Thread by @asoueif

Alaa's letter written to his mother today:
"You know the story, but it’s important that I tell it again. This journey, I’ve walked it while mostly looking behind me, because I could see nothing in front of me except extinction .. the abyss. #FreeAlaa

Gradually, with each step, each delay, something reached me .. from a visit, from a letter, from a book, an image, from the book, from news of the campaign and news of Khaled. Things changed and I started looking towards the future, a future for us as a family.
#FreeAlaa

If one wished for death then a hunger strike would not be a struggle. If one were only holding onto life out of instinct then what’s the point of a strike? If you’re postponing death only out of shame at your mother’s tears then you’re decreasing the chances of victory ..

Today is the last day that I will take a hot drink, or rather, since I’ll count the days from when the lights come on at 10am - tomorrow, Tuesday, just before the lights come on, I will drink my last cup of tea in prison.
#FreeAlaa #FreeThemAll

And after 5 days, when the lights come on on Sunday November 6, I shall drink my last glass of water. What will follows is unknown.
This week passed lightly and the next will pass lightly too. I’ve carried on with my routine as normal because
#FreeAlaa #FreeThemAll

I’ve taken a decision to escalate at a time I see as fitting for my struggle for my freedom and the freedom of prisoners of a conflict they’ve no part in, or they’re trying to exit from; for the victims of of a regime that’s unable to handle its crises except with oppression,

unable to reproduce itself except through incarceration.
The decision was taken while I am flooded with your love and longing for your company.
Much love and till we meet soon ..
Alaa
#FreeAlaa #FreeThemAll