Word: martyrize
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...will allow him to paint himself in the great tradition of Arab heroes who went down fighting in the face of overwhelming force. But the court proceedings will likely also allow his victims to present their own narrative, which may undermine Saddam's bid for the mantle of Arab martyr...
...Daddy, I want to be a martyr. Can you get me an explosive belt...
While the would-be martyr keeps a low profile, al-Tamimi arranges for the explosives; he knows how to get his hands on explosive belts or bomb-laden cars. Belts are more complicated, he says, since they may need to be custom-made to a bomber's size. All the time, al-Tamimi fine-tunes the plan, scoping out the target over and over, to prepare for any eventualities. He will check and recheck his information and adjust the plan to any changes--in convoy routes and timing, for instance. He may even do a dry run of the operation...
...scene from Hany Abu-Assad's new film Paradise Now, a young Palestinian stands in front of a video camera taping his martyr's message before being dispatched to Tel Aviv on a suicide mission. Then the sight of one of his handlers munching a sandwich sets him thinking about his mother, and how he has forgotten to give her some last-minute household instructions. "Mom, before I forget," he says, veering from the script, clutching a Kalashnikov rifle, "I saw some good water filters at Al Mokhtar ... buy them there next time." In a film packed with wrenching moments...
...across India and proclaiming an aging Mughal ruler as Emperor. The British brutally won back city after city, and extinguished the mutiny. But when the Indians finally threw the British out 90 years later, they celebrated 1857 as their first war of independence, and Pandey as its first martyr...