THE PERSIAN GULF WAR !

    It`s been 9 years since it began . But it seems like it has been 9 days . I still remember the darkness that Kuwait lived in . I still remember the dark polluted air . I still remember the people who sacrificed their lives . I still remember the tears that came out of mothers' and fathers' eyes . I still remember .
            People waited , and waited for these days to pass . Hoping not to lose any more , prayed to God for safety . Wanting these days to be a dream or a nightmare that just fades away when they wake up .
             The Gulf War took 7 months to end . But it was like 7 years . People spent these 7 months sacrificing , fighting to live , and accepting things the way they are .
              When the war ended on February 26th , 1991 , people were in joy . People were smiling and laughing and going out in the streets carrying the flags of Kuwait , happy that Kuwait is free again . But behind those happy faces were sad and broken hearts . Hearts that are sorrowful for our prisnors that are in Iraq . They did not have a chance to see Kuwait celebrating . Did not have a chance to see their families smile again after 7 months of  depressed faces . Did not have a chance to see Kuwait's people raise their heads up again , proud  of their country , after many days of bended heads .
               We are still waiting for our P.O.W's to come back  . Moms and dads are still waiting for their children . Wifes still waiting for their husbands , and also husbands still waiting for their wifes . Mothers' hearts are still praying for them to be alive . Still hoping to see them again . Still waiting and going to wait till they come back to their families and draw the smile that has behind it a happy heart , a heart that is full of  rapture .
                                                                    By : Maryam Al-Abdul Ghafor .