They called him the forefront commander a man who seemed to have melted fear in the furnace of war, whose feet, before any order was given, carried him to the hardest-held trench. He did not command from the crest of some hill; he stood in the heart of dust and smoke and fire, shoulder to shoulder with his soldiers, and wherever danger spread its cloak, he was the first. For the oppressed, he was a shield whose shadow brought calm; for truth, a sword that stayed sheathed except in defense of the wronged. In the storm of war, he walked justice not as a slogan but as a path, and in every battle, the first step was his. His admirers call him "the man who destroyed ISIS, and in mourning him they stitch words to the measure of legend; yet beyond the borders, that same name stirs a different memory for some. And so Soleimani, caught between praise and criticism, has become one of the most controversial figures of the Middle East a man whose image cannot be confined to a single frame, but must be viewed in many mirrors.
THREADS OF ONESKY
He gathered the shattered broken pieces Weaving a single garment from diverse threads Different borders, different...
