Omar Hassan Halasa

The dreaming athlete. Omar dreamed of becoming a great athlete in his future. The occupier killed him, and killed his dreams and ambitions. Even his leg, for which he was seeking treatment—all was lost when the occupier bombed him and his family. Omar was eight years old, and this was his dream: "One day I will be the most important football star in the world. I will make people forget Ronaldinho, Ronaldo, and Messi. The crowds will cheer for me and sing songs about me. The critics will be unable to count my goals, and they will struggle to decide which one was the most beautiful. Teams will wage wars to get my signature. All of this will happen soon, when I get over my grief for my mother, my two sisters, and seven members of my family, and when the doctors find me a replacement leg." Now Omar's dream has traveled with him to the sky, where there is more room for dreams, and where Omar can have a childhood far from the occupier's arrogance and insolence.