Edward, unlike your homeland, you are free now

"The ink of a Scholar is more holy than the blood of the martyr"
       --Muhammad, peace be upon him, Messenger of Allah

Only God's calling would have stopped this most beautiful man from his life's mission and passion, the physical and intellectual freedom for his people and the promotion of justice for humanity.

Edward lived his life without roots, a citizen stranger in the very nation that unconditionally supports his uprooting from his homeland along with millions of his countrymen. Palestinian men, women and children denied their very humanity, dispossessed of their land, homes, and dignity by a transported stranger from far away lands to soothe the historical guilt and conscience of Christian Europe. The "Jewish Problem" became the "Palestinian Problem".


Truth is treated like a commodity bought and sold to justify:

• The crusades against the "barbarian" in Europe or the "Infidel" in the Holy Land
• The colonialism of the "dark" peoples of the southern hemisphere under the guise of the "White Man's Burden"
• The capitalist "Robin Hoods" who rob from the poor to enrich the rich
• The invading of the "Fertile Crescent" for its oil under the guise of fabricated threats and lies

All of this occurring in a "civilization of images" that moves the masses and troops by utilizing today's most powerful weapon---the Media and Hollywood.

In the streets of Washington DC truth is traded when we use hundreds of millions of tax dollars to build and maintain a Jewish Holocaust Museum while denying monetary support for the very American veterans of WW II who died liberating Jews from Nazism and Fascism.

Edward Said, the "Happy (Said) Warrior" dedicated his entire life to ensuring the world does not forget that it's conscience and humanity will be wounded for ever until the Palestinians have a soil of their own. Edward, our teacher, you died too soon.

It was the supremacy of Zionist words, lies, and myths that stole Palestine; but rest assured, Edward, that it will be your unforgettable words of truth that will reclaim Palestine for your people, a people whose cause will be carried on by every man and woman in this world who loves truth, justice, and peace. We will carry your banner of truth and justice until we plant an olive tree in your name in Jerusalem. We will make you proud, I promise you.

You were most brilliant when you shined your pen upon the western intellect immersed in their ignorance of the eastern culture. You dimmed their "Enlightenment" with truthful and painful words that exposed a Teflon conscience, self-absorbed in the logic of Machiavellian expediency. You played the game of "Truth or Dare" with the strategic brilliance of Socrates and the military genius of the Macedonian Alexander. For your gift to our humanity you suffered the slings and arrows of outrageous lies perpetrated by the supporters of Israel's occupation. Yet you persisted and persevered until they ran out of arrows. In 2000, when you threw a small stone toward an Israeli guardhouse on the Lebanese border, it landed like an asteroid carrying with it all the crimes of humanity against the Palestinian people.

Edward, the void you have left for your family, I and the rest of the world pray for their patience and comfort for their loss. Upon the countless students you've touched through your long and distinguished academic career and your millions of readers around the world, your words will continue to soak their minds and hearts. Above all every Palestinian child will never forget the path of truth and justice you have shown. They will never give up and never surrender to suffering, until they have their own homeland in Palestine (Inshallah, God Willing).

Edward, you have not left me, for your books surround and inspire me to continue the fight of "truth, justice, and hope", not just for the victimized Palestinians but for the Jews, Christians, Muslims and people of all faiths around the world who honor justice and truth and who are joining the "right path" of peace for all people.

Edward, you battled your illness with the courage, integrity, grace, and strength you exhibited in battling the Zionists. While death defeated you, in death your legacy shall defeat the Zionists.

May you rest in peace and may the Zionists never know peace until Palestinians breathe the free air of Palestine and eat from the freed olive tree.

May God take you into His everlasting love and mercy and may He comfort your immediate family and your worldwide family who've loved and respected you for your selfless life of a "Happy (Said) Warrior".

With my Love and Respect.