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A Friend To Us All - Bassem Abu Rahma (el Pheel) [French subs]
Our dear friend Bassem Ibrahim Abu Rahma, known to many of us as Pheel, was murdered by ITF soldiers during a non-violent protest in the Palestinian village of Bil #39;in on April 17th, 2009. This film was done in his memory, which we so fondly remember and greatly miss. ~ Bassem #39;s friends In loving memory of Bassem Ibrahim Abu Rahma (Pheel) 19.12.1977 - 17.4.2009 ================================ His name was Bassem, which means smile, and that is how he greeted everyone. But we all called him #39;Pheel #39;, which means elephant because he had the body the size of an elephant. But Bassem had the heart of a child. He loved everyone, and because of his sweetness and ability to make us laugh, everyone loved him. Bassem was everyone #39;s friend: the children talk about how he would play with them, scare them and then make them laugh. He would tend the garden in the playground and bring toys and books to the kindergarten. The old ladies in the village talk about how he used to visit, to ask after them and see if they needed anything. In the village, he seemed to be everywhere at once. He would pop in to say hello, take one puff of the nargila, and be off to his next spot. The morning he was killed he went to the house of Hamis, whose skull had been broken at a previous demonstration three months ago by a tear gas canister projectile - the same weapon that would kill Bassem. Bassem woke Hamis and gave him his medicine, then off he went to visit another friend in the village who is ill with ...From:boycott apartheidViews:0 0ratingsTime:26:05More inNonprofits Activism

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