After her visit to the prisoner , Yasmine Shaaban, who is held in Damon Prison, and who recently received the news of her father’s death with great shock and indescribable sadness, Hanan Al-Khatib , the lawyer for the Commission of Prisoners and Ex-Prisoners’ Affairs, conveyed a message from her about his death.

Shaaban said in her message: “On that day, I felt that my heart was being seized, so I spoke to him on the phone from prison. My father was everything in my life. My relationship with my father was very strong. I have poetry, it is my strength and my support, it is my safety, I am not able to imagine the world without him, he was supposed to visit me but the visit was postponed, he was counting the days for the visit, for the first time in my life I felt this pain, my heart broke, I lost the most precious thing, he took my heart with him, I always used to say that my father was by my side and I was strong in his presence. He always recommended to the female prisoners that we should be one hand and not personalize matters. He would write poetry for them and read it to them via radio or letters. I wished to see him, even in a dream, to hug him and tell him how much I miss him and his embrace. They prevented me from seeing him and saying goodbye, but This is the occupation that separates us from our loved ones... They deprived me of my father, but Palestine deserves it."

Shaaban (40 years old) was arrested after her house in the village of Rummana / Jenin was raided, and this is not her first arrest. She had previously spent 5 years in prison, and was subjected to harsh interrogation in the cells as well as being isolated. She is married and a mother of 4 children.