القدس الشريف: إبراهيم أبو دية والدفاع عن القطمون: ٢١ نيسان/أبريل ١٩٤٨..رسالة مستغيثة حول سقوط القسطل واستشهاد القائد عبد القادر الحسيني، كتبتها ميليا السكاكيني - المُربية المقدسية وأخت الكاتب الشهير خليل المزيد عنها في قسم التعليقات..السكاكين

Ibrahim Abu Diyya and the defense of the turkeys: April 21, 1948
An uplifting message about the fall of Al-Qastel and the martyrdom of the leader Abdul Qadir Al-Husseini, written by Melia Al-Sakakini - the holy educator and sister of the famous writer Khalil Al-Sakakini - in the final days of the resilience of the Al-Qatmon neighborhood, south of Jerusalem, to her nephew Sri Al-Sakakini. In the letter, we find a reference to the heroic role of the Commander of the Holy Jihad Forces in South Jerusalem, Ibrahim Abu Dia, and an interesting description of the situation in the western city from an eyewitness.
This message comes from the Skakini family papers that the Research Foundation is currently organizing, digitizing, and archiving in preparation for making them available to the research community. An interested reader can soon view the original text of the message in the Foundation Digital Archive.
The text of the message:
May Allah bless you on April 2019
My dear secret
Salamat, longings and kisses accepted or not. After all, the situation is the same. We have wrapped our lives up to the life of the bombs and the defender of its species. As for Ibrahim, the great commander, his affair is strange, he escaped death on the day of the incident, and in the evening of the incident, he returned to the mayor's house, and he took out several small and large pieces of bombs from his back, and on the second day, he walked through the funeral of the hero Abdul Qadir, and delivered a speech on his shrine, he was the best preacher, and he took a picture, in the evening he worked The doctor has a small operation also and he is silent. And on the day of the Sheikh Jarah incident, was the incident led by Nahal? Bek, but he rescued him, so he was in front, and he was shot, so he was safe and thank God. And last Sunday, he was invited to lunch at my cousin Metri's place, and at 12 o'clock, the page went to Birzit with some of his men, and they wanted to ride with them, so Abu Attaa said: And what, Sheikh, and the food? What do I say to Mr. Metre Vraj? He went to eat and was hurt from his shoulder from the Qastal bomb and his hand from the [fact] Sheikh Jarrah, and he did not know how to eat, according to Nada, he knew how to put a bite. And now he returned to his headquarters and occupied his men. And at ten o'clock came unto us. And it was Zuleikha [Al-Shahabi? ] I was informed that the page was blown away and Abraham died with his men, so when he entered, I said, thank God for your safety, he said, "and why?" I told him what we heard, so he investigated about his men and went back to the headquarters of the Arab Army, and they said, "We do not know, and after interrogating here and there, he knew that some of them were in danger, and they were transferred to Ramallah And this incident took place on the day of Navi Yacoub's incident. Today, Ibrahim is healthy while he is doing his job, but he has little drama. Tell Rajai that and tell him not to offer the second hero for the dramas. Ibrahim is right more than all those who work in Egypt, here and there, after Abdul Qadir. They only have Ibrahim. Wake up. The people broke with Abdul Qadir a lot, and he left before his time. His poor wife is a loss for her alone, although she suffered a lot with his life. Please tell them to hurry b4 it is too late. Jerusalem is under threat. Enough meetings and sessions. Its time for action. The loss of lives is great and expensive... I hope you are healthy now.
Peace to all, and long live
Melia