On June 4, 2025, Leqaa Kordia wrote this statement in Arabic from her cell at Prairieland Detention Center in Texas. Her loved ones translated it into English. #FreeLeqaaKordia

Peace be upon you, and the mercy and blessings of God. Peace be upon you, O Palestine. Peace be upon Gaza, the steadfast and proud.

Peace be upon a people who taught the world the meaning of patience, dignity, and resilience.

Peace be upon the mothers who buried the remains of their children on street corners—and still chose to keep living.

Peace be upon the fathers whose eyes wept for the first time—and oh, what a brutal first time it was.

Peace be upon the wounded, tending to their own wounds with the soothing remembrance of Allah, the Almighty.

Peace be upon our noble martyrs, precious and beloved.

Peace be upon our free, glorious prisoners who are charting the path to freedom.

Peace be upon the sleepless, exhausted doctors—the architects of miracles.

Peace be upon those who pull the living from beneath the ruins, from the darkness of rubble to the light of afar where relief is within reach.

Peace be upon the teacher who truly understands the command of god to “Read.”

Peace be upon you, a people purified through your patience.

To you, the free people across the world, the rebels, the defiant, the unwavering—peace be upon you and my deepest respect.

I write to you from a cold place, hoping my words may carry a little warmth amid the tragedies, the suffering and the unimaginable stories I witness here.

Still, I write with full certainty that we will all be freed from this cruel injustice.

And I believe, with all my heart that I will meet you soon as a free woman—God willing.

From me—a granddaughter of the Nakba—to you, the generation of return and the makers of freedom. Accept my greetings and reverence.

Leqaa Korda Daughter of Gaza, Granddaughter of Nakba survivors from Yafa June 4, 2025 Prairieland Detention Center