What did Zaid feel in those final moments? I don’t know for sure. Nobody does. However, I believe he may have at last found some small measure of peace, that we all seek, but few of us ever find.
Signed,
Salman
AS OF THIS NOVEL’S PUBLICATION, THE BRAVE PEOPLE OF SYRIA—ALONG WITH MANY OTHERS AROUND THE GLOBE—ARE CONTINUING TO FACE THE ATROCITIES OF WAR WITHOUT ANY END IN SIGHT.
A land once mine is lost and abandoned
A city once mine is smoke and fire
I built my home with my own two hands
Now it is nothing but piles of sand
A war I do not understand
Politics far beyond my command
They have left me tired and hungry
They have left me a refugee
The city I once loved is ash
My entire life was stolen in a dash
To one side, rebels mercilessly gun down children
To the other, the Syrian army slays civilian after civilian
Gunfire, bombs, blood, and pain
The world I once knew turned insane
Aleppo stood for seven thousand years
Now it is a place for children’s screams and tears
The world promises relief, but none will show
Politicians speak, but their words remain hollow
In my country, I am called forsaken
In foreign lands, I am labeled a burden
All this destruction comes at a cost
My place in this world is lost
I am an unwanted wanderer, a nomad
I am one of the faceless masses without a homeland
I now stand alone
I find myself on my own
No friends, no family, no country
Nothing is left but my city’s memory
A remembrance of a life I once knew
The recollections slowly become askew
But in it all, I see some semblance of hope
Some slight light in this dark scope
Perhaps this is not the end
Maybe from all this, a higher purpose will ascend
Something will rise from Aleppo’s ashes
And a light will shine for the masses
I do not know what the future will bestow
I cannot predict what this all will show
But I have nothing left except tear-filled supplication
And I raise my hands clenching on to the hope for God’s salvation
-Ammar Habib
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Ammar Habib is a bestselling and award-winning author who was born in Lake Jackson, Texas in 1993. Ammar enjoys crafting stories that are not only entertaining but will also stay with the reader for a long time. Ammar presently resides in his hometown with his family, all of whom are his biggest fans.
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His list of published novels includes:
Memories Of My Future
Ana Rocha: Shadows of Justice
Dark Guardian
Dark Guardian: A New Dawn
Dark Guardian: Legends
Other works by the Ammar Habib include:
Ana Rocha: Shadows of Justice
Memories Of My Future
Dark Guardian
Dark Guardian: A New Dawn
Dark Guardian: Legends
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First Edition: July 2018
First Printing: July 2018
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