This book contains explicit accounts of the atrocities committed against the refugees of Sabra and Shatila camps in 1982 in Lebanon by the only eyewitness to have survived and written a book about the horrors. It is a minute by minute account of the brutal killings of the refugees of the camps. Mr. Abraham is extremely proud to be an American citizen and is determined to share his story and show that the western democracies with their values and freedoms are indeed "heaven" and more importantly, to attempt to make us all understand that peace is not only desired and hoped for but a desperate necessity. In his words, "We are all brothers. We are all capable of making decisions and please let those decisions steer our world to peace."
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Lost Blood is not a book that will easily be forgotten. It is haunting. The reader is left with the unfulfilled desire to reconcile the "why" with the "what." Unfortunately, there is no offered rhyme or reason. The burden of making sense of the injustices described within the pages is left on the shoulders of the reader. It is an important story. It is a true story. It is a story of experiences that are not isolated to this particular massacre or this particular region of the world. Through Lost Blood, the author opens the door of understanding, empathy, and world-awareness, even if only a crack. The book has the potential to create a change. A change that may influence our perspective and lead us to a more tolerant and compassionate future. Lost Blood is a combination narrative and a tender love story. The striking difference that sets it apart from others in this genre is the atrocious environment that provides the stage for the author's experiences. The story is written in a straightforward, matter-of-fact, graphic, crude, and at times, offensive tone. All of this contributes to the reader becoming immersed in the story of a different time and different place. There are parts of the book that are graphically detailed and painful to read. This is no small feat in a culture that surrounds itself by obligatory gore in our movies, television shows, and video games. Unfortunately, to truly get a sense of the desperation, violence, and evil experienced by the victims of this massacre the shocking, graphic descriptions are necessary. The in-your-face writing style holds the reader's attention even when they wish to turn away. In his writing, Marco Abraham has successfully captured a truth about the human spirit and the resilience of youth. His childhood descriptions include happiness and playing, although the toys were guns and the play amid dead bodies. Even friends killed during the games the children were playing, did not completely stifle the ability of the aut --Natalie Savage, Washburn University - Anthropology
About the Author
Mr. Abraham was born on February 20th 1965 in Beirut Lebanon in a small Palestinian refugee camp named Shatila. As a child he grew up with the day-to-day struggle of living in the camp during a civil war when on September 16, 1982 what is now known as the Sabra Shatila massacre took place. He lived through this horrific event that claimed the lives of some 3000 people. Mr. Abraham survived the tragedy while most of his family and friends did not. He is the only living eyewitness survivor to have told the minute by minute account of the massacre in a book. After the massacre he traveled to Alexandria, Egypt to seek an education. After receiving a degree in petroleum engineering he went to the United Arab Emirates to work for an American company. In 1989 his job brought him to the USA where he has since made it his permanent home. Mr. Abraham is now living in a small town in America and working as a general manager for a very successful car company and writes books on the Middle East. He proudly and thankfully calls his beloved America…his home. Marco Abraham is the author of Lost Blood (ISBN 978-0-9744851-3-3).
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This review is from: Lost Blood (Hardcover)
although I feel this book is great, I have to question the karam that Mr. Abraham is creating for himself. You can not be blessed too go through what he did and then walk the earth taking advantage of others that walk the earth.....some things need to be made right. I believe this man was not to be anything then a great man, however, I have been one of his victims. Very sad as I thought he was honorable. His book and poetry has me confussed with everything I have experienced with him. Tis a shame....
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Horizon for Horror,
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Lost blood for Marco Abraham, puts you in unavoidable touch with your soul. It gives you the chance to meet the worst possible facets of humanity. It takes you in a journey to the deepest fears that you would avoid even in your nightmares. But, the book gives you the chance to see how the genius willingness to live act even in the darkest moment in humans' life. It shows you how love grows even when hatred is the master of the game. It is a continuous battle between the right and wrong, between the evils and goods, but this time the heroes are human beings. All of them are human beings, but some of them tend to forget that and some of them discover his humanity in a way unavailable to any body else.
The writer was honest conveying the story, his pains and his contradictions. He described the killers without exaggeration. He gave some of them the credit for being more humane than the others. He showed the discussion between himself and an Israeli soldier who was human enough to offer help and Abraham was human enough to refuse the belated help. He conveyed his deep feeling of quilt because he was human enough to hide from death. The naive idea of being a hero and defend his friend Abd el Salam and fiancée Rola is still awake in the authors mind as if the massacre left him the 18 year old teenager. Thanks Marco, for sharing your stories with us. Thanks for being honest and thanks for trying to make sure that the lost blood will not continue being lost.
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Lost Blood,
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My heart breaks with this story. As you read, it was as if living the every detail. You feel the emotions of Love and fear. I have been enlightened. My God how could we have turned our heads and ignored this Hanous crime on Humanity.
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