One would think the mothers would be tearfully mourning their dead children, tearing their hair and beating their breast but they are joyful that they gave birth to a martyr.
Why Palestinian mothers make joyful cries
for their martyred sons
Mother of Martyr:
"We feel agony and pain" losing a child,
but we ululate - sound a cry of joy -
"because our child is going to Heaven
to marry the Dark-Eyed Virgins"
"We do love our children, but also our homeland"
PA official:
"I am against ululations...
and against presenting ourselves
as a nation of barbarians who don't care
about loss and deprivation...
When the world sees us carrying a Martyr
and hears our ululations,
it thinks we have no feelings"
Why Palestinian mothers make joyful cries for their martyred sons - PMW Bulletins
Why Palestinian mothers make joyful cries
for their martyred sons
Mother of Martyr:
"We feel agony and pain" losing a child,
but we ululate - sound a cry of joy -
"because our child is going to Heaven
to marry the Dark-Eyed Virgins"
"We do love our children, but also our homeland"
PA official:
"I am against ululations...
and against presenting ourselves
as a nation of barbarians who don't care
about loss and deprivation...
When the world sees us carrying a Martyr
and hears our ululations,
it thinks we have no feelings"
Why Palestinian mothers make joyful cries for their martyred sons - PMW Bulletins