HELP! Get Nur & Family out of war zone

Dear Humanity. I need your help getting my loved ones out of Gaza. The Egyptian border police want 5,000 $ per person as an exit fee they are in a state of poverty as they have lost absolutely everything, home destroyed and nothing was left to spare. There is nothing any of us want more than their safety confirmed. Anything you can give will help. Below you will find a statement from our beautiful girl Nour, who has been impacted the most in the family, by the war. You can also see images attached of how the family is currently living. A tent for the whole family to share… The toilet conditions… It’s truly horrific. We appreciate everyone’s effort in any donation. May God bless you!

Hello everyone. My name is Nour. I am a 21 year old Palestinian girl from Gaza and I want to tell you a little bit about my life. This year I was supposed to graduate from the university of Law and sharia, but unfortunately due to the Israeli aggression against Gaza; my life has taken a different turn, away from my dreams of being a lawyer, and as it currently stands, the state of my future affairs remains unknown.

I live in Gaza, a city ravaged by Wars, at the age of 6 years old, i experienced for the first time the war waged against us, as I walked home alone due to the mass amount of chaos that was going on, and not being able to find my family. The war has been ongoing since I was 6, and I am now 21; that being said, this war is not an “ordinary” war. This war is an ethnic cleansing and an attempt to genocide the Palestinians of Gaza. A complete and total mass extinction.

Furthermore, the state of the last 100 days has impacted my life significantly. My health and wellbeing, my mental state, my education, my dreams of becoming a lawyer and the hopes to travel outside of Gaza one day, All shattered, as what seemed for me a peaceful life prior to October 7th, then became my own living hell, a life of peace turned into a life of danger and poverty all in the blink of an eye.

The atrocities of the war have affected my life in every way, my thought process has had to completely shift, as I have had to learn how to adapt my life in order to survive under these circumstances.

Despite everything, I can’t deny the fact that in facing these atrocities, I gained a new perspective, a unique way in being able to comprehend social justice. Empathy, and strengthening of my heart’s compassion for others.

With that being said, I didn’t get the opportunity to console myself for the ones that I lost… I never had the opportunity to cry for my loved ones, to see them even after they were brutally murdered.

My heart is in much pain whenever my mind floods in their memories, I cry for them as I sit and wonder about our dreams, our goals where we all wished to have prospered but life didn’t give them the chance.

I couldn’t have ever predicted that my future aspirations of becoming a lawyer and getting my degree, having the chance to travel and hanging out with my friends would turn into aspirations about getting to drink clean water! This war has caused my life to take a turn for the worst, and each day, my family and I have the continuous challenge of trying to survive. God is sufficient enough for us, and he is the best disposer of affairs.

مرحباً، أنا نور! 21 عامًا، من فلسطين تحديدًا غزّة، من المفترض أنّني سأتخرج من كليّة الشريعة والقانون هذا العام ولكنّ مسار دراستي توقّف بسبب العدوان على غزّة وسيبقى مستقبلي مجهول إلى وقت غير معلوم، أعيش في بلد تعصف به الحروب! بدأت تجربتي مع الحرب بطريقة مأساوية جدًّا حين كان عمري 6 سنوات حين اضطررت للرجوع للمنزل من المدرسة مشيًّا على الأقدام وحدي بسبب الفوضى وعدم استطاعتي على إيجاد أهلي، واستمر الحال حتى عمري الحالي، ولكن هذه الحرب مختلفة جدًّا حيث أنها إبادة جماعيّة وليست مجرّد حرب عاديّة! على أيّ حال، كان لهذا الوضع السياسي تأثير كبير على حياتي اليّومية ومسار دراستي بشكل كبير حيث وبكل السيناريوهات التي ام أتخيّلها يومًا تحوّلت حياتي السّلميّة إلى جحيم مليء بالخطر والفقر برمشة عين

انعكست آثار الحرب على تركيزي في كلّ شيء، حيث أصبح عليّ التعامل مع تحديات الحياة اليومية وفهم كيف يمكن البقاء على قيد الحياة في ظل هذه الظّروف. لا أنكر أن في مواجهتي لهذه الصعوبات اكتسبت قدرة فريدة على فهم العدالة الاجتماعية والتعاطف وقوّة القلب إلّا أنّني لم أحصل قط على فرصة لمواساة نفسي على من فقدت، لم أملك قط فرصة للبكاء على أحد ولا رؤيتهم حتى بعد أن قُتلوا بشكل مريع ويؤلم قلبي جدًّا كلّما تخطر ذكراهم على بالي، ام أستطع البكاء عليهم لأنّ الحياة لم تعطينا فرصة لنستوعب ماذا حصل وأين نحن وأين سنذهب..

ولم أتخيّل يومًا أن تتحوّل أحلامي من الحصول على شهادة البكالوريوس والسفر والتسكع مع أصدقائي إلى أحلامي في الحصول على شربة ماء نقي! الحرب حوّلت حياتي إلى رحلة من التّحديّات المستمرة يومًا بعد يوم من أجل البقاء.. وحسبنا الله ونعم الوكيل

If you're looking for a way to help real people in Gaza this is it. Real people. Real lives. Real dreams. Real goals and aspirations. For all those who donate may you receive your abundance in this world and the next, wa Jazakallah Khairyrun