Most Influential Author From Each Country:
๐ซ๐ท France โ Victor Hugo
๐ท๐บ Russia โ Leo Tolstoy
๐ช๐ธ Spain โ Miguel de Cervantes
๐ง๐ท Brazil โ Paulo Coelho
๐ท๐ด Romania โ Eugรจne Ionesco
๐ฎ๐ณ India โ Rabindranath Tagore
๐บ๐ธ United States โ Mark Twain
๐น๐ท Turkey โ Orhan Pamuk
๐ธ๐ฆ Saudi Arabia โ Abdul Rahman Munif
๐ฌ๐ง United Kingdom โ William Shakespeare
๐ฉ๐ช Germany โ Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
๐ฐ๐ท South Korea โ Han Kang
๐ป๐ณ Vietnam โ Nguyแป n Du
๐ฎ๐ฉ Indonesia โ Pramoedya Ananta Toer
๐ต๐ช Peru โ Mario Vargas Llosa
๐ณ๐ฌ Nigeria โ Chinua Achebe
๐จ๐ด Colombia โ Gabriel Garcรญa Mรกrquez
๐ฏ๐ต Japan โ Murasaki Shikibu
๐ฎ๐น Italy โ Dante Alighieri
๐ฆ๐ท Argentina โ Jorge Luis Borges
๐ช๐ฌ Egypt โ Naguib Mahfouz
๐จ๐ณ China โ Lu Xun
๐ฎ๐ช Ireland โ James Joyce
๐ฟ๐ฆ South Africa โ Nadine Gordimer
๐ต๐ฑ Poland โ Wisลawa Szymborska
๐จ๐ฟ Czech Republic โ Franz Kafka
๐จ๐ฆ Canada โ Margaret Atwood
๐ฆ๐บ Australia โ Patrick White
๐ต๐น Portugal โ Fernando Pessoa
๐ฒ๐ฝ Mexico โ Octavio Paz
๐ฎ๐ฑ Israel โ Amos Oz
๐ต๐ญ Philippines โ Josรฉ Rizal
๐ฎ๐ท Iran โ Rumi
๐น๐ฟ Tanzania โ Abdulrazak Gurnah
๐ฐ๐ช Kenya โ Ngลฉgฤฉ wa Thiong'o
๐ธ๐ช Sweden โ August Strindberg
๐ณ๐ด Norway โ Henrik Ibsen
๐ฉ๐ฐ Denmark โ Hans Christian Andersen
๐ณ๐ฑ Netherlands โ Multatuli
๐ง๐ช Belgium โ Georges Simenon
๐จ๐ญ Switzerland โ Max Frisch
๐ฌ๐ท Greece โ Nikos Kazantzakis
๐บ๐ฆ Ukraine โ Taras Shevchenko
๐ญ๐บ Hungary โ Imre Kertรฉsz
๐ท๐ธ Serbia โ Ivo Andriฤ
๐ต๐ฐ Pakistan โ Saadat Hasan Manto
๐ง๐ฉ Bangladesh โ Kazi Nazrul Islam
๐น๐ญ Thailand โ Kukrit Pramoj
๐ฒ๐พ Malaysia โ A. Samad Said
๐จ๐ฑ Chile โ Isabel Allende
This is my will and my final message. If these words reach you, know that Israel has succeeded in killing me and silencing my voice. First, peace be upon you and Allahโs mercy and blessings.
Allah knows I gave every effort and all my strength to be a support and a voice for my people, ever since I opened my eyes to life in the alleys and streets of the Jabalia refugee camp. My hope was that Allah would extend my life so I could return with my family and loved ones to our original town of occupied Asqalan (Al-Majdal). But Allahโs will came first, and His decree is final. I have lived through pain in all its details, tasted suffering and loss many times, yet I never once hesitated to convey the truth as it is, without distortion or falsificationโso that Allah may bear witness against those who stayed silent, those who accepted our killing, those who choked our breath, and whose hearts were unmoved by the scattered remains of our children and women, doing nothing to stop the massacre that our people have faced for more than a year and a half.
I entrust you with Palestineโthe jewel in the crown of the Muslim world, the heartbeat of every free person in this world. I entrust you with its people, with its wronged and innocent children who never had the time to dream or live in safety and peace. Their pure bodies were crushed under thousands of tons of Israeli bombs and missiles, torn apart and scattered across the walls.
I urge you not to let chains silence you, nor borders restrain you. Be bridges toward the liberation of the land and its people, until the sun of dignity and freedom rises over our stolen homeland. I entrust you to take care of my family. I entrust you with my beloved daughter Sham, the light of my eyes, whom I never got the chance to watch grow up as I had dreamed.
I entrust you with my dear son Salah, whom I had wished to support and accompany through life until he grew strong enough to carry my burden and continue the mission.
I entrust you with my beloved mother, whose blessed prayers brought me to where I am, whose supplications were my fortress and whose light guided my path. I pray that Allah grants her strength and rewards her on my behalf with the best of rewards.
I also entrust you with my lifelong companion, my beloved wife, Umm Salah (Bayan), from whom the war separated me for many long days and months. Yet she remained faithful to our bond, steadfast as the trunk of an olive tree that does not bendโpatient, trusting in Allah, and carrying the responsibility in my absence with all her strength and faith.
I urge you to stand by them, to be their support after Allah Almighty. If I die, I die steadfast upon my principles. I testify before Allah that I am content with His decree, certain of meeting Him, and assured that what is with Allah is better and everlasting.
O Allah, accept me among the martyrs, forgive my past and future sins, and make my blood a light that illuminates the path of freedom for my people and my family. Forgive me if I have fallen short, and pray for me with mercy, for I kept my promise and never changed or betrayed it.
Do not forget Gazaโฆ And do not forget me in your sincere prayers for forgiveness and acceptance.
Anas Jamal Al-Sharif
06.04.2025
This is what our beloved Anas requested to be published upon his martyrdom.
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