My grandfather is generous, hospitable, and helps others in need. He taught me English and takes me to appointments. He travels widely to promote peace but also takes care of his family.

1. My Grandfather is My Hero
El Hajj Ibrahim is a great person to me.
He is a generous and a noble man,
and he is a hero to me.

2. Teaching Me English
• Once upon a time, when I was • When I was sitting in the
with my grandfather at his open classroom, my teacher stood up
house, there was a man named and offered the smart kids in my
Rick and my grandfather told me class to go the University to learn
to call him. I didn’t know what to Hebrew, to have projects and
say, so he told me to say to the activities. I was one of them, and I
man “Could you please come to was so lucky. Then the day that I
meet my grandfather downstairs.” went to the University, there was a
So I was repeating those words woman at the gate who told me
until I got it in my mind and the something in Hebrew I didn’t
man actually understood me and understand, then I told her in
went downstairs to meet my Hebrew “I don’t know Hebrew, but
grandfather. I know English.” So I started to
talk with her in English, and she
asked me “Who taught English so
well?” I told her, “My grandfather.”

3. Taking Care of Me
• When I was at the hospital, my • When I was at my grandfather’s
grandfather came and asked me house, I got the flu, and I was
“Are you feeling well?” I told him, coughing and sneezing a lot.
“Yes, right now I am OK.” And Because I have asthma, I couldn’t
then I left the hospital. And also handle it by myself. So my
because my father always busy, grandfather stayed beside me and
because he goes to Tel Aviv took me to the nearest hospital.
everyday, to his work, and I have He talked with the nurse and told
a doctor’s appointment every three her “My grandson is not OK.” It
months, my grandfather always was at three o’clock in the
takes me there, and asks about morning. So they gave me
me if I was healthy or not, or need vantaline, and I felt better, and he
medicine or an operation or took me to his house again and he
anything. gave me the medicine every time
and made me warm.

4. Peace Maker
• My grandfather is a Every year, in August or
peacemaker, someone who September, there’s a special
makes peace all around the Sulha between all kinds of
world, to stop all kinds of people, Christian, Muslim and
occupation, and the terrors Jewish, to bring them close
that come from it, and to together, and talk to each
destroy all the walls that other about their problems,
separates all the world. and about the occupation.
Everyone is invited to the
Sulha and inside this place
everybody can camp for three
days in a big tent with their
family.

5. Generosity
• Every Friday, my grandfather takes me • When anybody needs help, even if he
to a Bedouin village to give them is Christian, Muslim or Jewish, he
clothes, money, and food and also helps them. He feeds them, gives
some snacks. When I see them, it them money, and if he needs a lot of
makes me sad, because they are poor money to buy a plane ticket, my
and every kid runs around without grandfather gives them the money to
shoes. So I cried and told my buy it. And if anyone is lost, like a
grandfather to bring them shoes, not tourist, he gets the address and he
clothes or snacks. Two weeks later, buys some snacks, and juice, and he
he forgot to give the Bedouins some goes and orders a taxi to take him to
shoes. I was very sad, and I became the address safely. And he’s doing all
ill. When he came to check me, I told this even though he doesn’t have a lot
him, “Don’t talk to me.” He asked me of money. Even if he has a problem in
“Why?” I said “You promised me to his own life, needing money.
bring the Bedouin some shoes. After
three days I felt fine, and my
grandfather took me, and gave each
child of the Bedouin a pair of shoes.

6. Hospitality
• My grandfather invites all • He has this open house
kinds of people to meet as a support for him, so
him at his open house, that people will know him
feeds them, gives them all around the world. And
rest, and makes them feel it has happened when he
that the house is their traveled to India, every
home. And he always man invited him to his
drags tourists off the house. And that is why
street to make them he built that house, to
come and eat his food. make him feel
And he always he says comfortable in every
his most famous words, place that he travels to.
“You are most welcome!”

7. Traveling
• My grandfather is a busy • I am going to travel with
man. He travels all my cousin and my
around the world to make grandmother to New
peace and meetings in Orleans, Louisiana to
different languages. He meet my uncle, so
speak four languages: without my grandfather I
Arabic, English, Hebrew couldn’t travel, because I
and Russian. His son wouldn’t speak English
lives in New Orleans, well, and right now I am
Louisiana, and his speaking better than an
daughter lives in North English man.
Carolina, so traveling
runs in the family.