“Ameer, I need help. Aysenur was martyred in Palestine.” This was the first text message I woke up to on Friday, accompanied by missed calls from Ayşenur’s best friend, Suzi*. I open Instagram to see my feed flooded with graphic videos of a lifeless Ayşenur surrounded by medics and Palestinian locals in a dark empty hospital room.
This can’t be real.
I quickly go to Ayşenur’s profile. She just posted hours ago to her story for close friends. “Jummah Mubarak,” it reads alongside a photo of Friday prayers in the Palestinian village of Qusra. She was alive just hours ago.
This can’t be real……more
