Ben C. Solomon

And Suleiman told me that they were always thinking of him. We were always thinking of him. We always, on any occasion, would think of him. We would cry and wish that he was there with us. He would have gotten married by now. He would have had kids. He would have had grandchildren. So we didn't forget him one bit. Not one bit. And there was always hope that we would find him.

We would always pray and send him our prayers that one day he might return to us unharmed.

We would always pray and send him our prayers that one day he might return to us unharmed.

We would always pray and send him our prayers that one day he might return to us unharmed.

This was a systemic machine of disappearing people that were opposed to the government. And so many people were being put in the same position where they just did not know what happened to their family members. And to say anything and to be loud about it and to push or to fight with the government would risk your safety as well. So, you know, he was suffering in silence.

This was a systemic machine of disappearing people that were opposed to the government. And so many people were being put in the same position where they just did not know what happened to their family members. And to say anything and to be loud about it and to push or to fight with the government would risk your safety as well. So, you know, he was suffering in silence.

This was a systemic machine of disappearing people that were opposed to the government. And so many people were being put in the same position where they just did not know what happened to their family members. And to say anything and to be loud about it and to push or to fight with the government would risk your safety as well. So, you know, he was suffering in silence.

And like so many Syrians, there was no recourse to try to find what happened, to try to get any kind of justice, to try to get any kind of information. So it was just years and years of kind of waiting and kind of staying quiet.

And like so many Syrians, there was no recourse to try to find what happened, to try to get any kind of justice, to try to get any kind of information. So it was just years and years of kind of waiting and kind of staying quiet.

And like so many Syrians, there was no recourse to try to find what happened, to try to get any kind of justice, to try to get any kind of information. So it was just years and years of kind of waiting and kind of staying quiet.

I mean, the reality of the situation in Syria back then was that it was mayhem, like so many different, nobody knew what was happening. It was just chaos. There was, nobody was in charge yet. There was no kind of like overarching mechanism for anybody to figure anything out. There was no government. The government had just left. So it was rumors.

I mean, the reality of the situation in Syria back then was that it was mayhem, like so many different, nobody knew what was happening. It was just chaos. There was, nobody was in charge yet. There was no kind of like overarching mechanism for anybody to figure anything out. There was no government. The government had just left. So it was rumors.

I mean, the reality of the situation in Syria back then was that it was mayhem, like so many different, nobody knew what was happening. It was just chaos. There was, nobody was in charge yet. There was no kind of like overarching mechanism for anybody to figure anything out. There was no government. The government had just left. So it was rumors.

And a lot of the rumors that were going around were that some of these people that were coming out of the prisons did not remember who they were, did not remember any of their history, did barely knew their names.

And a lot of the rumors that were going around were that some of these people that were coming out of the prisons did not remember who they were, did not remember any of their history, did barely knew their names.

And a lot of the rumors that were going around were that some of these people that were coming out of the prisons did not remember who they were, did not remember any of their history, did barely knew their names.

And at one point I asked him if seeing the video made him feel better or worse. And he said, of course, better. I was sure that he still exists. There was no room for doubt that my son is alive and that he's there and that he was released from prison. But I just want, I just am dying to find him.

And at one point I asked him if seeing the video made him feel better or worse. And he said, of course, better. I was sure that he still exists. There was no room for doubt that my son is alive and that he's there and that he was released from prison. But I just want, I just am dying to find him.

And at one point I asked him if seeing the video made him feel better or worse. And he said, of course, better. I was sure that he still exists. There was no room for doubt that my son is alive and that he's there and that he was released from prison. But I just want, I just am dying to find him.

So it wasn't until the first time that I saw, I went to his house and he went through a photo album and he showed me the pictures of Shadi. And I took pictures and I went back to my hotel and I looked at them side by side, the videos of the man from the night that Sinai opened, the photos of Shadi before he was arrested. And I just, you know, I wasn't sure. I couldn't be sure.