Fadi Aldeeb

Palestinian Paralympic athlete Fadi Aldeeb talks during an interview outside the Paralympic village in Saint-Denis, France.

War at home is taking its toll on the only Palestinian athlete at the Paralympic Games

  • The only Paralympian in the Palestinian delegation in Paris, Aldeeb feels he bears special responsibility to represent all Palestinians living in Gaza, the West Bank and elsewhere
  • “I’m their voice. And I want to talk and talk and talk,” the Gaza native told AP
By AP ·