Dear
Friends,
I wanted
to share with you a few of the beautiful letters written by the
children of Deir Ibzya Summer Camp to pen pals in the United States.
The children wrote the first sentences of their letters in English
and then wrote a message in Arabic, which we translated to English.
With love and hope for peace in Palestine,
Cathy
Letter
from Latfa.
My name
is Latfa. I am 12 years old. I like to swim. I am in 6th grade.
I feel very happy now because the internationals are beside us.
And we shall miss them and I hope they will please visit us again.
I want to tell them thank you very much all of you and I hope
you will come again to visit my village. I thank you very much.
Letter from Diana
Greetings
in God's name. My name is Diana. I am 12 years old. I like to
swim. I am in 6th grade. I was very sad when the Israelis came
into our land. We cannot make anything. But when the internationals
came, I am very happy. They want us to forget the sadness in our
lives and to laugh and play. Our friends such as Wendy, John,
Arla, Cathy, Seth, Ola and I thank my Uncle Deeb for making the
summer camp in our village so we will forget the sadness in our
hearts and laugh and play again. You make us happy. Thanks to
my Uncle Deeb. I will never forget him. I thank you three times
for making the summer camp. It is very good and it makes us very
happy. Thank you.
Letter from Alaa
My name
is Alaa and I am 12 years old and I like to swim. I am in 6th
grade. I am very happy when I hear that the internationals are
coming. We are learning with them very much. And we are playing
many games and it is wonderful. We are happy for the first time
since the occupation in our village. And when we were sleeping
we heard the sound of bullets from the armored vehicles. But now
we are forgetting the sound of the bullets from the armored vehicles
and we are thinking of the summer camp and forgetting the occupation
of our village. And I am very happy because I see the smiles on
the children's lips.
Letter from Safia
My name
is Safia. I am 12 years old. I like to swim. I am in sixth grade.
I love you. The children of the Palestinian people are very sad
because of the occupation by the Israelis. But after this summer
camp we are now very happy because of our uncle Abu Ferraz (Deeb
Kamal) and the internationals. They come from all over the world.
I hope my Uncle Abu Ferraz will please make the summer camp every
year. And I thank my Uncle Deeb from all my heart. And I thank
the internationals. The summer camp is beautiful.
I thank you very much.
Letter from Raghda.
My name
is Raghda. I am 13 years old. I like to Intifada. I am in 8th
grade. I am a Palestinian Child. I live in Deir Ibzya. We are
the children of Palestine. We send this to all the children of
the world and especially American children. We tell you here about
our tragic situation in the shade of an unfair occupation who
doesn't know the word mercy. The Second Terrorist After Bush (Sharon)
kills the children, arrests the men, humiliates women, demolishes
houses, destroys trees, pollutes the air, steals the goods of
the country and has the movement of the citizens in his hands.
He besieges the cities and villages since a year. We can't see
our relatives and friends. Who needs something has to walk many
meters on foot over the mountains to reach the main road. There
he might find the army, who sends him back to the place he came
from. So he has to go back after a long suffering. The army shoots
fire on the people so a Palestinian can be killed in seconds.
The feelings of the Palestinian children are sad in the shade
of Israeli terror. The child can't play and laugh, like all the
children of the world. He can't reach any amusement places. Our
rights are taken from us. The tears are in our eyes. The ears
listen to the sounds of guns and bombs. The eyes see blood and
the legs run away from soldiers. The hands treat the injured people.
We ask American kids to help us, because we asked the adults but
they didn't listen. We hope that you hear our call for help and
help us. We believe that we'll get our rights back some day. We
thank everyone who tried to help us, especially Mr. Jon Jackson.
Thank you very much.
