Daoud Kuttab, a Palestinian journalist and founder of the independent broadcast news project Ammannet in Jordan, shares with Boing Boing his first-person account of yesterday's suicide bombings in Amman:
The problem in our household after the triple bombing in Amman was how to tell our six year old daughter, Dina. The urgency of the problem was because the Jordanian government had called for a day of mourning the following day and schools were expected to be closed. Because she is so inquisitive we knew that once we tell Dina there was no school in the morning she will want to know why. My wife Salam was also worried about Dina's reaction because every night as she puts her to sleep they pray, among other things, for the security of the city and the country. The night before I had been made responsible for putting her to sleep and the security of the city was part of her nightly prayer routine.
Sure enough at 6:45 am on Thursday morning, Dina came over our bedroom and was taken aback when we told her there is no school today. When she inquired we explained to her about the bombings and as expected she wanted to know how this could happen despite her nightly prayers for the safety of the city and country. Salam gave her an explanation about evil in the world and for our part we had to give up watching the news on television to allow her to follow her favorite children's program.
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Image: from cartoonist Abu Mahjoob. Text reads, "Don't cry, our bride / Don't cry, Amman." (Thanks, Jemal)
Previously: Jordanian bloggers covering Amman bombings
Update: Here are photos of peace demonstrations that took place today in Jordan: Link.
