"THANK YOU SOOO MUCH, SALMAN, FOR CONTINUING TO BE ON THE FRONTLINES OF OUR BATTLEFIELD TO RESIST THE OPPRESSORS OF THE OPPRESSED/OF OURS IN PALESTINE/OUR HOMELAND AND FOR ALL OF THE SACRIFICES OF YOUR TIME, RESOURCES, ETC. TO DO WHAT YOU CAN(LIKE HOW YOU RECITED THE ATHAN AT THIS COMMUNAL GATHERING FOR IFTAR IN FRONT OF THE HOME OF FORMER US SECRETARY OF GENOCIDE, ANTONY BLINKEN) TO AID IN OUR HUMAN FAMILY GETTING THEIR/OUR HUMAN RIGHTS HONORED AND TO ASSIST IN A FREE PALESTINE BECOMING A REALITY, A FREED HOLY LAND. PICTURES OF YOU ENGAGING IN GRASSROOTS ACTIONS AT PUBLIC FORUMS SAY A LOT; PICTURE TAKERS (EVEN ONES AT THE AL-QUDS DAY (2025) PROTEST) LIKE TO KEEP YOU IN THE SPOTLIGHT :) AS TUPAC WOULD HAVE LIKELY SAID TO YOU IF HE WERE STILL ALIVE, YOU ARE APPRECIATED!"

From Najwa and your oppressed family in the now miserably destroyed land of olive trees and delicious tasting kunafa.

To Salman: This **photo [of Salman giving the Athan] was seen on Hazami's Instagram and because I was so drawn to it and find it so appealing, I saved it as a draft in my email on 4/21/24. After viewing it, a couple of ideas for how to use it came to mind. The idea to write the poem below was not one of the ideas I thought of then. The writing of this poem happened this morning when just as I was getting ready to make a few duas, the first and second phrases/verses came to me (after reciting out loud a gift I intend to offer to another person); I recited both verses out loud and was very happy with them. When I went to my email a bit later in the morning, I decided to type these two phrases/verses and save them in my draft folder, and after seeing them written or typed before me, I made the decision to write you a poem. 

**Tried to put the photo here but it did not work

*I've also made this poem a protest song! Insha Allah, I will sing it to you/Salman and others.