“I need to fetch some things from home, so I might have to go back. I don’t know when. I don’t know how,” he explained.
Before the fighting escalated, Zaher’s life revolved around his farm: tending olive trees, producing olive oil, and caring for his animals. Now, he said, that life feels far away.
When he fled, Zaher took his dogs with him: “I work with animals. I’m an animal lover,” he said.
“I’ve got three dogs here: they’re my life. I’ll do whatever it takes to keep them safe.”
Zaher turns to them for comfort, his companions through a life interrupted.
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