{"id":6059,"date":"2009-01-20T06:37:17","date_gmt":"2009-01-20T11:37:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/karmalised.com\/?p=6059"},"modified":"2009-01-20T07:10:21","modified_gmt":"2009-01-20T12:10:21","slug":"mats-svensson-for-fatima-in-gaza","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/karmalised.com\/?p=6059","title":{"rendered":"Mats Svensson: For Fatima in Gaza"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><em>The Pain in Her Ear and Her Mother&#8217;s Sad Eyes Always Remain<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.counterpunch.org\/svensson01192009.html\">By MATS SVENSSON<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><div id=\"attachment_6058\" style=\"width: 219px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/karmalised.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/01\/golrokh_nafisi.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6058\" data-attachment-id=\"6058\" data-permalink=\"http:\/\/karmalised.com\/?attachment_id=6058\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/karmalised.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/01\/golrokh_nafisi.jpg?fit=2717%2C3898\" data-orig-size=\"2717,3898\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"golrokh_nafisi\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;&#8220;Gaza&#8221; \u00a9 Golrokh Nafisi &lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/karmalised.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/01\/golrokh_nafisi.jpg?fit=209%2C300\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/karmalised.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/01\/golrokh_nafisi.jpg?fit=640%2C918\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/karmalised.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/01\/golrokh_nafisi.jpg?resize=209%2C300\" alt=\"Gaza \u00a9 Golrokh Nafisi\" title=\"Gaza \u00a9 Golrokhi\" width=\"209\" height=\"300\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-6058\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/karmalised.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/01\/golrokh_nafisi.jpg?resize=209%2C300 209w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/karmalised.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/01\/golrokh_nafisi.jpg?resize=104%2C150 104w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/karmalised.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/01\/golrokh_nafisi.jpg?resize=713%2C1023 713w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/karmalised.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/01\/golrokh_nafisi.jpg?w=1280 1280w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/karmalised.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/01\/golrokh_nafisi.jpg?w=1920 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 209px) 100vw, 209px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-6058\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Gaza \u00a9 Golrokh Nafisi<\/p><\/div>It is 48 years ago since I last felt the pain. Woke up then and woke up now in the middle of the night. Had just got my own room. When the pain came I went in to mom and dad and lay down between them. My mother woke up while my father continued sleeping as usual.<\/p>\n<p>I was suffering from an ordinary children\u2019s disease, an ear infection. Most people get it at some point during their childhood. All my four siblings at some point felt the burning pain. I often felt it. It began with a slight aching pain, the ear swelling up, the pain occupying half my head and forcing its way to my palate. Despite my pain my mother was calm. She gave me an aspirin. I cried intensively, feeling incredibly sorry for myself. But my mother calmed me and promised that I would soon feel better. \u201cTomorrow we will go to the nurse and then the pain will go away,\u201d said mother. I was calmed and soon feel asleep against my mother\u2019s shoulder, seven years old.<\/p>\n<p><strong>[<a href=\"http:\/\/www.counterpunch.org\/svensson01192009.html\">Read the article<\/a>]<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Gaza&#8221;, \u00a9 Golrokh Nafisi, <a href=\"http:\/\/golrokhn.blogspot.com\">Artist&#8217;s website<\/a><br \/>\nThe drawing is a contribution to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.anis-online.de\/2\/freegaza\">the Free Gaza Art Festival<\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>Related<\/em>:<br \/>\n<strong>20 JANUARY 2009: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.palestine-info.co.uk\/En\/default.aspx?xyz=U6Qq7k%2bcOd87MDI46m9rUxJEpMO%2bi1s7FJ6RSC1cLgxj4TY2DUWMlznoR70rBpNXFXoQzklC9zs7mSYLZGsIFV%2bXVBK1jgWVMnoa%2fiYLVPWvghxCor0QYZFiJwFtfjvK3ilAyFBYS%2bE%3d\">IOF gunboats shell Gaza coasts<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Pain in Her Ear and Her Mother&#8217;s Sad Eyes Always Remain By MATS SVENSSON It is 48 years ago since I last felt the pain. 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