Just a week before Raya in 2009

الشهيد عبيدة القدسي

1984-2009

Obaidah al-Qudsi, a Palestinian artist, known among his friends for his beautiful voice and lovely character. He passed away in an israeli hospital, after being held as an injured prisoner. On 26th August '09, Obaidah was heading to the Abraham Mosque in the old city of Hebron. While walking to the mosque, israeli soldiers shot him 4 explosive bullets; two in the abdomen and two in his legs.

Obaidah, the paeceful soul was murdered in the street with cold blood. Ambulance vehicles were banned from attending to his bleeding body for 30 minutes. Seeing him bleeding didn,t satisfy their evil lust for blood, hence, they beat his body mercilessly. After a while, he was arrested and sent to an israeli hospital in occupied Jerusalem. Ever since Obaidah was under their custody, he was in a comma. Obaidah spent abaout 3 weeks in the israeli hospital; and his family was not allowed to visit him till the day of his life!

On the morning of the 13th September, Obaidah's soul departed to it's creator seeking his ultimate justice. Hasbunallahu wa ni'mal wakeel.

Obaidah will always be remembered among his family and friends for his sweet voice and lovely smile. His poetry and nasheed will always be celebrated by Palestininans, Muslims, and all free people of the world as true words of wisdom and honour.

About the Martyr:

Obaidah Maher Abdul Mu'ti al-Qudsi Dwaik. Born in 1984 in Hebron City - Palestine for a respected family, his father is a well known ustadz and businessman.

Obaidah started his education as early as 5 years in the kindergarten of the Islamic Youth Society. He later joined the al-Syar'iyah School of the Islamic Charitable Organisation. He completed his school education in 2002 with an excellent score of 84%.

He later joined the International Islamic University Malaysia (IIUM) where he earned a bachelor's degree in Communications and Journalism.

During his presence at IIUM, Obaidah was one of the active students in cocurricular activities and was always a forerunner in working for any Ummatic issue. Obaidah was elected into the main board of al-Aqsa friend's Society in 2003 to serve for one year as one of its most active members. From the year 2004 till 2007 he led the famous al-Aqsa Nesheed Group in IIUM.

In 2008 he returned to his hometown in Plaestine to live with his family and run his father's business. He got engaged few months later and arranged for his wedding to be held right after eidul fitri. Unfortunately, the criminal zionist soldiers didn't let his family celebrate eidul fitri happily nor let Obaidah's fiancee enjoy her future with him!