Such an important piece. Thank you for telling this story. We are all grappling with the defeat of meaning. It makes life a constant struggle for truth. Alaa’s voice is therefore extremely important and his family’s continued resistance a moving testimony to their love for each other and for an imagined world where meaning is a shared and ongoing forum of humanity’s best intentions.

The truth is dangerous to the goal’s of military, war profiteering, and the domination of corporate agendas. But the truth will out and this piece is an important piece of truth telling.