Arabic translation: This long journey has not exhausted me at all, although feeling exhausted is a human trait, and I might be obstinate if I deny this. Nevertheless, exhaustion is a relative thing, if I am exhausted from prison; this does not mean that I am exhausted from believing in my cause and convictions that initially lead me to prison. I still have the energy to persist on my path. We as a people do not have so many options; the issue is to be or not to be. Either we persist with the same fortitude, or we fall and cease to exist as humans and as a cause.
Sa’eed Al-Atabih
Imprisoned in 1977
The oldest political prisoner in the world