My close friend Maha is a brilliant young woman living in Gaza — pregnant, displaced, and being forcibly starved under relentless bombing raids that threaten both her life and that of her unborn child every day. Just before October 7th, 2023, she fulfilled her lifelong dream of becoming a lawyer. Days later, her university was bombed, her community annihilated by escalating genocide, and her life completely upended by the loss of loved ones and the stolen dreams of countless Gazan women and children buried under rubble.

Yet somehow, Maha has endured. Against all odds, she still breathes, and was recently accepted to study International Law at the University of Glasgow, where she hopes to advocate for the human rights of our people and reimagine a future grounded in justice and accountability. However, since we do not have the funds to cover her tuition, she has deferred her admission to 2026.

Dreams need fuel. Maha has no access to food, and what little is available comes at impossible costs. A friend of mine in Gaza is working tirelessly to help students evacuate and enroll in academic programs — but every step is met with steep struggle, as the IOF needs proof of tuition coverage for any hope of evacuation. The tuition cost is overwhelming. Maha received a partial scholarship (€5,000), but still needs around €22,000 to enroll, plus enough to survive each day in order to matriculate next year, inshallah. She qualified for greater aid, but since I unfortunately found the program late in the application cycle, they were only able to award her the partial scholarship.

Where Maha is in Gaza today:

One meal is available per day, costing $300 for a small bowl of lentil soup or beans. It costs them $100 a day to have a scrap of food to eat. The entire population is facing unprecedented forced starvation.

Your donation will help Maha:

We have some informal milestones i.e. we plan to use the first $2,000 USD to ensure that Maha has immediate access to any available food and water, especially considering that neither may be available at all in the near future. We will continuously raise funds to pay for her visa, tuition coverage, and any additional emergency costs to survive, as Maha keeps me updated on her situation.

Every dollar you donate is a literal lifeline. Every share is a preservation of hope. I’m begging you to help me save my sister. May Allah reward your good deeds in abundance for trying to keep her alive.

From the river to the sea, Free Falasteen.