Haitham Nasr is a 22-year-old Palestinian man whose foot was amputated during the 2018 "March of Return" demonstrations along the border of Israel.

Nasr tours the city of Rafah in the Southern Gaza Strip late on April 15 as he carries out the traditional role of a "Musaharati," or a "Ramadan drummer." Nasr awakens local Muslims for the predawn traditional "Suhur" meal before the start of the fasting on the third day during the blessed month of Ramadan.

Haitham said: “The cause of the amputation and injury, I was one of the young men who went to the return marches with my friends, and I was targeted with an explosive shot in the knee that led to an amputation above the knee.

“I decided to be a drummer before the injury. I was bewitched with my friends and I used to go out alone, but not permanently. After the injury, when I got better to walk on my feet, I went back to charm and encourage people.”

Haitham Nasr, 22, a Palestinian youth whose foot was amputated during the 2018 "March of Return" demonstrations along the border with Israel, tours the city of Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip late on April 15, 2021, as he carries out the traditional role of a "Musaharati" or a "Ramadan drummer" who awakens Muslims for the pre-dawn traditional "Suhur" meal before the start of the Fasting the third day during the blessed month of Ramadan.

Haitham interview

The cause of the amputation and injury, I was one of the young men who went to the return marches with my friends, and I was targeted with an explosive shot in the knee that led to an amputation above the knee.

I decided to be a drummer before the injury. I was bewitched with my friends and I used to go out alone, but not permanently, but after the injury, when I got better and walking on my feet, I went back to charm and encourage people.

Everyone loves drummers, and we do not have drums here in Rafah, but there is an achievement that I will once again play the drums and return to the days of Ramadan and the joy of Ramadan.