Part 3 of 3, Part 1 is here, Part 2 is here Soad, wife and mother I was in the bedroom with my husband. It was night and we were asleep when a rocket hit. I was unconscious and when I awoke I was widowed. I was hurt in my back and I don’t know…
Part 2 of 3 Khani, 41, truckdriver Three families in this neighborhood lost family the day the rocket killed my son. It was April 13. I was walking past the checkpoint and they told me there had been a rocket by my house, that my son was dead. I started running and I could see…
Part 1 of 3 Driving into Misrata, my colleague Kristele remarked that it reminded her of Beirut, where she spent much of her childhood. The skeletons of shops, hotels, and apartments line Tripoli Street and old men drink tea next to bullet-ridden structures that can scarcely be called buildings. Misrata looks like the city it…