Posted on 08/02/03
How to make a martyr
DHEISHEH, WEST BANK -- The tidy living room of the house where Aayat Al-Akhras grew up has been turned into a shrine. Pictures of her are displayed everywhere. A framed certificate of academic excellence hangs on the wall. On another wall is a poster-sized photograph accompanied by a traditional religious exhortation stitched in needlepoint. "God urges the believers to perform jihad against the enemy," it reads in Arabic. The poster is festooned with a string of tiny lights.
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