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dassah now,” little Nasser’s mother
volunteered. “The doctor is so good
and kind.” She kept on talking,
answering questions and continu
ing to smile. She had six more
children, five girls and a boy, she
said, also a mother-in-law, all
living in one room. Gesturing with
her hands she vividly illustrated
how they all slept—one next to the
other, the third, fourth etc. with
hardly any space between them.
They were poor people, she con
tinued. Her husband owned twen
ty sheep. He could not afford the
trip from Nazereth and back very
often. She herself had not left the
hospital since the operation. At
night a folding bed was brought
in for her to sleep on, and she
bought her meals from the cafeter
ia downstairs which is run by
YA’AL women.
Nasser awoke, whimpered petu
lantly, but seeing his mother, his
pinched little face lighted up in a
smile. She kissed his hand pas
sionately. Later she pulled a paper
bag out of the little white bed
side cupboard and offered me what
I thought were peanuts or seeds
(the latter a favorite here), but
what turned out to be chickpeas,
dry and very hard. I took a few,
but could hardly chew them. The
little patient, however, stretched
out for some, put them in his
mouth and chewed, as though they
were part of his daily diet.
On Thursday of the same week
I saw him again. He was no longer
in his cot, but sitting on his mo
ther’s lap eating a piece of roll.
He did not seem to be in pain.
He smiled at me and when I
squeezed a little rubber toy don
key close to his face, he laughed
gleefully. His mother took him out
into the sunny corridor to have his
picture taken.
“He is much better,” I said. “He
will soon be well.”
“Yes, he is much better,” she
smiled. “I am thankful for every
thing,” and with her fingers she
touched the floor, her mouth and
forehead in a gesture of gratitude.
On Friday the father came to
take him home. He was all smiles
and was willing to pose for his pic
ture. “How do you feel about Ha-
dassah now?” 1 asked htm, ‘and
about the doctor?” With the same
indifferent shrug he again replied,
“So, so,” and added, “Allah alone
is the doctor.”
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