"I will never abandon Dahye, because the suburb and its people have never abandoned me," says Abu Ali, a young father of four from the Chiyah neighborhood who remained throughout Israel's bombardment of the suburb. This raw devotion to the struggle for liberation is written across not just every banner reading 'we will not abandon Palestine,' but in every face I've seen in Dahye, in every head held high despite mounting devastation.
"The basis of our present fight stems from the truth and our right to self-determination. We will write our stories, and our struggle will determine the future of not just Lebanon, but the region. It is not enough to see ourselves as singular - no - we are simply one hand, and one hand cannot clap alone," Abu Ali told me. "I've lost everything because of this present dilemma, but I swear I've gained more with my sacrifice, and it is all for the sake of the resistance."
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