anxious but my team was supporting me reminding me she must have made it but communications are difficult and may just have no way to reach us...
3 days and no news..Finally phone ring..it's a Canadian number i'm not sure of..but my heart tell me to answer so I did..It was a relative of Mohammed..he said to me: '' I wanna first thank you for all you did, I wanna personally thank you on behalf of Aisha's familly''..I said she is ok right?, he answered me: '' no she is not..she never made it to the port she died on her way there she was killed on her way there'' I was devastated..How can it be possible she was few steps away to freedom, how can it be, I could not make sense of my loss, I was in total shock, crying all the tears I have, raging against Gadaffi troops that have taken her away on her road to safety..It was so hard no word can describe
Her name was Aisha, she was few steps away to safety, few steps away from the port when her life ended..I just have gave her a name..she is no longer a statistic please share her story and open also your heart and share your own story.. at hasgtag #giveaname
Aisha is no more in silence her story came to the world...your turn to do the same... #giveaname