Hadeel Adel Suliman
Hadeel was a second-year middle school student at El-Amira Fawzia School for girls.
Her mother tells the story of her murder: “We used to live on the 77th street in Maadi. Our house was near the police station and the house of the Israeli ambassador, therefore security was tight in our area. We were used to it, but on the Friday of Rage the chants of the streets were everywhere. Hadeel, her father, and I had gone out to the balcony to see what was going on and of course, we chanted along with the protesters. Without any notice, the police of Maadi station started shooting bullets everywhere—not just at all the protesters, but at all the residents in their houses as well. Hadeel was hit by a bullet in the back and she fell to the ground.
According to her mother, the most painful part was that police officers blocked her husband from taking their daughter to the hospital despite seeing her covered in blood.
Hadeel’s father said to the police officer: “My daughter is dying! I have to take her to the hospital! The child didn’t participate in the protests… I swear to God, people! She was just standing on the balcony watching!” The police officers didn’t move, instead, they replied: “Wasn’t she watching? Then let her watch.”
Hadeel’s father went back to their house carrying his daughter who was between life and death. Her bleeding never stopped. Shortly after her father tried to get her out again and this time succeeding in reaching El-Maadi Hospital, but unfortunately, Hadeel had died before reaching the hospital.
“I used to dream of watching her growing up, doing her part in the society, being a good mom, but they stole all of those dreams away from us,” her mother said sadly.