<div><strong>I’m writing from the U.S. I started this campaign to support my friend Motaz in Gaza.</strong>
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<div><strong>He lost everything in the war — his home, small business &amp; career as an architect... Now he’s displaced with his wife &amp; baby, with no shelter, no income &amp; surrounded by hunger &amp; illness.</strong>
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<div><strong>Please take a moment to read his story below &amp; help give him a chance to rebuild his life.</strong>
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<div><strong>I am Motaz… and this is the dream I lost:</strong>
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<div>I graduated as an architect in 2015, ranking first in my class. I started my career as a university teaching assistant for two years before becoming a lecturer at the University College of Applied Sciences in 2017. But when the war came in 2023, <strong>I lost my job as the college was completely destroyed.</strong>
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<div>Alongside teaching, I worked in several architectural firms until I decided to start my own business in 2018. I established my own architecture office and the <strong>“Aaj Furniture &amp; Interior Design”</strong> workshop, where I delivered high-quality designs. Through hard work, the business flourished and gained a strong reputation. But in a single moment, <strong>the war destroyed my office, my workshop, and the years of effort I had poured into building them.</strong>
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<div><strong>“The war didn’t just take my job … it took my entire life”</strong>
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<div>In 2022, I invested all my savings to build my home, dreaming of a stable life with my wife and daughter. <strong>But just a year later,</strong> my home was reduced to rubble, and our lives turned into an endless cycle of displacement, without shelter, security, or income.
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<div>During the war, I tried to start over. I ran a small food stall, but with skyrocketing prices, I couldn’t keep up. <strong>I lost everything again,</strong> and the burden of survival only grew heavier.
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<div><strong>“I am not asking for the impossible, just a chance to rebuild my life”</strong>
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<div><strong>I need your support</strong> to provide my family with a dignified life, far from this devastation. Every donation, no matter how small, is a step toward standing on my feet again.
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<div><strong>Since the beginning of the war,</strong> my family and I have faced unimaginable hardships due to financial struggles and lack of income. Our once-comfortable life turned into a nightmare. We were forced to leave our home in northern Gaza for over a year without taking our belongings. Eventually, it was completely destroyed, leaving us scattered with nothing…
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<div>Because of the war, I lost everything, my home, my job, my sense of security, and even my health, <strong>as I lost a significant amount of weight due to starvation and illness.</strong>
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<div><strong>I seek to support my friend Motaz from Gaza. I send donations directly &amp; promptly to help him secure essentials like food, clean water &amp; diapers for his baby… and to take a first step toward rebuilding his life and small business.</strong>
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Help Motaz, Rebuild His Work & Income to Survive War

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