Help Azhaar and her 7-year-old daughter in Rafah

Pre-war pics of mother and daughter (from those happier times prior to the October invasion)

• Azhaar and her daughter visiting the Giza Pyramids (~late 2022)

• Holy pilgrimage to Mecca and Medina (mid-August 2023)

• Azhaar’s daughter with female security at Haram Sharif / Grand Mosque at Makkah (mid-August 2023)

• The “daily” mandatory selfie at home with mom; Azhaar and her mischievous daughter (1st week of October 2023, just days prior to beginning of the indiscriminate and massive constant Israeli bombardment of civilian areas)

• Cats, Cats, Cats - Mother and daughter share an “Eternal Love” for Cats

• A pensive looking daughter in her uniform, on return from a hard-day at School / with her big School bag in tow

• Colorful balloons, and dressing up for her 4th birthday

About-the-Organizer:

Gabriele Ostuni, a British Italian national residing in the UK and Italy. Well-wisher and close family friend of Azhaar. Initiated this fund-raiser / campaign earlier in Feb. And is trying his utmost to garner / mobilize sufficient funds to help evacuate his friend Azhaar, and her immediate family to safety from war-ravaged Rafah / Gaza. All of the hard-work, effort, despite the enormous challenges in terms of corresponding, mandatory formalities - exit and visa formalities. Besides the overarching worry, constant fear about the day-to-day, minute-to-minute “physical safety” of both the young mother, the young child, and the rest of the immediate family. They have had to repeatedly flee for their lives from one place to another, given the desperate and deteriorating / simply worsening on-ground situation.

Azhaar Amayreh / her background and story in brief:

Originally from the West Bank, and daughter of the noted late Palestinian journalist Sheikh Khalid Amayreh. Azhaar is a Digital marketing consultant, Influencer marketing advisor, and an Arabic to English translator. And prior to the war, was earning her daily living by way of consulting, remotely supporting clients across the globe; hand-holding of Career-professionals and Mid-sized businesses for achieving respective marketing objectives (via digital and traditional marketing channels). She’s married and the mother of a 7-year-old girl, and had very recently moved to Gaza from the West Bank following the passing away of her ailing journalist father.

Requesting urgent assistance, and current status / update:

Both mother, daughter are stuck in Rafah and have had very narrow escapes from death / fatal injury. And evacuating them from the hellish environment of Rafah via the Egyptian border crossing is no mean task. Keeping alive, accessing nutrition, clean water and medicines as be the need of the hour. Though they are alive, and relatively safe when posting this message…however the cost of evacuation is spiralling ever higher. We have via this portal garnered / mobilized some funds, however "additional" monies are very urgently required to expedite the process.

P.S. I would sincerely appreciate if “Kind Hearted People”, “Real Understanding Souls”, “People who can appreciate the challenges facing mother and child just to acquire travel documentation and other mandatory spending to get safe passage / exit safely”…exit processes which are simply inhumane, exceedingly taxing beyond comprehension in themselves…hope “your good-self” can contribute generously to this fund-raiser for Azhaar and her daughter, notwithstanding the unimaginable suffering out there in Gaza amongst the multitudes.