Khaled Issa

I entered this world soaked in tears, and now, almost six decades later, my heart still weeps daily for the trials and tribulations a Palestinian must face and endure throughout their life. With profound gratitude to Allah SWT, I recognize my blessings: a life filled with achievements according to my plans, perfect parents, a loving family, a wonderful wife, remarkable children, and most precious of all, the greatest grandchildren for whom my pride knows no bounds. Despite holding dual citizenship, a deep, unyielding ache remains in my soul—a profound sense of displacement, a yearning for a homeland that feels permanently out of reach. Every day, I send my prayers to the heavens, asking Allah SWT to alleviate the enduring suffering of my brothers and sisters in Gaza and Palestine. I pray earnestly for a world where true freedom reigns, free from the grip of a privileged elite who bind us in the chains of modern slavery. May every soul on this earth experience the liberty they rightfully deserve.
دخلت هذا العالم وأنا غارق في البكاء والآن وبعد ما يقرب من 6 عقود من الزمن لا يزال قلبي يبكي المحن التي يواجهها كل فلسطيني يعيش في هذا العالم. مع إمتناني العميق لله سبحانه وتعالى على فضله ونعمه وبركاته على حياة مليئة بالإنجازات أب وأم من الطيبين المؤمنين وعائلة محبة ومترابطة وزوجة رائعة وأبناء فخور بهم والأغلى من ذلك أحفاد أحبهم بلا حدود. وعلى الرغم من إمتناني للجنسية المزدوجة هنالك ألم عميق في قلبي وروحي لا ينضب أبدا. شعور بالتشرد والنزوح وتوق إلى وطن أشعر بأنه بعيد المنال. كل يوم أصلي متضرعا لله سبحانه وتعالى على أن ينصر أهلنا في غزة العزة ويخفف من ألمهم ومعاناتهم وفي جميع أنحاء فلسطين العزيزة. كما أصلي أيضا من أجل عالم تسود فيه الحرية الحقيقية متحررا من قبضة النخبة المميزة التي تقيدنا في سلاسل العبودية الحديثة. أتمنى من الله العلي القدير أن تسعد كل روح في هذه الأرض في شعور حقيقة الحرية.

👇👇 The Sin of Persistence 👇👇
Occurs when we cannot forget what we want to forget. This happens when the brain’s memory is highly and deeply associated with feelings, and as the level of emotions increase, so does the strength and consistency of the memory in our mind.

Author: Khaled M. Issa
The Book: “A Journey with Plato and my Monkey towards Ground Zero”

Read more at: https://www.austinmacauley.com/us/author/issa-khaled-m

👇 👇 The Sin of Suggestibility 👇 👇
The sin of suggestibility is when the mind is impacted by external information and influences, irrespective of its true nature, which alter the truth of what actually happened.

Author: Khaled M. Issa
The Book: “A Journey with Plato and my Monkey towards Ground Zero”
Read more at: https://www.austinmacauley.com/us/author/issa-khaled-m

The Sin of Bias (Ego-Centricity)
Refers to distorting influences of our present knowledge, beliefs, and feelings based on new experiences or our later memories of them to make us right.

Author: Khaled M. Issa
The Book: “A Journey with Plato and my Monkey towards Ground Zero”
Read more at: https://www.austinmacauley.com/us/author/issa-khaled-m

👇👇 The Sin of blocking 👇👇
The sin of blocking occurs when there is an issue in recalling or accessing information that is already stored in our memory.

Author: Khaled M. Issa
The Book: “A Journey with Plato and my Monkey towards Ground Zero”
Read more at: https://www.austinmacauley.com/us/author/issa-khaled-m

👇 The sin of Misattribution 👇
The fourth sin of memory misattribution is when the mind errors in recognizing the time of a memory. Is it past or present?
Or as it is called déjà vu.

Author: Khaled M. Issa
The Book: “A Journey with Plato and my Monkey towards Ground Zero”
Read more at: https://www.austinmacauley.com/us/author/issa-khaled-m

The sin of Absent Mindedness 👇👇
It primarily occurs when we are not paying sufficient attention and therefore cannot encode in our memory what we are doing at that specific moment.

Author: Khaled M. Issa
The Book: “A Journey with Plato and my Monkey towards Ground Zero”
Read more at: https://www.austinmacauley.com/us/author/issa-khaled-m