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Lone Tree at Sunset

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"Dear Father,

I admire you for always being there for us, me and my brother. I know it has been hard for you. Actually, for every one of us.

I would like to thank you for sacrificing everything for something that you love because a loving father never leaves his children behind. What you have done means a lot and I respect you for that.

Consider this as a promise from me that in the future I will be glad and honored to raise my children in the same way that you have raised both of us. I know that you have lost everything in your life and in your past. But don't worry. We are your future. And whatever you have done, it was worth it."

Photograph by Hadeel Kamel; text by Murtaja Mahdi

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