<div>Rana, her kids, Mom, brother and sister in law left Gaza in April, right before the Rafah invasion. Today they live as illegals with no rights in Cairo. Read the updates below!
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<div>Dear all,
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<div>My name is Hatem Akila, a Gazan currently residing in Sweden. I am the older brother of Rana Akila. Rana urgently needs support to evacuate from Gaza, along with her two young children, elderly mother, and husband. Additionally, I have a younger brother with his wife and a toddler.
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</div><img alt="" media_type="3" src="https://d2g8igdw686xgo.cloudfront.net/78603493_1709397651231945_r." width="100%" />
<div><em>Rana, Laila, Bajes, Ahmed, Fatma, Mohammed</em>
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<div>Rana is currently taking shelter in Deir Balah after fleeing Gaza City with her two little children, husband and our elderly mother, following the bombing of their house. Meanwhile, my brother, his wife, and their toddler are sheltering in Rafah. All are enduring catastrophic conditions, with their children falling sick every day.
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</div><img alt="" media_type="3" src="https://d2g8igdw686xgo.cloudfront.net/78603493_1709398398693815_r." width="100%" />
<div><em>This is what's left from their house in Gaza city</em>
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<div>I tried all possible ways to avoid coming to this measure, and attempted to secure their evacuation through the foreign ministry of Poland, as I am a Polish citizen.
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<div>Unfortunately, my request was rejected after a long wait for a response.
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</div><img alt="" media_type="3" src="https://d2g8igdw686xgo.cloudfront.net/78603493_1709398616343497_r." width="100%" />
<div><em>Bajes, Laila and Rana</em>
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<div>Rana also tried to obtain a visa through her employer's company in Bahrain, but it was denied by their immigration authorities.
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</div><img alt="" media_type="3" src="https://d2g8igdw686xgo.cloudfront.net/78603493_1709398646128704_r." width="100%" />
<div><em>Rana and our mother Fatma</em>
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<div>Additionally, our family friend attempted to request their evacuation through Bulgaria, but that too was unsuccessful.
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</div><img alt="" media_type="3" src="https://d2g8igdw686xgo.cloudfront.net/78603493_1709465490838983_r." width="100%" />
<div><em>Ahmed, Rina, baby Dima, my mother Fatma, Rana and Bajes</em>
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<div>Rana's husband used to run a family business, a beautiful coffee shop, which has been destroyed as well. This is a link to how it looked like: <a href="https://www.instagram.com/bajesbookshopcafe/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Bajes Bookshop Cafe</a>
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</div><img alt="" media_type="3" src="https://d2g8igdw686xgo.cloudfront.net/78603493_1709399497428455_r." width="100%" />
<div><em>Bajes Bookshop Cafe today</em>
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<div><strong>Breakdown of the expenses:</strong>
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<div>Expense Cost Per Person Number of Persons Total Cost
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<div>Rafah Crossing Fee (Adults) $5,000 5 adults =$25,000
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<div>Rafah Crossing Fee (Children) $2,500 3 children =$7,500
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<div>Rent Cairo &amp; living cost (3 months) $3,000 per month for all =$9,000
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<div>GoFundMe Transaction Fee: (2.9% plus $0.30 per donation): =$1,950
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<div>Total: $43,450
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<div><strong><em>As Gazans are not allowed to open GoFundMe, I had to open this account from Sweden. This is why the currency is in KR. I will withdraw the money to my account, fly to Cairo, pay to the agency (they require it in cash!) and wait there to get my family out.</em></strong>
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<div>10.35 KR = 1 USD
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<div>100 KR = ~10 USD
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<div>200 KR = ~19 USD
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<div>500 KR = ~48 USD
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<div>1000 KR = ~96 USD
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<div>1500 KR = ~145 USD
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<div><strong>My family members for whom we need to collect this sum are:</strong>
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<div>Fatma Akila, 71, my mother
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<div>Rana Akila, 36 my sister
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<div>Mohammed Baroud, 37, Rana’s husband
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<div>Bajes Baroud, 8, Rana’s son
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<div>Laila Baroud, 6, Rana’s daughter
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<div>Ahmed Akila, 32, my brother
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<div>Rina Mosameh, 28, wife of Ahmed
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<div>Dima Akila, 1,5, Ahmed’s daughter
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<div>I wish I could pay for their evacuation myself, but I've already taken a loan to cover their expenses there, which has strained my financial situation.
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<div><em>Me (Hatem) in the middle on a family reunion in Turkey last summer. I wish I never let them go back to Gaza.</em>
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<div><strong>Rana's message to the world: </strong>
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<div><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Su34mpyIsw" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Su34mpyIsw" target="_blank" class="" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Su34mpyIsw</a></a>
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<div><strong>You can watch this interview with Rana here: </strong><a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/video/video-diaries-from-gaza-show-a-daily-struggle-to-survive-196828741762?fbclid=IwAR3iGWF9CvTYodSTdzHLJ0VBBkZjPrS2X0oGKFJlkMpTj_w0RvnhuD3TqkE" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener"><a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/video/video-diaries-from-gaza-show-a-daily-struggle-to-survive-196828741762?fbclid=IwAR3iGWF9CvTYodSTdzHLJ0VBBkZjPrS2X0oGKFJlkMpTj_w0RvnhuD3TqkE" target="_blank" class="" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">https://www.nbcnews.com/video/video-diaries-from-gaza-show-a-daily-struggle-to-survive-196828741762?fbclid=IwAR3iGWF9CvTYodSTdzHLJ0VBBkZjPrS2X0oGKFJlkMpTj_w0RvnhuD3TqkE</a></a>
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</div><img alt="" media_type="3" src="https://d2g8igdw686xgo.cloudfront.net/78603493_1709466809763939_r.jpeg" width="100%" />
<div><em>Laila and Bajes</em>
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<div><strong>or read this interview from the beginning of the war:</strong>
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<div><a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/gaza-city-mother-says-nowhere-is-safe-israel-airstrikes-evacuation-2023-10?fbclid=IwAR0Q8ceQMo9oIhRMni-KRmAyZPMrvcoTMIbuk3ya7O6OF-yLWZUwhgYMyVo" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener"><a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/gaza-city-mother-says-nowhere-is-safe-israel-airstrikes-evacuation-2023-10?fbclid=IwAR0Q8ceQMo9oIhRMni-KRmAyZPMrvcoTMIbuk3ya7O6OF-yLWZUwhgYMyVo" target="_blank" class="" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">https://www.businessinsider.com/gaza-city-mother-says-nowhere-is-safe-israel-airstrikes-evacuation-2023-10?fbclid=IwAR0Q8ceQMo9oIhRMni-KRmAyZPMrvcoTMIbuk3ya7O6OF-yLWZUwhgYMyVo</a></a>
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<div><em>Rana and Laila sick</em>
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<div><strong><em>Any help you can offer would mean the world to us! Thank you!</em></strong>
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