"Bring Him Home"

The show stopping song in Les Miserables, sung by Jean Valjean as he carries Marius to safety after the battle of the barricades, is a plea to God that He allow Marius to go "home."  Valjean knows of the love his adopted daughter, Cosette, and Marius share, and so pleads with God to let them be together.  And Valjean does all that he can to make that happen.  Bahrain has been singing this song lately.

Firdaous Abdulla, a 29 year old cold store worker, was found unconscious by his roommates after he fell down the stairs in their apartment.  They rushed him to the hospital where he received treatment for head injuries, but he has not recovered consciousness.  He has been in coma for three weeks.

Support began to pour in when a volunteer from the Kerala Muslim Cultual Centre learned of his case.  The organization began fundraising efforts for Abdulla, in an effort to help him return to his native Bani Jamra.  Abdulla came to Bahrain to work to be able to support his wife and daughter, who remain in Bani Jamra.

As Bahrain seeks to help "bring him home," more help is required.  They are waiting for the doctors to give the consent and say he is strong enough to make the journey.  But they also need more money so he can get home and continue his care.  Bahrain is doing all it can, coming together as a people, to help someone survive his personal "battle of the barricade."

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