against Israeli occupation. Children are likewise called martyrs, such as the children of journalist Wael Al-Dahdouh who were killed in an Israeli airstrike.

The label of martyrdom is used as a form of memoralizing the dead within some narrative, such as how the victims of the 2020 Beirut explosion were called 'martyrs of corruption' as a form of protest against the government.

The wide usage of 'martyr' is not restricted to Arabic. Armenian

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