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A somber shadow seizes the family
As though a dark cloud making all morose
A grievous loss of the saintly man Hisham
A paragon of integrity and compassion
With a humble disposition humbling the haughtiest
With pain repressed affording all an affable countenance
Struggling, with a noble, stoic character, to survive
In a world replete with imperfection
Overcoming the inadequate with radiant poise
A man genuinely respecting of the smallest and greatest
Tolerant of human frailty- whatever the extent
Placing a positive face to imperfect conduct
Pained by dispersal and unfulfilled expectation
But enduring with outstanding forbearance and optimism
Combining, as though a radiant tree, the finest of West and East
With the profoundest commitment to Islam’s norms
With tolerance compassion and a questioning mind
Embracing a truth with yearning for redemption
An aesthete that keenly generates beauty
In architecture harmoniously embodying comfort and the simple
Nobly willing, with a proud heart, to serve and respect
Weaving threads of harmony within the kinship net
A long distance walker who carried Palestine’s anguished soul
Encountering setback with radiant hope
Anchoring life’s uneven paths on the carpets of mosques
Prolonged prostrations and supplications that God answers
And to glorify God without beginning or end
The light of the heavens and the earth
Ailment finally claimed a tenacious man
A builder in the lands of the beloved twin- Palestine and Jordan
One who likewise formed a splendid family
Sons of Jerusalem’s clans
The man, the builder, the reformer, the aesthete
Many are in painful bereavement at the loss
Husseinis, Nashashibis, Nusseibehs, Tuqan and Abu Ghosh
All in supplication for the departed
The faithful congregated for the Friday prayers
At the Um Yahya Mosque in Um Uthaina
Funeral prayers were solemnly performed
And the body transported to the cemetery
A sad convoy moved in the direction of Western Amman
Reaching a venue in the verdant hills
Numerous friends and relatives expressed condolences
On a cool windy day
May paradise be your future abode
And heaven your final resting place
Indeed life is but a transient moment
Continually bidding farewell to its travelers
And farewell to one of life’s noble men
Lost but never forgotten
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