The people who constantly complained “Why Ahed?” likely didn’t know all the hardships my village and I had endured, the losses we had suffered. They didn’t account for the fact that I’d been filmed confronting soldiers, and even featured in viral videos, since I was a young child; there were plenty more than just that one slap. Nor were they aware that while I was in prison, my father and a team of volunteers put in a lot of effort to communicate with journalists, activists, and leaders around the world to get my story out there.
