Today I read \u201cThe Story of your Unconsummated Wedding\". I followed you as you retreated before the monster that shattered your present and your yearning for a tomorrow you had been anticipating, which destroyed your home in Gaza and its contents, including the clothes you had prepared to wear, chosen by yourself or sewn by your mother. Your words led me to the other house, the real white house, which was supposed to unite you with Khaled, your fianc\u00e9. This house, upon which you both labored, was also flattened by the monster. I cried for your tears, and I cried with you for the relatives and friends whom the monster refused to let be at the wedding! Then, you drew me with your concern for Khaled, the doctor to whom the lives of his people are a divine obligation, who I heard you beseeching from the \"Generous and Compassionate\" God. I have one request left for you: that you write to us about the date of your wedding, which will be completed, God willing. I inherited a promise not to visit your land before the end of the occupation. But I would still like, whether present or from afar, to share in this joy that I always wish for you.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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