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Hello, Dear Doners

I'm Sami, one of the members of the family who used to cherish the lives of others wherever they go. My family and I lived in a warm house full of love. A home where each of us had a life filled with happiness, passion, and love for our community with a sense of responsibility for contributing to improve it. Let me take you on a small tour of the lives of my family members, just a glimpse of our life before this war.

Rifat: My father and the eldest in this warm family. He worked as an English language teacher and aimed to serve the community by providing English language lessons. It didn’t matter whether free or paid, his focus was on improving people's proficiency in English and helping them to pass academic exams and job interviews for international organizations. Rifat worked hard and devoted himself for over 25 years by teaching thousands of youth seeking a better future, providing training courses on how to teach the English language, and making it easy for non-native speakers.

Naeema: She graduated long ago with a degree in Arabic language but she chose not to work as a teacher. Instead, she devoted her life to maintaining her family, and ours, and providing all the needs to ensure a cohesive and lively environment for us. She was also dedicated to helping others with no expectations for anything in return. She always aimed to share her expertise with those in need to help them change their life for the better.

Rawan: She graduated with a degree in social psychology. She had worked with numerous international and local organizations in mental support, child protection, women's protection against GBV, and g initial psychological first aid. She carried a noble message about maintaining social solidarity and protecting the most vulnerable categories in Eastern societies, such as people with disabilities, women, and children.

Sami: This is me. I completed my studies in two departments. I majored in law in the English language, and also in information technology. I worked in various fields, starting with youth empowerment training to ensure a better future. Then, I became a trainer in gender equality, training journalists on press rights, and social media influencers on women and child violence protection. Later, I coordinated training sessions related to writing entrepreneurial projects related to technology and the green economy. Eventually, I formed a team called "Haya Team," and we began creating digital content discussing youth and societal issues. For example, we started a podcast called "Haya Podcast". We were visible on all social media platforms to raise awareness among young people and to contribute to improving prevailing social ideas. I helped my team set up a fully equipped podcast studio to make it a platform and a wide space for young people to express their opinions and aspirations.

Shaimaa: She graduated from high school with high grades and high hopes to work in the humanitarian field where she can benefit herself and others. She chose to study nursing and attended many courses to be highly responsible and knowledgeable in her field to assist herself in her study preparing for job opportunities that are no longer available in Gaza.

Mohammed: He had recently graduated from high school and aimed to study a vital field. He was energetic and loved to stay active and busy. He was between two choices to study law or nursing. Unfortunately, he didn’t get the chance to choose as the war had just stolen his dreams. He didn’t start his university life yet.

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Ahmed: Ahmed completed his studies to qualify for the final academic year. Last September, he became an official Tawjihi student, the last year of high school. He was studying hard and dreaming of his university life a few months from now. He was determined from the beginning to intensify his studies to achieve a high GPA for studying dentistry. He didn’t know that the next month, October, would be the end of all his innocent dreams of a better life.

Abdullah: Abdullah excelled in everything, whether in his studies, intelligence, or compassion. Despite his young age, he always ranked first in everything.

Lana: The youngest middle schooler and the spoiled child of the family. She had often neglected her studies due to excessive pampering. However, she managed to get high marks. She was the most indulgent and spendthrift among us all.

As you have noticed, I narrated our stories in the past tense because we lost everything. When I say everything, I'm not exaggerating. We lost all our material and intangible things—the spirit that gives our life meaning and a purpose. When I say we lost our home, I mean we lost the idea of home, the idea of one family gathering around and sharing the same space. I am now with some of my friends in a displacement tent in Rafah, while my brother Mohammed is in the northern area of the Gaza Strip living on the top of the rubble of what was called “our home”. The rest of the family is in a displacement tent in the Al-Mawasi area. We find it extremely difficult to stay in touch due to the very poor communication and the lack of internet in most areas of the Gaza Strip. We are now trying to reunite and live in a safer place, but this costs a real sum of money. The money that we lost a big part of it after bombing our house, and with the harsh conditions of war, we spent the rest. We are still stuck in Gaza, a place we love but has turned into a mass grave. Help us, help me and my family to unite again to share one meal as one. We had a good life in Gaza and the war has come and erased all of our hopes and dreams. By helping us evacuate Gaza you will give us hope of having a new beginning. It feels heavy on my heart, but it’s our last attempt to stay alive, to live like any ordinary human on this planet.