ولد عبد الحليم حمود العلي السالم في الأول من كانون الثاني 1991 في كنف عائلة صغيرة متواضعة مؤلفة من أربعة أبنين وابنتين: أحمد، عبد الحليم، إيمان وكرامة، والدته الحجة بشريّه السفيره.

تلقى تعليمه الأساسي في دير الزور، ثمّ التحق بإحدى الجامعات في اللاذقيّة ليتخصص في كليّة العلوم الإجتماعيّة دراسة علم النفس- الفلسفة. ولكن شاءت الظروف الأمنيّة التي تعصف بسوريا أن تدفع بهذا الشاب الى أن ينزح إلى لبنان مطلع العام 2013 بعد أن سيطر تنظيم داعش على محافظة الرقة، وأن يتخذ محلّة الأشرفية مسكنا له ولزملائه.

لم يتأخر عبد الحليم عن الالتحاق بالجامعة اللبنانيّة لنيل الشهادة التي طمح إليها. وما بين العلم والعمل في لبنان، كرس وقته للعمل جاهدًا لمساندة أهله في سوريا. كان السند وعمود البيت بعد أن توفى أبوه عام 1999، وفي ظل مرض أمه التي فقدت بصرها عام 2010.

29-year old Abdel Halim was a tall, handsome, and healthy young man. He was known for his ethics and good reputation. He was a religious family man. “Abboud”, as he was nicknamed by his coworkers, was a dedicated employee, passionate about his job. He endured his life as a refugee for seven years, and fought as hard as he could to help his family. However, he ended up in the wrong place.

في الرابع من آب،^th of August, like every other day, Abboud called his family in the morning before his shift at “Sandwich w Noss” – Gemmayze Branch. He worked all day, until an explosion rocked warehouse number 12 at the nearby Port of Beirut, causing what looked like an earthquake in Beirut and its suburbs. Gemmayze was one of the areas most affected by the blast. Abdel Halim was injured, one of the restaurant walls fell on his body.

Abboud’s coworkers took him to Geitawi Hospital but he was already dying. The coroner’s report noted the cause of death, he died of extreme physical injuries.

His family tried to contact Lebanese and Syrian authorities to transfer the corpse to his hometown where he would be buried in the family’s cemetery, but their attempts were rejected. A family relative buried Abboud in Al-Qaa cemetery, in the Bekaa. He was destined to be buried and covered by the soil of Lebanon, although Lebanese authorities agreed afterwards to open the borders between the two countries, to evacuate the wounded and the dead.