Monday, February 06, 2006
The last time Hiba Mahmoud saw her 15-year-old son was when they clambered onto a wooden raft that was heavily battered by waves after the ferry sank in the shark-infested Red Sea off the Egyptian coast.
The last words she heard from him were, "Mom, save me."
"To Allah we belong and to Him we shall return."
I want to cry but the tears seem to have run dry.
Faraz Ahmed 10:59 p.m.