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Words of courage and hope in dark times | Letters
Mahmoud Khalil’s message to his newborn son reminds Nick Kart of the letter written for his father in 1934I have a letter like the one from Mahmoud Khalil to his newborn, written by my grandfather as he lay dying to my father (To my newborn son: I am absent not out of apathy, but conviction, 11 May). My father was a Jewish Kindertransport refugee to the UK from Vienna in May 1939. My grandfather wrote it in 1934 as the clouds of fascism were massing.Khalil’s letter speaks to courage and kindness, a father’s love for his son. It speaks from a place where it is clear that Palestinians have no security at all in their future, where their hopes are being systematically crushed. Continue reading...
Mahmoud Khalil’s message to his newborn son reminds Nick Kart of the letter written for his father in 1934
I have a letter like the one from Mahmoud Khalil to his newborn, written by my grandfather as he lay dying to my father (To my newborn son: I am absent not out of apathy, but conviction, 11 May). My father was a Jewish Kindertransport refugee to the UK from Vienna in May 1939. My grandfather wrote it in 1934 as the clouds of fascism were massing.
Khalil’s letter speaks to courage and kindness, a father’s love for his son. It speaks from a place where it is clear that Palestinians have no security at all in their future, where their hopes are being systematically crushed. Continue reading...
