جريدة الأهرام الجديد الكندية
PEACE DEFENDS ITSELF THROUGH ITS WITNESSES He did not carry a weapon. He carried a camera.
I still see him — dust thick in the air, the sky trembling with shellfire, his eye steady behind the lens.
While others ran for cover, Adel stepped forward. Not toward death. Toward truth.
He was killed doing what he believed was sacred:
documenting reality so humanity could not look away.
We all believed in what Adel race against time to reach battlefields.
We carry our equipment like surgeons carry instruments — knowing that every second matters.
The moment we arrive, we transmit with transparency and credibility. No staging.
No manipulation.
Only what is
Our lenses become the eyes of mothers and fathers.
And every parent understands: there is no wound deeper than the loss of a child.
Journalism is not spectacle.
It is not revenge.
It is not profit.
It is responsibility.
When we document war, we stand beside the victims.
We hear the trembling voices of the terrified, the silent grief of families shattered overnight.
Every act of violence pushes humanity one step closer to its own destruction.
Journalists share one destiny: the honor of the message.
And that message is peace.
Today, in Gaza, dozens upon dozens of journalists have been killed — many while wearing press vests, many while transmitting live, many holding nothing but cameras.
They died not as combatants, but as witnesses.
Their only “crime” was refusing silence.
The world must ask itself:
?If truth is targeted, what survives
No matter how many threats, betrayals, or explosions surround us, we
continue to record.
Because truth, when allowed to travel freely, can cool flames faster than hatred can ignite them.
Justice must confront perpetrators.
But peace demands something even more difficult — listening.
Listening does not excuse violence.
It prevents its repetition.
To Americans and Iranians — two great peoples with long histories and deep cultures — I say this as someone who has filmed 14 wars and peace alike:
hostility has never built a stable future
Escalation may satisfy pride, but it empties nations.
You have the intellectual, diplomatic, and moral capacity to choose dialogue over confrontation.
The world does not need another generation raised under the shadow of retaliation.
It needs leadership strong enough to sit at the table — even when the table feels surrounded by fire.
We uphold the principles of the United Nations not as an institution alone, but as a promise: that law can replace revenge, and dialogue can replace destruction.
I have witnessed history through my camera — from the Suez Canal to other battlefronts
I have seen how images can either inflame hatred or awaken conscience.
War always claims necessity
It always promises resolution
It always leaves graves
? How much does war truly cost us
? How many children must become statistics
How many journalists must fall before truth is protected instead of punished
At Video Cairo, which the world misses now,built more than a company
We built an infrastructure for truth — production, post-production, transmission — serving journalists across borders.
We believed transparency protects humanity.
We believed media can build bridges where politics fails.
These were not business values.
They were moral commitments.
Adel believed that.
The journalists of Gaza believed that,many friends journalists in Israel believe that.
Every fallen reporter who chose a camera over a weapon believed that.
Peace does not defend itself with silence.
It defends itself through witnesses.
If you believe media must serve humanity
share this.
If you believe dialogue is stronger than destruction — speak it
If you believe peace is not weakness but courage — defend it.
For Adel
For Gaza’s fallen journalists
For every parent waiting for their child to return home
Mohamed Gohar
إلى روح أخي عادل البدراوي، وكل الصحفيين الذين سقطوا في غزة وهم يحملون الكاميرا لا السلاح .
السلام لا يدافع عن نفسه بالصمت، بل بالشهود.
إلى الأمريكيين والإيرانيين: أنتم قادرون على الحوار كما أنتم قادرون على القوة.
اختاروا السلام قبل أن تختار الأجيال القادمة دفع الثمن.
