The pandemic of coronavirus (Covid-19) continues to spread throughout the world... Palestinian officials distributed food to the children living in Gaza under the blockade for the first iftar of Ramadan. Young children waiting with their pots on their first iftar evening waited during the meal to get their share.
THE HEART OF UMMAH IS PALESTINE
Palestine, the heart of the Islamic nation, entered the month of Ramadan this year under the coronavirus epidemic with the Zionist Israeli occupation. Resistance residence in the heart of Gaza grows, training to come as our guest in Turkey, Palestinian journalist and author Zahar Albaik, told the Palestinians despite the very difficult conditions of the Muslim month of Ramadan, they welcomed the submission to the Milli Gazete.
UMMAH'S RAMADAN IN THE SHADOW OF CORONAVIRUS
Palestine, the heart of the Islamic nation, entered the month of Ramadan this year under the coronavirus epidemic with the Zionist Israeli occupation. Palestinian people, who have been subjected to material and moral persecution due to the brutal occupation that has been going on for more than 100 years, will revive this Ramadan-Sharif in their homes under coronavirus measures.
Dear Doctor Zaher Albaik, can you introduce yourself for our readers?
I was born in Gaza, Palestine in 1984. I completed my undergraduate and graduate studies at the Faculty of Communication at Gaza Islam University. Then we moved temporarily to Turkey with educational occasions. I am about to complete my doctorate program in Journalism at Ankara University, Faculty of Communication. In addition to education and family life, I try to contribute to the work of many NGOs and foundations to contribute to our Palestine & Jerusalem case. Our History Society Jerusalem and Ankara'm president, I'm working at the same time as Al-Jazeera correspondent in Turkey.
We define Palestine, your country under the occupation of Israel, as the heart of the Islamic world. With what emotions did Palestinian Muslims enter the Ramadan-Sharif?
I should say with regret that Ramadan has always started with sadness since the Zionist invasion that started 103 years ago. While Palestinians living in Palestinian lands meet the month of Ramadan under bad living conditions and occupation conditions, Palestinians in the diaspora spend the holy month longing for their homeland and praying in Masjid al-Aqsa. In every religious event, many extraordinary situations open up the Palestinian wound, causing it to bleed. This brings a special prayer to the month of Ramadan in Palestine, with its complexity and details, unlike any world of tension. Prayer in Masjid al-Aqsa was one of the indispensable months of Ramadan in Palestine, but the occupation complicated its procedures long ago. Not only the Masjid al-Aqsa, which is subject to strict occupation procedures, but also those who want to pray at the Harem-i İbrahim Mosque in the city of Al-Halil have to be subject to security restrictions and inspections.
The occupying Israel is bombing Gaza every month of Ramadan
The resistance home, Gaza, has a special importance in the Palestinian struggle? Can you tell us about the situation of our brothers in Gaza?
In Gaza, which has been under the blockade for 14 years, there are few families who have not lost a husband, mother, son or sibling who have been in last month of Ramadan and have not been in Ramadan of this year. Although the invading Israel bombed the Gaza Strip every Ramadan, Gaza Strip residents go from their homes to central public markets and shops without worrying about the sounds of air and artillery bombers to purchase some food and supplies needed for the Ramadan table. The prisoners in the occupation dungeons, on the other hand, are engaged in cultural activities, entertainment activities, competitions, teaching workshops, etc. every month of Ramadan. organizing, they are trying to extract a space of freedom from the dungeon with narrow space and full of Zionist persecution. Despite all the tragedies caused by the occupiers and oppressors, Palestinians are creating their own happiness in this holy month, often filled with social programs, religious activities and mass iftars. The month of Ramadan in Palestine is an unprecedented month a year. In short, it is joy despite the pain.