Ehab Lotayef wrote this poem about the Mavi Marmara. He is now on board the Freedom Flotilla III, in his second attempt to challenge the Israeli blockade of Gaza.
His first was aboard the Canadian Boat to Gaza in 2011.
To read more about Freedom Flotilla III, click here.
Follow the progress of the ships here.
You can follow the Canadian Boat to Gaza’s blog here.
For an interview with Mavi Marmara survivor Kevin Neish click here.
Mavi Marmara
Don’t hang up
Keep talking
Three boats approaching
helicopters hovering
Stay on the line
I am Tweeting
They’re getting closer …
they’re firing
Are you all OK?
Any one wounded?
We are being boarded
I am typing
78 miles from shore, in international waters
This can’t be happening!
Please keep talking
This is pira …
This … cri …
Your breaking up
Hello!
What’s happening?
What’s happening?
… …
… …
— Ehab Lotayef Montreal, June 1, 2010
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