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00:00In the name of God, the most gracious, the most merciful.
00:03First, let's talk about Najeeb's childhood.
00:08What was special about Najeeb's childhood?
00:12What can I tell you?
00:14Najeeb was a man when he was a child.
00:18When he was a child, he felt like a man.
00:22He used to play in his grandfather's garden.
00:24He would bring a box of cigarettes, open it,
00:26throw it in the dirt, or make a fence.
00:31He would make trees,
00:34and he felt like he was making a prison.
00:37When he was a child, he was a victim of this.
00:40When he was a child.
00:41This connection was strong,
00:44and we used to go to Syria.
00:48They took him to a village,
00:52and forced him to go to Syria.
00:55We were told that he was forced to go to Syria.
01:00Najeeb, as soon as he left,
01:02he had to do a 42-day military service.
01:06He left, and they brought him back.
01:09Najeeb was left all alone.
01:13He left.
01:15They refused him.
01:18It was very difficult for him.
01:21He went to a gathering,
01:23and they told him to try it.
01:25They told him not to send him,
01:27and that he would go on his own.
01:29If the Sayyid, one day,
01:31took his finger off his finger,
01:33he wouldn't leave,
01:35no matter how much they defended him.
01:38This was the rise of Ashoura.
01:40Yes, of Ashoura.
01:43We all used to see the martyr Najeeb,
01:45and Ashoura.
01:47When did you meet Najeeb?
01:49Tell us about Najeeb Ashoura.
01:52He remained silent.
01:54I swear, he remained silent.
01:56He would come from work,
01:58take a shower, get dressed,
02:00and go to the guys who were working.
02:02They would make him a ship,
02:04and they would tie him with a rope
02:06so he wouldn't break.
02:08They would beat him,
02:10if you remember,
02:12in front of the Hussaini Gate.
02:14They would beat him,
02:16and when they were done,
02:18they would tell the guys,
02:20and when they were done,
02:22they would tell Najeeb.
02:24All kinds of things.
02:26There are pictures.
02:29Is there a friend of Najeeb
02:31who influenced you?
02:33Yes, he influenced me.
02:35Ahmad Jaber.
02:37Ahmad Jaber, yes.
02:39What did he say about you?
02:41I don't know, he loved me a lot.
02:43I sent him two pictures of Ahmad Jaber,
02:45and he put them here.
02:47He brought me a canary.
02:50And every time Najeeb would go to Syria,
02:52he would say,
02:54take care of the canary.
02:56This is from Ahmad Jaber.
02:58Yes, I swear.
03:00I know.
03:02It's been three years since Najeeb was martyred,
03:04and I sent him the canary.
03:06Sometimes I sit at home,
03:08and sometimes I feel for the canary.
03:10I look at him,
03:12and I think,
03:14should I kill him or not?
03:16I feel for him.
03:18I hear his voice.
03:20A while ago, he said,
03:22I swear to God,
03:24I'm not blind,
03:26I'm poor, but I'm suffering.
03:28I hear his voice,
03:30and he said,
03:32Mom, get me an oil shirt.
03:34I opened the drawer,
03:36and I got the shirt.
03:38I held it in my hand,
03:40and I opened the door.
03:42Where are you, son?
03:44I got you the shirt,
03:46and now I'm alive.
03:48Of course.
03:50If you and your family
03:52were to come back,
03:54what would you do?
03:56I wish.
03:58I wish I could.
04:00I wish I could.
04:02I don't think about it now.
04:04I still have a promise to Najeeb.
04:06I have a promise to Najeeb.
04:08One day, he will come back.
04:10It's a matter of time.
04:12Sometimes I imagine,
04:14I imagine,
04:16what will Najeeb do?
04:18I feel that now,
04:20what will Najeeb do?
04:22What will Najeeb say to you?
04:24I don't know.
04:26Yesterday,
04:28I swear to God,
04:30I was so upset.
04:32He came from work,
04:34he was wearing a suit,
04:36he was wearing a shirt,
04:38he was walking around,
04:40he entered the kitchen door,
04:42and he said,
04:44I'm so upset,
04:46I can't work.
04:48I have a story I want to tell you.
04:50Maybe many people have heard it,
04:52but the majority haven't.
04:54Najeeb was hanging out
04:56with Imam Hussein.
04:58Maybe for a while,
05:00he couldn't go to Imam Hussein's place.
05:02But we found out that
05:04he had a story with Hajj Asir.
05:06He took him to visit Imam Hussein's place.
05:08He took Hajj.
05:10When he came,
05:12we didn't know him.
05:14He was in Bukamal.
05:16He was driving a car,
05:18and he was sewing clothes.
05:20Hajj Asir came,
05:22he was sewing clothes,
05:24he found a job.
05:26He asked him,
05:28who is the driver of the car?
05:30He said,
05:32Hezbollah Lebanon.
05:34Hajj Asir said,
05:36I love you a lot.
05:38I want to work with you.
05:40He said,
05:42I have a request.
05:44He said,
05:46I want to take a picture with you.
05:48Hajj Asir said,
05:50No, I don't want to make a sweater.
05:52You asked me for a request,
05:54and I'm asking you for a request.
05:56He said,
05:58How?
06:00He said,
06:02I want to take a picture with you.
06:04Slowly,
06:06When Bukamal was liberated,
06:08and they opened the crossing,
06:14Qasim Suleimani said,
06:16I don't know,
06:18I loved this guy.
06:20Not because he was better than others,
06:22but I found him brave.
06:24I found him open,
06:26and I fell in love with him.
06:28They chose to take him to Iraq.
06:32There were more than one driver.
06:34There were more than one driver.
06:36The guys there were against him.
06:38Why did he want to take him?
06:40We said no.
06:42Hajj Asir said,
06:44no one should be sad.
06:46He spoke Arabic.
06:48He made a sweater,
06:50and the martyr came out.
06:52They took him to Iraq.
06:54Imam Hussein visited him.
06:56Imam Ali visited him.
06:58But he was wearing a military uniform.
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