Yesterday, we lost a titan.My grandpa Naef Habbas was born in 1933. He was 15/16 years old when Isra
Yesterday, we lost a titan.My grandpa Naef Habbas was born in 1933. He was 15/16 years old when Israel carried out its initial ethnic cleaning campaign in Palestine & lived through each and every campaign of theirs since.He was older than the state of Israel.He lived a long, interesting life. He lived through the British Mandate, through al-Nakba, fought against Israel, served in the Jordanian army before Black September after which he helped defend and smuggle Fedayeen. He lived in an assortment of locations in the diaspora including the Virgin Islands, Alaska, & CA. He was always full of stories, and most of all was a huge joker.He loved telling jokes, he loved small pranks, and he had a way of making you laugh no matter your mood. The world is a less joyous place without him, but at least now he can share all his latest jokes & tales with my grandma Hadia.الله يرحمك سيدو -- source link