In an interview with Dateline, Joseph Samaha, father of Lebanese-American student, Reema Samaha who was killed in the Virginia Tech massacre, spoke of his daughter’s passion for theater and dance, be it ballet, belly dance, or Debke, in other media outlets, her sister and brother also told of her passion for dance, and her dream to tell the story of Lebanon through dance.
Joseph Samaha also said that he visited his daughter over the weekend and attended a dance performance she had. The following three clips, posted to youtube.com the day before the massacre, are perhaps of Samaha’s last Debke performance, the one her family came to attend. They are of a joint performance by the Palestinian student group, Palestinian Awareness at Virginia Tech, and the Lebanese student group, the Cedars of Lebanon, at the 48th Annual International Street Fair, on Saturday, April 14th.
Reema is seen in the three videos wearing the green dress.
[Tarboush tip: Fadi]
Tuesday, April 17, 2007
Reema Samaha's Last Debka Performance
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I'm so sorry to hear abt Reema. This should never have happened. Seems like she was a very beautiful girl both in and out.
RIP Reema God Bless!
Keshi.
salaam,
May Allah rest her soul in peace and give patience to her family. Ameen.
ma salaam
Hasan from Cali
I just heard about her, just wanted to say allah yourhama, and this is a loose to the lebanese people as well, a smart girl with a beautiful life ahead of her.
RIP.
Nesrine from Holland
may she rest in peace ....
Abdo from Canada
Inna lilahi wa innah illahi rajoon. To God do we belong and to him do we all return.
May Allah swt give your family patience and strength in this time. May Allah have mercy upon you and grant you Paradise.
You were our sister and we feel great pain at your loss. You danced the debke beautifully and showed the pride to your heritage.
Your Egyptian sister,
Cherine...Detroit.
God bless her family, and all who have been affected by this horrible tragedy, nobody deserves this...
hi just wanted to say that what a shame we have viloent people in this world, especially by him taking a beautiful young girls life shows he had no feelings.
allah yerhamha
god bless you reema
and may allah send patience to your friends and family.
sarah
great britain RIP
They don't make many people like her. I wish I would have known her. It breaks my heart when I see interviews with her family and I pray to God that he takes care of them. Allah yerhamha.
Rest in Peace. Reema was a great dancer:) She will be missed.
All the students are in our prayers.
Thank you for posting those videos.
This tragedy is incalculable.
my thoughts n prayers go out to you n your family.
RIP Reema.
life wasted...why..??
Rest in Peace Reema,
God bless you
our deepest prayers go out to the family...
The world has lost one bright, beautiful woman and an excellent dancer.
first of all...my wishes and prays go to Reema's family because God only knows what they are going through at a moment like this.
and second of all....this hits very close to home being Lebanese myself, we've lost someone who is not only Beautiful, but represented and wanted to show the world what it meant to be Lebanese
May she be looking down on us...
RIP
Ma salaam
Renee Rahal
Beautiful girl, amazing dancer may she rest in peace
All we can say is that we live in a cruel world, Reema is a young beautiful girl and indeed a nice life was waiting for her, may she rest in peace, I liked the performance. again may she rest in peace. my condoleansces ro her family.
I was very sad to hear about the VT massacre and even sadder to hear the loss of another Lebanese life - my condolences to Reema's family - may God give you strength at this time. But her memory lives on and nothing can take that away from you.
May she rest in peace.
Best Regards
Rasha Ezzeddine, London
Que dieu la bénisse et l'accepte dans le Paradis. C'est toujours une triste affaire quand quelqu'un doit mourir avant son temps. Je crois qu'elle était une belle et vivace jeune femme, et tout le monde, peut-importe la nationalité, a perdu une personne bien aimée.
J'offre sincèrement toutes mes condoléances.
Patrick
I'm very sorry for your loss. Allah yerhmah wetowel ahamarcow
Reema was so beautiful. What a waste.
May God bless ALL the victims, espcially the heroes who saved lives.
Heroic Professor a Holocaust Survivor
An Israeli professor and Holocaust survivor sacrificed his own life to save the lives of countless students during the carnage Monday at Virginia Tech.
Liviu Librescu, 76, blocked the doorway to his classroom with his body and told the students to flee.
He was shot through the door by gunman Cho Seung-Hui, "but all the students lived because of him,” Virginia Tech student Asael Arad said.
Librescu was beginning a class on solid mechanics when he and his students heard gunshots in the classroom next door on the second floor of Norris Hall.
When the sound of gunfire drew closer, the professor braced himself against the door, holding it shut against the gunman in the hall, the New York Daily news reports. That allowed the students to escape.
"Students started opening windows and jumping out,” his son Joe Librescu told the Jerusalem Post.
Student Alec Calhoun told the News that the last thing he saw before jumping out the window was Librescu blocking the door.
Librescu was sent to a labor camp in Russia as a child and was saved by townspeople. In 1978, his family emigrated from Romania to Israel, and in 1986 Librescu, his wife and two sons moved to Virginia.
His family plans to bury him in Israel.
Allah ullah yirham 3il ghalee
Reema rests. Reema sees. Reema lives.
Our loss is heaven's gain.
Her father and I were classmates in high school. I am far away from him now, but always connected. I grieve with him, and Reema's mother, and her brother and sister. Deeply.
To all my brothers and sisters on KABOB: violence and hatred and selfishness and sickness are not of God. Love is of God. Peace--Salaam--to us all.
Reema was a beautiful person, i am deeply saddened to see her life ended so untimely. God Bless the VA Tech community.
Allah yirhumik ya Reema
you were a wonderful person
<3
What a loss...God bless her and her family...She seemed like she was a great individual...
Rest in Peace angel. You was a very beautiful girl Inside and Out. God Bless you we love you
RIP ( rest in peace )
Reema is a certainly huge loss. RIP Reema, you will be always remembered. my condolences to Joseph and Omar. I saw you on Larry King and you broke my heart. God bless you. You were so graceful in bringing Reema's message to all the world. Reema will remain inside each of us.
allah yerhamik Reema,
Rabih
a lebanese from lebanon
Allah Yirhamik ya Reema
Allah ya3tee a7elek il sabir because it is really hard!!
Reema you will be remembered not only as a lebanese activist but an arab activist! your performance was beautiful! your smile we will never forget, it is our lost to those of us who did not know you!
your palestinian sister
Reem, New York
My name is Kristin 18, from Miami and when we heard there was a shooting I couldnt believe it. Then I heard that a lebanese girl was killed in the incident I couldnt help but sufur of pain when I saw her pictures and think what a beautiful and smart girl that lost her life bcuz of sum stupid idiot. She had her whole life ahead of her. Walla haram ou salamit raas kil 3elit7a. Walla we all need prayers... Inshala everybody keeps there head up. God is watching kilna and he loves us dearly. May God Bless Remma and her wonderful caring family.
<3 lots Kristin
Palestinian
Reema, so beautiful. God needed help in heaven. A young woman this beautiful is now an angel with God. Rest in peace Reema.
My heart goes out to your family.
You now have your own personal angel. We love you. God Bless.....
this is horrible to what happened to all those vt victims. allah yur ham reema inshallah she is in heaven we lost a wonderful labanese girl who was proud of her heritage
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