"I will remain strong in the eyes of your self", this phrase accompanied the Palestinian steadfastness Barghouthi for 11 years, where she stood in front of the heartache of her heart nights and long days, and where she was patient to separate her fiancee captive Mohammed Barghouti, behind the Israeli bars, She was forced to release him and meet him since she was deprived of her speech.
Samoud, a 30-year-old resident of the town of Beit Rima west of the West Bank city of Ramallah, had a share. 11 years ago, Israeli forces arrested her fiancé, Mohammed Barghouthi, after her speech, but she did not bow down. And steadfastness, I waited for him over the past years, moving between prisons to visit him, and enjoy watching his captivated face even a few moments.
These difficult times passed on as if they were a long time, with joy once again, after a break that has continued since 2008. In a scene where joy filled with the features of freedom, steadfastness stood at the military checkpoint, dressed in a black peasant dress embroidered with Palestinian heritage, , To break a ticket for the first time with joy after years of pain.
After hours of waiting, 35-year-old Tal, like the moon, missed a long-standing sky, rushing to hug him, in a moving scene.
She was taken to the village of Beit Rima, and was accompanied by her brothers and relatives, announcing their joy, which was suspended until the release notice, by order of the Israeli Prison Administration.
"The absence of Muhammad in the Israeli prisons was the pain I never expected to inhabit my heart one day, but it was implemented in my life, and in return I did not make it to remain in my body," she told Emirates Al-Youm. I kept the pain in my heart whenever I saw it from behind the bars, but I smiled in his face, to force him to endure the years of captivity, and back to me, to live a life of joy again ».
She added: "Praise be to Allah, who honored me with the release of my fiancé Muhammad, so that the joy would return to my heart and the blood would flow in my veins. After I had stopped over the past years, I would enjoy seeing him every second. I would watch him every hour without military barriers. Bars and glass, and I will talk with him tirelessly and tediously, away from the voice of the Israeli soldier who always says the visit is over. "
Israel released Mohammed Barghouthi on Wednesday, February 20, after spending 11 years in prison from his 16-year sentence, traveling between Israeli prisons and subjected to the most severe physical and psychological torture.
"A day before Mohammed was released, I did not sleep for a minute. I was very happy," says Samoud, with a thin smile. "At the same time, I could not believe that my long wait for many years would spoil the meeting and meet with parents and relatives."
"The news of Mohammed's release, and watching him after he was released from prison, was the strangest and most beautiful thing I have ever lived in. The joy of freedom is not worth a price. I went through a very difficult experience because of my partner's absence inside the prison, Second, to continue our life together. "
Sadoud points out that she was associated with her fiancé Muhammad at the age of 19 when he first saw her when her brother visited the Israeli prison of Nafha. He was impressed with her and told his mother about his intention to contact her.
"My years in prison have been very bitter," says prisoner Mohammed Barghouthi. "I was hoping to return to my fiancee steadfastness and celebrate my marriage and marriage. My steadfastness waited for me for 11 years, and I endured all kinds of suffering. God the dream come true, and I promised her, to continue our life without prisons and barriers that divide us. "