Tortured to Death

Ambitions Under the Rubble

Every time my eyes fall upon your photo fixed in a corner of our house, they overflow with tears and I am overwhelmed with anguish to the point of suffocation. That house, oh Asaad, used to exude joy and happiness, filled with the echo of your laughter. My son, perhaps time did not allow me …

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Waleed Al-ibbi: Four Days of Torture that Led to Death

The older brother’s phone rang and he picked up looking around at his family members watching him expectantly. Once he hung up, his mother asked “What is it? Are they going to release Waleed?” “What shall I tell my mother, and his newly married wife?” he thought. Nabeel, the older brother, answered that the call …

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